b: Owen Co KY; d: Gibson Co IN; d/of Henley Roberts; m: 20 Nov 1849 Scott KY Joseph Hess (ca 1828 KY); ch: James Joseph (1851 KY-1938 IL buried Rose Hill Cem; m: Laura Ethelridge) & Sarah F (1854 IN-1922 MO m1: Charles C Morasch; m2: James Quinn) & Charles Jefferson (1859-1940 IN) & George A (1868 KY-1945 MO m: Stella May McClellan)