Descendant of Revolutionary Patriot Vincent Roberts of North Carolina
She was the daughter of Calvin Roberts and Jane Simpson Roberts.
On February 28, 1880 as Mary Roberts, she married Perry Simpson at Jackson County, Alabama.
They were the parents of 11 children.
Although many family members insist her surname is spelled with a d instead of a t her name appears as Roberts on the 1870 census, her marriage certificate, her death certificate and in her obituary. Prior to 1900 all Roberts ancestors spelled their name as Roberts on all census and legal documents. The spelling of Roberds began to be used when her mother and her brother, John Alexander, moved from Alabama to Texas in the early 1900s.
Born at the end of the Civil War, she grew up in Jackson County, Alabama which was devastated by the War. She married her first cousin, Perry Simpson. She was the mother of 13 children.
The Paris News Tuesday, August 5, 1958
Mrs. Perry Simpson
Paris News Service
Honey Grove. Funeral of Mrs. Perry Simpson, 93, of Honey Grove will be held here Wednesday at 2:30PM at Cooper's Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Don Spain officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. She died in a rest home at Brady. Her grandsons will be pallbearers.
The former Miss Mary Roberts, she was born December 9, 1864, in Alabama, daughter of Calvin and Jane Simpson Roberts. She was married in March 1879 to Perry Simpson who died in 1948.
Surviving are seven sons, Hamp of Honey Grove, Monroe of Bonham, Labe of Lake Jackson, Josh of Denison, Mose of Shaster, California and Fred and Lave, both of Fort Worth; four daughters, Mrs. Sarah Myrick, Bowie; Mrs. Alice Rowell, Drumright Oklahoma; Mrs. Dema Roberts, Rockport and Mrs. Fannie Mayo, San Antonio and 44 grandchildren.
Descendant of Revolutionary Patriot Vincent Roberts of North Carolina
She was the daughter of Calvin Roberts and Jane Simpson Roberts.
On February 28, 1880 as Mary Roberts, she married Perry Simpson at Jackson County, Alabama.
They were the parents of 11 children.
Although many family members insist her surname is spelled with a d instead of a t her name appears as Roberts on the 1870 census, her marriage certificate, her death certificate and in her obituary. Prior to 1900 all Roberts ancestors spelled their name as Roberts on all census and legal documents. The spelling of Roberds began to be used when her mother and her brother, John Alexander, moved from Alabama to Texas in the early 1900s.
Born at the end of the Civil War, she grew up in Jackson County, Alabama which was devastated by the War. She married her first cousin, Perry Simpson. She was the mother of 13 children.
The Paris News Tuesday, August 5, 1958
Mrs. Perry Simpson
Paris News Service
Honey Grove. Funeral of Mrs. Perry Simpson, 93, of Honey Grove will be held here Wednesday at 2:30PM at Cooper's Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Don Spain officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. She died in a rest home at Brady. Her grandsons will be pallbearers.
The former Miss Mary Roberts, she was born December 9, 1864, in Alabama, daughter of Calvin and Jane Simpson Roberts. She was married in March 1879 to Perry Simpson who died in 1948.
Surviving are seven sons, Hamp of Honey Grove, Monroe of Bonham, Labe of Lake Jackson, Josh of Denison, Mose of Shaster, California and Fred and Lave, both of Fort Worth; four daughters, Mrs. Sarah Myrick, Bowie; Mrs. Alice Rowell, Drumright Oklahoma; Mrs. Dema Roberts, Rockport and Mrs. Fannie Mayo, San Antonio and 44 grandchildren.
Family Members
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Monroe Perry Simpson
1883–1963
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Sarah Jane Simpson Myrick
1884–1975
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Wade Hampton "Hamp" Simpson
1886–1961
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Alice Simpson Rowell
1890–1962
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Dema Simpson Roberds
1891–1967
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Laborn Perry Simpson
1894–1971
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Fannie Bell Simpson Mayo
1896–1984
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Lev Richard Simpson Sr
1898–1976
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Josh Franklin Simpson
1902–1969
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James Moses "Mode" Simpson
1904–1987
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Fred St. John "Pete" Simpson
1907–1987
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