Biographical Sketch of W. T. Roberts, Johnson County, Missouri
Chilhowee Township 

>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

W. T. ROBERTS,
P. O. Chilhowee, is the son of Benjamin Roberts, who was a native of
Bedford county, Virginia, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. The
subject of this sketch was born in Bedford county, Virginia, October 26,
1827, and is the third child in  a family of nine children. He spent his
early days working on his father’s farm; his advantages for an education
were somewhat limited. When was about eight years old, his father moved
with his family to Kentucky, remaining in that state until the fall of
1855, when he, with the family, moved to Missouri, settling in the
southwestern part of the county, where he has since resided, excepting the
years ‘78 and 79, when he was in Texas. When the war came on, Mr. R’s
sympathies were with the South, though he took no part in the conflict.
Mr. Roberts was married the 25th day of September, 1854, to Miss Louisa
Wilmore, who was the daughter of Mr. James Wilmore, and a native of
Kentucky; from this union there were ten children, seven of whom are yet
living, viz: Laura, O., Susan T., Junius E., John M., Martha C., Sallie
L., and George. The two first named are married, one living in Henry
county, Mo., and the other in Collin county, Texas. Since Mr. Robert’s
residence in Johnson county, he has engaged in farming and stock raising.
He has a fine farm of 250 acres, well adapted for the purposes for which
it is used. Mr. Roberts and his lady have been members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.

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