When Eliza Jane Boatwright was born on 11 September 1857, in Texas, United States, her father, Alexander Evans Boatright, was 34 and her mother, Mary Hawkins Whittington, was 23. She married Samuel Roberts on 14 October 1874, in Travis Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Hamilton, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 5, Hamilton, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 20 January 1952, in Evant, Hamilton, Texas, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Murphree Cemetery, Evant, Hamilton, Texas, United States.