Married Lula Elaine Prescott on July 11, 1915, in Pike County, MS. Son of George Washington Roberts and Frances Jane Guy. One Son, Claude Houston Roberts. Claude, Jr. and Sr., both born at old home place in Amite County on Kermit Road. His mother was born on the same parcel of property but in Pike County because it straddled the county line. Grandparents, Barzilla Monroe Roberts and Elceba Wall; William Jefferson Guy and Sarah Ellen Magee. He was the youngest of eight children. His father fought in the Civil War, 33rd Infantry, Amite Guards. He inherited the 80 acres of the original homestead that had the house he was born in and the cemetery where his parents and grandmother are buried. The remaining land was divided in to 80 acre increments for his brothers and sisters. He started out as a planter (cotton) but the depression forced him to go to Jackson, MS. in search of work. Both sets of my grandparents had to move to the city during this time as they could no longer make a living as planters. You couldn't even find seeds to plant to sustain yourselves much less make a profit as a cotton farmer. My grandfather was fortunate to find a job with the Standard Oil Company managing the Standard Oil Filling Station formerly located on the corner of Gallatin and Hooker Streets. He enjoyed a good trade at this location. This was where the main highway ran through town, Old Highway 51, before the interstate system came to Mississippi. Once he found work, he moved his wife and son to Jackson. Even though times were hard and money scarce, he hung on to the old home place when many other families were forced to sell their farms just to survive. He always had hopes of returning to the Old Place someday but it never happened. I was barely four years old when Papaw died but have vivid memories of what a fine man he was. Both he and Grammy lived with my family until their passing. He suffered great loss in his early life. His mother died when he was 13 and his father when he was 16. His older brother, who was a school teacher, finished raising him and insisted that he complete high school much to my grandmother's chagrin. Back then, there was only one high school in the state of Mississippi which was located in Jackson. That required Papaw to live in Jackson some 90 miles away from Amite County and away from my grandmother, who was his sweetheart at the time. The eighth grade was the average level of education attained around the turn of the century. A high school diploma back then would be the equivalent of a college degree today.