TX Family Groupsheet for James Louis ROACH Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Wanda Bowlin Davis Email address: Husband: James Louis ROACH Birthdate: 18 May 1845 Birthplace: Walker Co. Georgia Death date: 13 Oct 1910 (65y) Place of death: Idabel, McCurtain Co. Oklahoma Father: J.M. ROACH (c1823 SC--c1864 GA) Mother: Sarah C. (c1825 GA--1850s GA) Marriage date: 20 Dec 1885 Marriage place: Red River Co. Texas Wife: Piety Susan Alice SMITH Birthdate: 19 Feb 1859 Birthplace: Detroit, Red River Co. Texas Death date: 19 Oct 1942 (83y) Place of death: Red River Co. Texas Father: William Green SMITH (1827 TN--1916 TX) Mother: Esther Susan LASSITER (1828 NC--1902 TX) CHILDREN Child No. 1: John Ross RAOCH Sex: M Birthdate: 25 Oct 1886 Birthplace: Red River Co. Texas Death date: 12 Aug 1930 (63y) Place of death: Marriage date: 1) Apr 1910 2) Marriage place: Spouse's name: 1)Ethel ELLIS 2) Child No. 2: Jesse William ROACH Sex: M Birthdate: 18 Jul 1890 Birthplace: Red River Co. Texas Death date: 13 Jul 1965 (74y) Place of death: Marriage date: 26 Oct 1920 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Maggie SMITH Child No. 3: Charles Berry ROACH Sex: M Birthdate: 23 Feb 1893 Birthplace: Red River Co. Texas Death date: 30 Dec 1894 (11m) Place of death: Red River Co. Texas Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: Jimmie Alice ROACH Sex: F Birthdate: 24 Dec 1899 Birthplace: Red River Co. Texas Death date: 06 Dec 1891 (81y) Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Roy Edwin LATIMER Child No. 5: Albert Carl ROACH Sex: Birthdate: 12 Apr 1903 Birthplace: Red River Co. Texas Death date: 31 Dec 1985 (82y) Place of death: Taylor Co. TExas Marriage date: 09 Nov 1924 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Verna Esther THOMPSON Documentation: 1850 census Walker Co. GA -- 1860 census Catoosa Co. GA (Catoosa was formed on 12/5/1853 from parts of Walker Co. GA) 1870 Catoosa Co. GA --1900 census Red River Co. TX. Piety Susan Alice (SMITH) ROACH received a Confederate Pension # 30243 in 1915 out of Red River Co. TX. James Louis ROACH enlisted as a Private in Tallahassee, Florida, in Co. F, 12th Batallion, Georgia Light Artillery on 22 Feb 1864. James L. ROACH lived in Detroit, Red River Co. TX & was visiting in Idabel, McCurtain Co. Oklahoma where a druggist gave him the wrong prescription & he died of poisioning. His father, J.M. ROACH (1823 SC- c1864 GA)m1, Sarah C. (--?--) & had three children: 1.John E. ROACH (b.1843 GA) 2.JAMES LOUIS ROACH (1845 GA-1910 OK) 3.Harriet C. ROACH (b.1848 GA) J.M. ROACH (1823-1864) m2, Martha Calestia (--?--)abt 1860 in GA. She died aft 1880. J.M. & Martha C. had two children: 1.William T. ROACH (b. 1861 GA) 2. Charles R.H. ROACH (b. 1863 GA)