Biographical Sketch of F. Allen Roberts, Johnson County, Missouri,
Madison township.

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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F. Allen Roberts, farmer and stockman, is a native-born son of Miss-
ouri.  Mr. Roberts was born in Madison township, Johnson county in 
1884.  He is a son of Thomas Jackson ("Jack" Roberts, as he was fam-
iliarly known) and Catharine (Hayes) Roberts.  Thomas Jackson Roberts
was born in Tennessee in 1843, son of George K. and Mary Elizabeth
(Rhodes) Roberts, the former, born in 1812 and died in 1898 and the
latter, the mother, departed this life in 1886.  Both parents of Thomas
J. Roberts were born in Kentucky.  They immigrated to Missouri in 1845
and settled in Madison township about three miles north of Holden.  Mr.
Roberts was educated here at Round Grove school house and grew to 
sturdy manhood on his father's farm.  When war broke out between the
North and South, Mr. Roberts enlisted shortly after the battle of Lone-
jack was fought.  He served under General Price and took part in a 
number of battles and served until the close of the war.  He was dis-
charged from service at Baton Rouge.  Not long after, taking up the
peaceful pursuits of farming, he married Catherine Hayes, in 1865.  For
forty-nine years, he resided on his farm in Madison township.  Mrs.
Roberts was born in Cass county, a daughter of Montgomery and Mary
(Cockrell) Hayes, her mother being a sister of Senator Cockrell.  
Montgomery Hayes, the father, was a native of Kentucky.  He was reared
in Saline county, Missouri.  He made the long trip overland to the gold
fields of California in 1849 and died there.  Thomas J. Roberts died at
his old home in 1915.  Mrs. Roberts died on August 11, 1885.  Thomas J.
and Catharine Roberts were the parents of seven children, as follow:
Anna, wife of George Brock, living near Strasburg, Missouri in Johnson
county; Bettie, deceased; Mrs. John F. Baker, Holden, Missouri; Minnie,
wife of P. A. Harvey; Margaret, wife of John C. Mayes, of Montserrat; 
Birle, wife of Finis E. Mayes of Montserrat; and F. Allen, the subject
of this review, who is now owner of the home place in Madison township.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts were members of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South.  Mr. Roberts was a life-long Democrat.  F. Allen Roberts was 
reared on the home place and received his education in the district
schools and the Holden High School.  He is farming on the home place,
a farm of three hundred forty-eight acres, and is making a fine success
cultivating the land.  Mr. Roberts keeps a large herd of white face
Hereford cattle, with a registered male as herd leader, being a firm
believer in the fact conceded by the most successful Missouri farmers
that this section of the state is best adapted to stock raising.  He
likewise believes that it pays to keep the best breeds of stock.  Mr.
Roberts was married in 1911 to Miss Howard, daughter of Mack Howard,
of Kingsville township, one of the old settlers of Johnson county.  Mr.
and Mrs. F. Allen Roberts have two children: Mary Frances and Edith.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts are members of the Christian church.  Mr. Roberts
is a Democrat, politically, and is fraternally affiliated with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America.

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