John was born to Herbert Albert and Mamie (Collogan) Roberts April 24, 1902 in Phillipsburg, Phillips Co KS. Mamie died shortly after his birth and he was raised by his Uncle John and Aunt Ella Barbara (Collogan) Roberts. Ella was a sister to Mamie and John Wesley was a brother to Herbert Albert. He had one natural sister, Letitia (Roberts) DeYoung, and three sisters who were daughters of John and Ella - Ethel, Laura, and Eva. He married Eva May Cummings June 12, 1923 in Colorado Springs.
They had three children -
Cecil born Jul 12, 1924 Grand Junction Mesa CO died July 4, 1977 Grand Junction Mesa Co CO
Leona Letetia born Apr 22, 1927 Colorado died Feb 24, 1929 Colorado.
Norma born about 1934 Penrose CO
John was a farmer renting various farms in Colorado, and his family lived in the houses provided. He worked for the W.P.A., making 25 cents an hour, along with farming to help provide for his family. He learned to run a road grader that was pulled behind a dump truck. Just after WWII he ran a road grader at Camp (Fort) Carson near Colorado Springs. He helped build many of the streets when the Camp was being built.
In 1950 he moved to Colorado Springs and did odd jobs, then worked for the city street department running a road grader and paving machine. He stayed at this job until he had a heart attack in the 1960s and retired.
They had three children -
Cecil born Jul 12, 1924 Grand Junction Mesa CO died July 4, 1977 Grand Junction Mesa Co CO
Leona Letetia born Apr 22, 1927 Colorado died Feb 24, 1929 Colorado.
Norma born about 1934 Penrose CO
John was a farmer renting various farms in Colorado, and his family lived in the houses provided. He worked for the W.P.A., making 25 cents an hour, along with farming to help provide for his family. He learned to run a road grader that was pulled behind a dump truck. Just after WWII he ran a road grader at Camp (Fort) Carson near Colorado Springs. He helped build many of the streets when the Camp was being built.
In 1950 he moved to Colorado Springs and did odd jobs, then worked for the city street department running a road grader and paving machine. He stayed at this job until he had a heart attack in the 1960s and retired.
John was born to Herbert Albert and Mamie (Collogan) Roberts April 24, 1902 in Phillipsburg, Phillips Co KS. Mamie died shortly after his birth and he was raised by his Uncle John and Aunt Ella Barbara (Collogan) Roberts. Ella was a sister to Mamie and John Wesley was a brother to Herbert Albert. He had one natural sister, Letitia (Roberts) DeYoung, and three sisters who were daughters of John and Ella - Ethel, Laura, and Eva. He married Eva May Cummings June 12, 1923 in Colorado Springs.
They had three children -
Cecil born Jul 12, 1924 Grand Junction Mesa CO died July 4, 1977 Grand Junction Mesa Co CO
Leona Letetia born Apr 22, 1927 Colorado died Feb 24, 1929 Colorado.
Norma born about 1934 Penrose CO
John was a farmer renting various farms in Colorado, and his family lived in the houses provided. He worked for the W.P.A., making 25 cents an hour, along with farming to help provide for his family. He learned to run a road grader that was pulled behind a dump truck. Just after WWII he ran a road grader at Camp (Fort) Carson near Colorado Springs. He helped build many of the streets when the Camp was being built.
In 1950 he moved to Colorado Springs and did odd jobs, then worked for the city street department running a road grader and paving machine. He stayed at this job until he had a heart attack in the 1960s and retired.
They had three children -
Cecil born Jul 12, 1924 Grand Junction Mesa CO died July 4, 1977 Grand Junction Mesa Co CO
Leona Letetia born Apr 22, 1927 Colorado died Feb 24, 1929 Colorado.
Norma born about 1934 Penrose CO
John was a farmer renting various farms in Colorado, and his family lived in the houses provided. He worked for the W.P.A., making 25 cents an hour, along with farming to help provide for his family. He learned to run a road grader that was pulled behind a dump truck. Just after WWII he ran a road grader at Camp (Fort) Carson near Colorado Springs. He helped build many of the streets when the Camp was being built.
In 1950 he moved to Colorado Springs and did odd jobs, then worked for the city street department running a road grader and paving machine. He stayed at this job until he had a heart attack in the 1960s and retired.
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Thank you to Tiffani and Graham Roberts (great grandson of John) for providing some of this information.
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