Roper Genealogy


Darwin C. RICHEY was born on 14 Oct 1902. He died on 7 Apr 1947. He was buried in , Williamson, IL. He married Ruby Mae ROPER.

Ruby Mae ROPER [Parents]

They had the following children:

  M i Fred RICHEY
  M ii Ted RICHEY

Robert Lincoln MALONE [Parents]

Ravella Faith WOMACK

They had the following children:

  F i Dixie Rae MALONE
  M ii Allan Jay MALONE
  M iii Robert Brian MALONE
  F iv Julie Ann MALONE

Roy CALDWELL

Roma Lee MALONE [Parents]

They had the following children:

  M i Terry CALDWELL
  F ii Cynthia CALDWELL
  F iii Linda CALDWELL

William Dwight ROPER [Parents]

Elizabeth HOUSTON

They had the following children:

  M i William Dwight ROPER Jr.
  F ii Judith E. ROPER
  M iii Mitchell R. ROPER

DEGROOT died before 17 Jun 1883. He married Sarah.

Sarah died on 22 Oct 1888 in Galatia, Saline, IL. She was buried on 23 Oct 1888 in Galatia, Saline, IL - Howe Cemetery. She married DEGROOT.

Undertaker attending burial was C. C. Webber, Galatia, Saline, IL.

They had the following children:

  F i Cordelia DEGROOT

Casey ROPER [Parents] was born 1 on 1 Jun 1885 in Carrier Mills Twp, Saline, IL. He died in 1956. He married Laura MITCHELL on 14 Oct 1916 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL.

Casey was a miner. On Casey's Certificate of Birth an Aunt, Sarah Puckett gives the ages of both the father, James Roper and mother Martha Campbell Roper, as 28 years each.

Laura MITCHELL was born in 1891 in Mitchell, , IL. She died in 1956. She was buried in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL. She married Casey ROPER on 14 Oct 1916 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL.

Birth and death dates and burial place obtained from "Cemeteries - Saline County, IL" by John V. Murphy, published by McDowell Publications, c1977, Indexed. Repository: Family History Library, Call # 977.399 V3m, and film # 1036405. Laura's faster is Bob Mitchell and mother is Sophronia Priest.

They had the following children:

  F i Cecil ROPER

William Thomas ROPER [Parents].William married Susie THORN on 9 Jul 1904 in , Saline, IL.

Other marriages:
JENKENS, Ada A.

Susie THORN was born about 1886 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL. She married William Thomas ROPER on 9 Jul 1904 in , Saline, IL.

Birth year estimated from age 18 on marriage license.


William Thomas ROPER [Parents].William married Ada A. JENKENS on 1 Jan 1909 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL.

Other marriages:
THORN, Susie

Ada A. JENKENS was born about 1884 in , , IL. She died in 1944. She was buried in Carrier Mills Twp., Saline, IL. She married William Thomas ROPER on 1 Jan 1909 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL.

Birth computed from age given in birth certificate of first child born.

They had the following children:

  F i Ethel Louise ROPER
  M ii Franklin Forest ROPER
  F iii Lois ROPER
  F iv Mary Ellen ROPER
  F v Miriam Joy ROPER
  F vi Dina Maud ROPER
  M vii Charles T. ROPER
  M viii Patrick Lee ROPER was born on 17 Mar 1928 in , Saline, IL. He died in 1998.

Birth information from Saline Co., IL, Birth Index 1866-1939 (Vol. L, p. 584); repository, Family History, Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt LakeCity, UT, film # 964954.
  F ix Sarah Louise ROPER

Randolph Marshall ROPER [Parents] was born in Jun 1871 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL, USA. He died in 1960. He married Lucy Ann HARRIS on 16 Dec 1894 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL.

Other marriages:
CARRIER, Nellie Elizabeth

Birth and death dates and burial place from "Cemeteries - Saline County, IL", by John V. Murphy. Published by McDowell Publications, c1977, Hartford, KY. Indexed. Repository, Family History Library, Fil.m # 1036405 and Call # 977.399 V3m, p. 82. Marshall is buried in New Salem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Lucy Ann HARRIS was born in 1874 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL. She married Randolph Marshall ROPER on 16 Dec 1894 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL.

Lucy had previously been married to Mr. PYLE - Obtained from Saline County, IL, Marriage Register, Book H, p. 186. Repository, Family History Library, Film # 965060. Marshall's full name and Lucy's maiden name obtained from Son, Ross Kenneth, birth record listed in "Saline County, IL, Birth Register", 1898-1901. Repository, family History Library, Film # 964963. Lucy Ann's parents: Father, J.W. Harris; Mother, ________Cozart.

They had the following children:

  F i Orvella ROPER
  M ii Ross Kenneth ROPER

Randolph Marshall ROPER [Parents] was born in Jun 1871 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL, USA. He died in 1960. He married Nellie Elizabeth CARRIER.

Other marriages:
HARRIS, Lucy Ann

Birth and death dates and burial place from "Cemeteries - Saline County, IL", by John V. Murphy. Published by McDowell Publications, c1977, Hartford, KY. Indexed. Repository, Family History Library, Fil.m # 1036405 and Call # 977.399 V3m, p. 82. Marshall is buried in New Salem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Nellie Elizabeth CARRIER was born about 1888 in Carrier Mills, Saline, IL, USA. She married Randolph Marshall ROPER.

Name and birth taken from first child's Record of Birth. Date estimated from age 22 on this Record of Birth.

They had the following children:

  F i Thelma ROPER
  M ii R. M. ROPER

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