Lincoln County, West Virginia The Biography of Henry ROBERTS The Biography of Henry ROBERTS was submitted by Pat R. Adkins, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1894. Rpt. in West Virginia heritage encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock 1974 HENRY ROBERTS is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Spurlock) Roberts, very early settlers of this part of the state. He was born on Coal river September 9, 1829. At Clinton Furnace Kanawha Valley, September 9, 1850 Henry Roberts and Catharine Tucker were united in marriage. They have had a family of eleven children, one of whom died in 1882; Charles C., born August 15, 1852; Franklin N., December 24, 1853; James Erasmus, January 10, 1856; died January 12, 1882; Samuel B. May 27, 1858; Hewett, February 12, 1860; George Washington, May 18, 1862; Nancy A., May 29, 1864; Keenan, January 11, 1866; Carrie, October 21, 1868; Rebecca, October 27, 1869; Virginia, January 14, 1874. Samuel B. resides at Campbells Creek, Kanawha valley West Virginia: the rest are at home; Franklin N. joined the Missionary Baptist Church in December, 1875. Mrs. Roberts was born in Brownstown (now) West Virginia, March 10, 1839 and her parents were James R. and Emily (Molz, Moles) Tucker. Henry Roberts came to Lincoln county in 1860 and is a miner and farmer in Carroll district owning 173 acres of fine farming land, about five miles east of Hamlin. There are good improvements on the farm, good orchard, some timber, iron ore and superior coal, Mr. Roberts is and has been for several years foreman of a coal mine. His son Charles C. is a miner also. Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia, is the address of henry Roberts.