William Albert Roberts

Born: 20 MAR 1892 - Died: 2 JAN 1972

William Albert Roberts

Male

Date of Birth

20 MAR 1892

Clay County, TN

Date of Death

2 JAN 1972

Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA

Parents

Father: Jefferson Franklin Roberts 14

Mother: Sarah H Medlock Matlock

Sibling(s)

Marriage(s)

Josephine Beatrice Johnson
23 APR 1923 - Jackson, Madison Co., TN
Marie Ferguson
10 OCT 1961 - Donelson, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America

Notes

Albert Roberts was the youngest child and was blinded as a infant with scissors. Two stories, one it was self inflicted while running, the other one of his sisters deliberately poked his eyes. Went on to school for the blind and eventually worked in Nashville at the State House and married a blind women he met in school. William Albert Roberts and Josephine Beatrice Johnson did not have any children.

Media

Documents

Albert Roberts document

William Albert Roberts story from Overton County Public Library