Rev. William ROBERTS (1812 –1888) Hannah WEBSTER (1806 –1901)

Dr. William Huntsman ROBERTS (1839 – )

 

Family Links Spouses & Children 1. Mary Ann POWELL Arthur ROBERTS Georgianna ROBERTS+ Eugene ROBERTS Charles ROBERTS Janet ROBERTS Rosalia ROBERTS 2. Margaret Frances BARTON Ida May ROBERTS Dr. William Huntsman ROBERTS 1 Born: 12 November 1839, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA 2 Marriage (1): Mary Ann POWELL on 30 August 1859 in Marion County, Oregon, USA Marriage (2): Margaret Frances BARTON on 11 August 1873 in Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Died: Unknown    Other names for William were W. H. ROBERT, W. H. ROBERTS and Dr. William H. ROBERTS.3   Recorded Events in His Life He worked as a Doctor. 3 Fact: father was a minister. He appeared on the 1850 US Federal Census on 3 January 1850 in Marion County, Oregon Territory, USA. 4 Marion County, Oregon Territory, USA (William Roberts, age 11) He worked as a Farmer in 1860. 2 He appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census on 19 July 1860 in Sublimity, Marion County, Oregon, USA. 2 Sublimity, Marion County, Oregon, USA (W.H. Robert, age 20) He appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census on 31 July 1860 in South Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA. 2 South Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA (W. H. Roberts, age 21) He had a residence in 1872 in Amity, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA. He had a residence in 1874 in Nilwood, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. William Huntsman Roberts was last seen in Nilwood, Macoupin County, Illinois in early April 1874 when he escaped from custody after being arrested on a bigamy charge.  This information about his arrest and subsequent escape from custody comes from the 1874 divorce case against him. But no one knows what happened to William Huntsman Roberts after that.  In both his father's probate records in 1888, and his mother's probate records of 1902, William's whereabouts are unknown.

William married Mary Ann POWELL, daughter of Theophilus POWELL and Rachael Ruth CENTER, on 30 August 1859 in Marion County, Oregon, USA. The marriage ended in divorce. (Mary Ann POWELL was born on 30 August 1841 in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA, died on 22 March 1903 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA and was buried in 1903 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• Officiating: Theophilus Powell, 30 August 1859, Marion County, Oregon, USA.

• Gallery: Dr. William Roberts abandons wife and runs off with Mrs. Harriet M. Hoover, in 1869, in Monroe, Benton County, Oregon, USA.

• They were divorced in 1870 in Benton County, Oregon, USA.

• Re-Marriage: 11 June 1870, Monroe, Benton County, Oregon, USA.

• They separated from their spouse William Roberts abandons wife again in 1873 in Oregon, USA.

• Re-Divorce: 1874, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.

William next married Margaret Frances BARTON on 11 August 1873 in Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA. (Margaret Frances BARTON was born on 21 June 1851 in Murrayville, Morgan County, Illinois, USA,⁵ died on 2 March 1917 in Franklin, Morgan County, Illinois, USA ⁵ and was buried on 4 March 1917 in Franklin, Morgan County, Illinois, USA ⁵.)

  Marriage Notes

Note: the marriage date comes from Maggie's deposition in the 1874 divorce case of William H. Roberts and Mary Ann Roberts, but no record from this marriage can be found.