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ROBERTS FAMILY LINE

Roberts Claxon » Towles » Kemper » Foster » Wallace

Generation I.

Ancestor: CORNELIUS "NEALY" ROBERTS
Relationship: 5x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown

Parents:
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Marriage:
Spouse: Sarah "Sally" Elizabeth Smith
Date: 13 Dec 1790
Location: Woodford County, Virginia

Children:
1. Henley Roberts (b. 1800)
2. REBECCA ROBERTS (1805-1854)

NOTE: Woodford County, Virginia was formed from a part of Fayette County, Virginia in 1788. It was the last of the original nine counties established that formed the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1792. Scott County was formed from part of the county in 1794.


Generation II.

Ancestor: REBECCA ROBERTS
Relationship: 4x Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 1804, Scott County, Kentucky
Died: 11 Jul 1854, Owen County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: Cornelius "Nealy" Roberts
Mother: Sarah "Sally" Elizabeth Smith

Marriage:
Spouse: Callisthenes Achilles Claxon
Date: 27 Mar 1822
Location: Owen County, Kentucky

Children:
1. Joseph C. Claxon (1823-1895)
2. Charles C. Claxon (1824-1879)
3. Henley Claxon (1826-1854)
4. NANCY CLAXON (1826-1870)
5. Lucinda Claxon (1827-1860)
6. Thomas J. Claxon (b. 1828)
7. Harrison Claxon (b. 1836)


Generation III.

Ancestor: NANCY CLAXON
Relationship: 3x Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 1 May 1826, Claxon Ridge, Owen County, Kentucky
Died: 1 Dec 1870, Owen County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: Callisthenes Achilles Claxon
Mother: Rebecca Roberts

Marriage:
Spouse: Bird Thomas Towles
Date: 28 Aug 1842
Location: Owen County, Kentucky

Children:
1. CALLISTHENES HENRY TOWLES (1845-1932)
2. Charles Thomas Towles (1846-1899)
3. Anne Mary Towles (1848-1929)
4. Alice Catherine Towles (1850-1922)
5. Franklin Pierce Towles (1853-1932)
6. Martha Jane Towles (1855-1922)
7. John Basil Towles (1856-1942)
8. William Scott Towles (1859-1940)
9. Victoria Frances "Fannie" Towles (1863-1942)
10. Nancy Bell Towles (1866-1867)
11. Joseph Harrison Towles (1867-1947)
12. Marion Towles (1870-1870)


Generation IV.

Ancestor: CALLISTHENES HENRY TOWLES
Relationship: 2x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 3 May 1845, Owen County, Kentucky
Died: 16 Apr 1932, Stamping Ground, Scott County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: Bird Thomas Towles
Mother: Nancy Claxon

Marriage:
Spouse: Clarissa Jane Johnson
Date: 17 Aug 1870
Location: Owen County, Kentucky

Children:
1. John Thomas Towles (1871-1925)
2. Emily "Emma" Florence Towles (1873-1935)
3. ATHALENA "LENA" TOWLES (1874-1963)
4. Laura Towles (1876-1938)
5. James Towles (b. 1878)
6. Groda Bee Towles (1887-1941)
7. Stella Lee Towles (1888-1918)


Generation V.

Ancestor: ATHALENA "LENA" TOWLES
Relationship: Great-grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 24 Jul 1874, Kentucky
Died: 4 Feb 1963, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: Calisthenes Henry Towles
Mother: Clarissa Jane Johnson

Marriage:
Spouse: Arthur Kemper
Date: 24 Dec 1890
Location: Owen County, Kentucky

Children:
1. Roy Baxter Kemper (1892-1973)
2. Bertha Kemper (1894-1983)
3. Lonnie Celestis Kemper (1897-1998)
4. Lela Mae Kemper (1899-1988)
5. FLORENCE CECIL KEMPER (1902-1987)
6. Katherine "Katie" Lea Kemper (1906-2002)


Generation VI.

Ancestor: FLORENCE CECIL KEMPER
Relationship: Grandmother (Maternal)
Born: 20 Mar 1902, Scott County, Kentucky
Died: 3 Mar 1987, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky

Parents:
Father: Arthur Kemper
Mother: Athalena "Lena" Towles

Marriage (1):
Spouse: Louis Brown Foster
Date: 6 May 1921
Location: Warren County, Tennessee

Children:
1.
2.
3.

Marriage (2):
Spouse: William Lloyd Blythe
Date: About 1937
Location: Kentucky