Possibly the daughter of James White, b. 1785.

Permelia Rebecca White married Daniel Sheldon Roberts on September 27, 1846 in Athens County, Ohio and they had seven children:
1) James E.W. Roberts
---b. Oct. 12, 1847, Athens Co., OH.
---d. before 1860
2) George Washington Roberts
---b. June 14, 1849, Athens Co., OH.
---sp.#1 Rhoda Emily Slankard
---m. Mar. 16, 1871
---sp.#2 Mary Francis Josephine Imbler
---m. 1881
---d. June 4, 1930, Harrisonville,Cass Co.,MO.
3) Erastus Edward Roberts
---b. Nov. 23, 1851, ILL.
---d. July 4, 1933
4) Benjamin Franklin Roberts*
---b. June 12, 1853, Adams Co., ILL.
---sp. Lucy Jane Allen
---m. Feb. 17, 1884, LaCrosse, Macon Co.,MO.
---d. Aug. 17, 1935, Hazelton, Barber Co.,KS.
5) William Henry Roberts
---b. Jan. 12, 1856, ILL.
---sp.#1 Mary C. Dennis
---m. March 26, 1876
---sp.#2 Sarah Adeline Buck
---m. April 22, 1886
---sp.#3 Fanny Knight
---m. April 19, 1900
---sp.#4 Anna Neal McQuitty
---m. Aug. 15, 1902
---d. Jan. 22, 1953, Brookfield, Linn Co.,MO.
6) Florence Addie Roberts
---b. Mar. 21, 1858
---d. 1859
7) Anna Amanda Roberts
---b. Aug. 18, 1861, Adams Co., ILL.
---sp. William J. Smallwood
---m. June 4, 1882, Macon Co., MO.
---d. July 27, 1936, Lyon, Knox, MO
NOTE: The last three children I once had listed here, Sarah Jane, Daniel Lewis and Mary Ettie Roberts were not Daniel Sheldon and Permelia Rebecca White Robert's children. Another family researcher (who is deceased) provided their names back in 1989 but without any supporting documentation.

Permelia died sometime in early 1867. Her husband married his second wife, Almyra Camelia Snow Slankard, on November 3, 1867 in Knox County, Missouri. All of Daniel & Permelia's children appear on the 1870 Adams County, Illinois census. The children listed with him are: George, Erastus, Ben F., William, Amanda, John, and Rhoda Roberts and Almyra's son Truman Slankard by Almyra's first husband.