John Robert Roe

Brief Life History of John Robert

When John Robert Roe was born on 19 September 1872, in Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, United States, his father, Columbus Barefoot Roe, was 30 and his mother, Frances Russell, was 39. He married Julia Zorado Hatley on 22 January 1893, in Crawford, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Dyer, Crawford, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died on 16 February 1910, in Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Mulberry, Crawford, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Robert Roe
1872–1910
Julia Zorado Hatley
1876–1953
Marriage: 22 January 1893
Eula Vesta Roe
1893–1968
Dola Agatha Roe
1895–1972
Foister Edgar Roe
1898–1968
Ira Roe
1900–1963
Idus Roe
1902–1953
Aaron Alva B Roe
1904–1975
Clyde Roe
1907–1927
Cyrus Roe
1909–1940

Sources (5)

  • John R Roe, "United States Census, 1900"
  • John R Roe, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Robert W. Roe, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded

The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English ro(o) ‘roe deer’ (Old English ). This is the midland and southern form, also found in South Yorkshire and Lancashire. In much of northern England, however, remained unrounded and survives as Ray 3.

English: post-medieval variant of Wroe (see Wray ). Wroe may also have been used as a spelling of Roe .

English: post-medieval variant of Row (or vice versa); see Rowe .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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