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William Aloysius Roberts is Papa Doc’s grandfather)
From History of Union County, KY, 1866
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=U-8xAQAAMAAJ&rdid=book-U-8xAQAAMAAJ&rdot=1
Pages 657-658
WILLIAM ALOSIUS ROBERTS,
farmer, of Waverly Precinct, is the son of John Joseph and Elizabeth (Payne) Roberts. His father was born in that part of Washington that is now Marion County, in the year 1802. He came to Union in 1830 and married in 1831, and died here December 8, 1858. Subject’s mother was born in the same part of Washington County as his father; in 1810, and died in Ralls County, Mo., in 1835 ; his paternal grandparents, William and Mary (Bowles) Roberts, were born respectively, in Delaware, but married in Marion County, Ky.; his maternal grandparents, John and Mary (Smith) Payne, were from Maryland, and the reader will find a full account of them in the biography of John Payne.
Our subject was born on the place where he is now living, one mile south of Waverly, on December 9, 1833. This place was bought for his mother, and had been improved as early as 1815. Mrs. Mattingley gives an interesting account of it in the introduction to this chapter. While he was yet quite young, the father of our subject removed to Missouri; thence to Marion County; thence to Breckenridge County ; thence to Meade County; thence to Union. Thus, his common school education was received in many different places. Besides this, our subject attended St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s Colleges one term each, but pursued only the English branches.
In April, 1857, our subject married Susan Mary Hite, the daughter of John and Ann (Pike) Hite, in Union County; her ancestry and parentage are fully described in the Hitesville Chapter. Mrs. Roberts was born in Union County May 18, 1839. Nine children, four of whom are dead, have been born to them. Frances Ann, now in Owensboro, is a Sister of Charity of Nazareth, known as Sister Mary Alosia. The children at home are John, Joseph, Robert Lee, Henry, Alosius, and Peter Stephen.
During the war Mr. Roberts was drafted, but when he appeared before the Medical Examiners he was rejected. His farm, which is one of the best in the county, contains eight hundred and twenty-five acres, seven hundred and fifty acres of which are in cultivation. He always lets out his tobacco crop on the shares; rents some of his land occasionally, but manages about all of his land in person. His tobacco barn has crops in it several years old, Mr. Roberts being so crowded with the management of his large place, that he has not found the time to prepare it for market. The crops he raises ordinarily are hay and corn. He was baptized into the Catholic Church, and remains a fervent member of that denomination.
He is a good farmer, industrious man, and companionable gentleman.
