MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - John D. Roberts
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JOHN D. ROBERTS (deceased) was born tention to the free and independent
life of a farmer.  In 1842 he wedded Susannah M. Wilson, who was born
January 4, 1824, and who is a daughter of Aaron J. and Hannah (Martin)
Wilson.  To Mr. and Mrs. Roberts were born eleven children,
seven of whom are living.  The eldest son is a rising physician of
Texas.  During the late war our subject went out to serve his country, but
failing health prevented his carrying a musket.  He worked at his trade in
the hospital when able.  In 1860 he moved to Arkansas, where he
owned nearly 1,000 acres, but in 1873 returned to this county.  In 1884,
after an active, useful life, he was summoned to lay down his burden and
pass to that realm where toil, sorrow and death are not known.  He was a
Democrat in politics.  Mrs. Roberts is a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, and is living on her large farm of 450 acres, which is
being conducted very successfully by her son, Sidney J., who is a stirring
young business man, and promises to make one of the leading farmers of his
community where he now resides.  He followed the plow in
his youthful days, and received an academical education.

Surnames: Martin, Roberts, Wilson
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."