Elizabeth was one of six children born to Wiley Anderson Murrell and Mary Magdalene Honce in Botetourt, Virginia. When Elizabeth was 18, around 1853, she migrated to Illinois with her family. There she met John Roberts, who had moved to Illinois from his native Indiana to work as a farmhand. They married 08 March 1857 in Roseville, Warren Co., Illinois. They had four children born in Illinois: William Edward (1858-1935), Jason Lee (1859-1940), George A. (1861-1939), Mary Jane (1863-1947).
In the fall of 1868 the family of six loaded a covered wagon and migrated to Jasper County, Iowa. Here another child, Wilbert John, was born but died in infancy (1877-1878).
John and Elizabeth lived the rest of their lives in Jasper County, Iowa.
In the fall of 1868 the family of six loaded a covered wagon and migrated to Jasper County, Iowa. Here another child, Wilbert John, was born but died in infancy (1877-1878).
John and Elizabeth lived the rest of their lives in Jasper County, Iowa.
Elizabeth was one of six children born to Wiley Anderson Murrell and Mary Magdalene Honce in Botetourt, Virginia. When Elizabeth was 18, around 1853, she migrated to Illinois with her family. There she met John Roberts, who had moved to Illinois from his native Indiana to work as a farmhand. They married 08 March 1857 in Roseville, Warren Co., Illinois. They had four children born in Illinois: William Edward (1858-1935), Jason Lee (1859-1940), George A. (1861-1939), Mary Jane (1863-1947).
In the fall of 1868 the family of six loaded a covered wagon and migrated to Jasper County, Iowa. Here another child, Wilbert John, was born but died in infancy (1877-1878).
John and Elizabeth lived the rest of their lives in Jasper County, Iowa.
In the fall of 1868 the family of six loaded a covered wagon and migrated to Jasper County, Iowa. Here another child, Wilbert John, was born but died in infancy (1877-1878).
John and Elizabeth lived the rest of their lives in Jasper County, Iowa.
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