Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, M. Morgan, 1943 

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M. M. Roberts, 80 [sic; 81], Of Windsor Dies After Long Illness 

  Mills Morgan Roberts, aged 80, prominent farmer of Isle of Wight County, 
living near Windsor, died Thursday at 6:30 o'clock after an illness of several 
months. 

  He was a member of Windsor Christian Church and was for many years a deacon 
of the church and active in its work. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Bowden Roberts; a son, Oscar T. Roberts, 
of Harrington, Del.; a sister, Mrs. N.M. Johnson, of Suffolk; two 
grandchildren, Evelyn and Bob Roberts, of Harrington, Del. 


Mills Morgan ROBERTS, retired farmer, 
b. 18 Dec 1861, Isle of Wight Co., d. 21 Jan 1943, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in Windsor Cemetery*, 24 Jan 1943, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 25, No. 45, Thurs., Jan. 28, 1943, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Buried with his first wife, Annie M. (FULGHAM) ROBERTS (1873 - 1921). 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #26: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone, added by Hixburg23958, is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #187300242. 

His parents, Mills W. & Sarah A. (BUTLER) ROBERTS, are also buried there. 

Curiously, D.Cert. 1633 (Windsor #2) gives married, spouse of Annie ROBERTS; 
   the informant was his son Oscar Terrell ROBERTS. 

Annie's D.Cert. 3500 (Windsor #6) gives spouse of Morgan M. 
   ROBERTS; the informant was was not given. 

His widow, Bertha May (BOWDEN HAYES) ROBERTS 2m. Jesse Whitley HOLLAND. 
   She is buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   {IWCHS GSSTF report #20} 

Her obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Aug. 1986) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h453b3ob.txt 

His father was a Confederate veteran, serving as Orderly Sergeant in Co. D, 
   16th VA Infantry - one of seven brothers in the unit, the Isle of Wight 
   Grays.  He was wounded 22 Jun 1864, at Petersburg, and paroled at 
   Appomattox C.H.  An article on the brothers, their photo, and synoptses 
   of their service appear in King's "Historical Notes," pp. 184-86 & 548. 


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