Missouri Family Group Sheet for John Henry Roper, Sr Family

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Submitted by: C.M. WRIGHT
Email address: mitchokie@yahoo.com
 

Husband: John Henry ROPER, Sr.
Birth date:8/Jan/1788
Birthplace: Burke or Wilkes Co. NC
Death date: October, 1863
Place of death: Milford, Ellis, TX
Father: William ROPER
Mother: Elizabeth (?)

Marriage date:1808-9
Marriage place: SC or TN

Wife: Nancy Agnes SMITH
Birth date:18/Oct/1792
Birthplace: Pendleton Dist., SC
Death date:5/Apr/1845
Place of death:**NW of Mansfield, Wright, MO
Father: Yewell SMITH
Mother: (?)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1:Mary ROPER
Sex: F
Birth date:11/Mar/1810
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date: 5/Feb/1872
Place of death: Melville, Dadeville, Dade,MO
Marriage date:21/Nov/1830
Marriage place: St.Claire Co. IL
Spouse's name: Nicholas A. STEPHENSON

Child No. 2:Rebecca ROPER
Sex: F
Birth date:6/Feb/1812
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date:19/Apr/1851
Place of death: Wright Co. MO
Marriage date:3/Nov/1831
Marriage place: St. Louis Co. MO
Spouse's name: John CUMMINS

Child No. 3:Francis Yewell ROPER
Sex: M
Birth date:16/Sep/1813
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date:25/Mar/1895
Place of death: Tupelo, Lee, MS
Marriage date:19/Oct/1837
Marriage place: Old Pulaski Co. MO (now Wright)
Spouse's name: Mary (Pops) POOL

Child No. 4:William Meade ROPER
Sex: M
Birth date:16/Nov/1816
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date:18/Nov/1895
Place of death: Hickory Springs, Texas, MO
Marriage date:23/Nov/1854
Marriage place: Wright Co. MO
Spouse's name: Mary Catherine CHILDRESS

Child No. 5:John Henry ROPER, Jr.
Sex: M
Birth date:27/Jan/1819
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date:16/Feb/1881
Place of death: Mt.Grove, Wright, MO
Marriage date:22/Oct/1848
Marriage place: Wright Co. MO
Spouse's name: Nancy Irene LONG

Child No. 6:Elizabeth ROPER
Sex: F
Birth date:30/Dec/1820
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date:4/May/1849
Place of death: Wright Co. MO
Marriage date:2/Nov/1845
Marriage place: Wright Co. MO
Spouse's name: John RIPPEE

Child No. 7:Sarah ROPER
Sex: F
Birth date:22/Mar/1823
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date:15/Oct/1882
Place of death: Hickory Springs, Texas, MO
Marriage date:25/Dec/1845
Marriage place: Wright Co. MO
Spouse's name: Samuel C. HARDIN

Child No. 8:Nancy Jane ROPER
Sex: F
Birth date:8/Mar/1825
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date:1888
Place of death: Navarro Co. TX
Marriage date:5/Sep/1848
Marriage place: Wright Co. MO
Spouse's name: Dr. William Allen LONG

Child No. 9:Margaret Ann ROPER
Sex: F
Birth date:17/Jan/1827
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date:17/May/1887
Place of death: Pittsburg Co. I.T.
Marriage date:23/Jan/1849
Marriage place: Wright Co. MO
Spouse's name: Milton BREEDLOVE

Child No. 10:Martha Girtrude ROPER
Sex: F
Birth date:4/Dec/1828
Birthplace: Williamsport, Maury, TN
Death date: after 1879
Place of death: MO or MS
Marriage date: UNK
Marriage place: UNK
Spouse's name: UNK

Child No. 11:Telete Eveline ROPER
Sex: F
Birth date:31/Oct/1830
Birthplace: St.Claire Co., IL
Death date:15/Apr/1890
Place of death: Castle Rock, Cowlitz, WA- State
Marriage date:28/July/1859
Marriage place: Wright Co. MO
Spouse's name: Felix MILLER

Child No. 12:Louisa Caroline ROPER
Sex: F
Birth date:17/Nov/1833
Birthplace: Greene Co. MO-Present day Springfield
Death date:27/Apr/1877
Place of death: Greene Co. MO
Marriage date:8/Feb/1857
Marriage place: Greene or Wright Co. MO
Spouse's name: Daniel W. TURNER

Notes:**
They lived along the Lick Fork, Gasconade River between Nancy
Newton Cem. and #5 Cemetery N.-NW of Mansfield.  It is believed that John Roper, Sr.
married most of his children. He was a Farmer, Miller, Preacher-M/E Church

Documentation:
Roper Some Southern ROPER Trees, A book of clues, June Roper Walton, 1830 St. Louis Co.
MO marriages,1830 St. Louis Co.
Census, Bible of John Henry Roper, Jr. of Mt. Grove, MO, Stephenson
descendants to include Judge Arthur T. Stephenson of OK, Cummins descendants,
Mrs. Frances Barnett, MS, Russell Pool, MO, Childress descendants Lavonnie Brimhall-OR,
John Henry ROPER, Sr.'s descendants Mt. Grove, MO, Mrs. Phyllis Rippee, host of Wright Co.
page at Rootsweb.com,
Research done in Wright Co. by C.M. Wright on Hardins, Letters from Milford, TX concerning Dr.
W.A. Long and wife Nancy, James Breedlove, descendant of Milton and Margaret (Roper)
Breedlove of TX, Descendants of Felix and Telete (Roper) Miller Bob Schiffer, LA ,Barbara R.
Wissman and Lavern Collins of CA, Ruth Roper Schofield, MO, 1840 Pulaski Co. MO Census, 1850-1860
Wright Co. MO Censuses.  Notes the Ropers have about Turners of Turners, MO in Greene Co.
Many census records for MO, AR, MS, TX, OK. Looking through all my notes would take a
lot more room. To all those "Thanks" and "Blessings" C.M. Wright