Jeptha ROBERTSON & Cynthelia Jane Alexander ELLEDGE

Father: Jeptha ROBERTSON, (son of Joseph Benjamin ROBERTSON), b. 2 Sep 1835, Morgan Kentucky, d. 10 Feb 1917, Parsons Labette Kansas

Jeptha has a conflict in the year and place he was born. An ancestral file on Family Search lists him as being born in Illinois in 1835. However, info from 1880 Census in Parsons Kansas lists him as being born in Indiana in around 1836. Finally there is an extracted birth record for this man showing he was born on Sept 2 in Morgan Kentucky. This same file lists his correctly as Cynthiela Elledge which is correct. I have chosen to give him the birthdate and birthplace from the extracted file. It is not that unusual for that time and day with folks constantly on the move to forget where they were born Also a quick search on google shows that Morgan County is very close to the Ohio border and many records are in both states. Not knowing changing state boundaries may have caused this confusion as well.Marriage info comes from ancestral file as well. . From William Butler's history of Kansas Labette County the following entries “JEPTHA ROBERTSON, farmer, Section 15, Township 20, Range 31, P. O. Parsons, came to Labette County in 1868, entering 160 acres of fine land, three miles east of Parsons. His native place is Columbus, Ind. He was born September, 1835. His parents were from Ohio; his father died in 1878. By industry and good management, he soon began business for himself. October 3, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss C. J. Elledge, a native of Edgar County, Ill., born August 4, 1836. Her parents were from Kentucky; the father from Montgomery County, and the mother from Morgan County. They married and settled in Edgar County, Ill., in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. R. first settled on a farm in Edgar County, Ill., and remained until they came to Kansas. Their family consists of eight children - Alice, Isaac, Loie, Henry M., Aggie, Eva, Emma and Maggie. They are both members of the Christian Church”

Mother: Cynthelia Jane Alexander ELLEDGE, (daughter of (Private)), b. 4 Aug 1836, Montgomery Kentucky, d. 18 Aug 1902, Parsons Labette Kansas

Married 4 Oct 1856

Children:

  1. Isaac Clarence ROBERTSON, b. 26 Oct 1856, Paris Edgar Illinois, d. 16 Jun 1932
  2. Alice Jeannette ROBERTSON, b. 17 Jul 1858, Paris Edgar Illinois, d. 14 Mar 1926
  3. Martha Evaline ROBERTSON, b. 16 Mar 1860, Paris Edgar Illinois, d. 15 Sep 1867
  4. Loie Jane ROBERTSON, b. 9 Jun 1861, Paris Edgar Illinois, d. 3 Jan 1933
  5. Henry Miller ROBERTSON, b. 4 Jan 1863, Paris Edgar Illinois, d. 13 Sep 1937, Los Angeles CA
  6. Agnes Turner ROBERTSON, b. 16 Nov 1865, Paris Edgar Illinois, d. 25 Aug 1919
  7. Eva ROBERTSON, b. ABT 1867, Paris Edgar Illinois
  8. Emma May ROBERTSON, b. 22 May 1869, d. 8 Sep 1894
  9. Maggie Georgette ROBERTSON, b. 2 Feb 1874, Paris Edgar Illinois

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