Cyrus Swan Roberts III's grandmother was Anne "Nannie" Rollins DuVal (1848-1904), second daughter of Judge Thomas Howard (1813-80) and Laura Peyton DuVal DuVal (1816-1913). She married in 1870, Brig. General Cyrus Swan Roberts (1841-1917), son of Virgil Beduff (1805-89) and Harriott Rachell Swan Roberts (1817-92), of Sharon, Conn. He was a captain in the Civil War serving in the 105th New York Infantry and was aide-de-camp on the staff of Major General George Crook. After the war he was a major in the 17th Infantry. He was adjutant general in the 2nd Army Corps in the Spanish-American War, served in the 2nd Infantry in the Philippines, 1901-03. Their children were Brig. General Charles Duval (1873-1966), Cyrus Swan, Jr. (1876-1903), and twins Laura Pearson (1882-1968) and Mary Roberts (1882).
Cyrus Swan Roberts, Jr. (1876-1903)(Ohio State 1898) was a mining engineer in Mexico. He married in 1903, Helene DuFourcq (1878-1953), in New York City. Their son was Cyrus Swan Roberts III (1904-73), as noted above.
Laura Pearson Roberts (1882-1968) lived in San Antonio. She married in 1903, Col. Tilman Campbell (1874-1957), son of James Herron (1841-98) and Eliza Yoder Hopkins Campbell (1845-1929), of Augusta, Ark. He served in the Spanish-American War and WWI. His father was mayor of Augusta, Ark. Their children were Dr. Nancy Duval (1906-81) (UTx. 1927, Phi Beta Kappa)(Yale M.D. 1931) who was a physician at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C.; James Herron, II (1910-55)(UTx. 1935, M.S. 1936) who was a mechanical engineer; and Alexander Hopkins Campbell (1920-41).
See 1880 Census, Ft. Sisseton, Dakota Territory (DuVal and Cyrus Roberts, Jr.); Margaret Gwin Buchanan, The DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia 1794-1935 (Lynchburg, Va., 1938), 104, 108-114 (contains a photograph of Gen. Cyrus Roberts); Roy L. Swift, Civilizers, The DuVals of Texas From Virginia through Kentucky and Florida (Eakin Press, 1992), 207; Joseph Stephen Hays, Descendants of Major William DuVal (Smith's Grove, Ky. 2012)(unpublished edition), 12-13, 21, 31; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 42-43.
Cyrus Swan Roberts III's grandmother was Anne "Nannie" Rollins DuVal (1848-1904), second daughter of Judge Thomas Howard (1813-80) and Laura Peyton DuVal DuVal (1816-1913). She married in 1870, Brig. General Cyrus Swan Roberts (1841-1917), son of Virgil Beduff (1805-89) and Harriott Rachell Swan Roberts (1817-92), of Sharon, Conn. He was a captain in the Civil War serving in the 105th New York Infantry and was aide-de-camp on the staff of Major General George Crook. After the war he was a major in the 17th Infantry. He was adjutant general in the 2nd Army Corps in the Spanish-American War, served in the 2nd Infantry in the Philippines, 1901-03. Their children were Brig. General Charles Duval (1873-1966), Cyrus Swan, Jr. (1876-1903), and twins Laura Pearson (1882-1968) and Mary Roberts (1882).
Cyrus Swan Roberts, Jr. (1876-1903)(Ohio State 1898) was a mining engineer in Mexico. He married in 1903, Helene DuFourcq (1878-1953), in New York City. Their son was Cyrus Swan Roberts III (1904-73), as noted above.
Laura Pearson Roberts (1882-1968) lived in San Antonio. She married in 1903, Col. Tilman Campbell (1874-1957), son of James Herron (1841-98) and Eliza Yoder Hopkins Campbell (1845-1929), of Augusta, Ark. He served in the Spanish-American War and WWI. His father was mayor of Augusta, Ark. Their children were Dr. Nancy Duval (1906-81) (UTx. 1927, Phi Beta Kappa)(Yale M.D. 1931) who was a physician at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C.; James Herron, II (1910-55)(UTx. 1935, M.S. 1936) who was a mechanical engineer; and Alexander Hopkins Campbell (1920-41).
See 1880 Census, Ft. Sisseton, Dakota Territory (DuVal and Cyrus Roberts, Jr.); Margaret Gwin Buchanan, The DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia 1794-1935 (Lynchburg, Va., 1938), 104, 108-114 (contains a photograph of Gen. Cyrus Roberts); Roy L. Swift, Civilizers, The DuVals of Texas From Virginia through Kentucky and Florida (Eakin Press, 1992), 207; Joseph Stephen Hays, Descendants of Major William DuVal (Smith's Grove, Ky. 2012)(unpublished edition), 12-13, 21, 31; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 42-43.
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