CELIA ANN RIPPETOE ROBERTS WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN RIPPETOE AND MARY POLLY ALLEN RIPPETOE.

SHE WAS BORN IN BLACKBURNS FORK, JACKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE ON NOV. 14, 1820 AND DIED IN GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI ON OCT. 15, 1897 AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.

SHE WAS MARRIED TO REV. JOSEPH PORTER ROBERTS IN 1840 AT THE AGE OF 20 YEARS AT JACKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE (NOW PUTNAM COUNTY).

THEIR CHILDREN WERE:

1. MARY JANE ROBERTS INMAN (1842-1893) F.A.G. # 2210 3543 SHE MARRIED NICHOLAS ALEXANDER IINMAN.

2. PETER WILSON ROBERTS (1845-1927) F.A.G #8575 2196. HE MARRIEDD MARTHA A. WILLIAMS.

3. PROFESSOR JOHN RAINES ROBERTS (1849-1944) F.A.G. # 3405 5186. HE MARRIED ALICE DEAN.

4. WELTHA ANN ROBERTS (1852-1928) F.A.G # 7374 1080. SHE MARRIED HENRY CLAY COLLINS

5. NANCY ELIZABETH "NANNIE" ROBERTS F.A.G. # 4287 8890. SHE NEVER MARRIED.

6. MARTHA ELIZABETH ROBERTS (1856-1921) F.A.G. # 4288 4101. SHE MARRIED NEILLY JAMES ROBBINS. (THESE ARE MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER)

7. CHARLES A. ROBERTS (1858-1864) F.A.G. # 5635 589. (DIED AT AGE 6).

8. ROBERT ROBERTS (1861-1864) F.A.G # 5635 593. (DIED AT AGE 3).

9. JOSEPHINE E. ROBERTS (1864-?) F.A.G # 5635 592 (DIED AT AGE 5 MONTHS-WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONTH BORN, SO DEATH COULD BE IN 1864 OR 1865)

ACCORDING TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER JOSEPHINE (ROBERTS) MOBBERLY, SHE WAS IN GOOD HEALTH AND WALKED A DISTANCE ON A CHILLY DAY IN OCTOBER TO HELP SOME SICK NEIGHBORS AND CONTRACTED PNEUMONIA, FROM WHICH SHE SURCUMBED.

SHE WAS LOVINGLY CALLED "GRAMA" BY HER GRANDDAUGHTER JOSEPHINE (ROBERTS) MOBBERLY.

OUR GG GRANDMOTHER MRS. CELIA ANN "GRAMA" (RIPPETOE) ROBERTS. MAY YOUR REST IN PEACE. CELIA SURCUMBED TO PNEUMONIA ON OCTOBER 15, 1897 AFTER CONTRACTING PNEUMONIA WHEN SHE HAD WALKED EARLIER IN OCTOBER ON A CHILLY DAY TO HELP SOME SICK NEIGHBORS. SHE DIED AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS. SHE WAS THE HUSBAND OF REV. JOSEPH PORTER ROBERTS. HER FATHER WAS JOHN RIPPETOE AND HER MOTHER MARY POLLY (ALLEN).

BURIAL TOOK PLACE AT THE PEA RIDGE CEMETERY IN PEA RIDGE, ARKANSAS.

PHOTO OF CELIA PROVIDED BY JEAN (ROBERTS) DOBSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA.