This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: batchelorw Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1919/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To my knowledge, no one has produced evidence that David Y. Roper, b. abt. 1783, NC and John Y. Roper, b. abt. 1796, NC, had a middle name of Yates. I have searched extensively and have never been able to find the middle name explicitly stated. John Calvin Roper, b. 1822, the son of David Y. Roper, b. abt. 1783, named a son David Y. Roper, but I can find no evidence that his middle name was Yates. John Y. Roper, b. abt. 1796, named a son John Y. Roper, b. abt. 1821, but I can find no evidence that his middle name was Yates. However, there appears to be a great grandchild of John Y. Roper, b. abt. 1796, NC, who was named Roscoe Yates Roper, b. 11 Feb 1891, Itasca, TX; d. 24 June 1970, Exeter, Tulare County, CA . John Y. Roper, Jr., b. abt. 1821, son of John Y. Roper, Sr., b. abt. 1796, had a son named John Henry Roper, b. July 4, 1858, Hartsville, Trousdale County, TN; d. July 29, 1930, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA. John Y. Roper, Sr., John Y. Roper, Jr. and his wife Angeline French can be seen residing together in the 1860 Sumner County, TN census. John Henry Roper, shown only as John Roper, son of John Y. Roper, Jr., is seen as age 1 in the census. (All census records referred to in this article can be seen as images on Ancestry.com) The 1870 Hartsville, Sumner County census shows John Y. Roper, Sr., and John Y. Roper, Jr. and his wife Angio Roper, residing in the same household. John, age 12, son of John Y. Roper, Jr., is also listed John Roper, son of John Y. Roper, Jr., can next be seen as John H. Roper, age 21, b. TN, residing in the home of his widowed mother Angeline Roper in the 1880 Hartsville, Trousdale, TN census. John H. Roper can next be seen in the 1900 Itasca, TX census with his wife Mattie and his mother Angie C. Roper. Also, there is an Osca Y. Roper, b. February 1892, age 8, son of John H. Roper and Mattie Roper. The 1910 Meridian, Itasca, TX census again shows John H. Roper and his wife, with the son Osca now listed as Roscoe Y. Roper, age 19, born in Texas. John H. Roper and his wife Mattie next appear in the 1920 Meridian, Bosque, TX census, living next down to his son Roscoe Roper, age 28, now married to a Charlotte, age 28. Roscoe and Charlotte have no children. A Jessie Dolster, identified as the sister-in-law of Roscoe Roper, is living in Roscoe's household. Roscoe Y. Roper can next be found in the 1930 Exeter, Tulare County, CA census, living with his wife Charlotte D. Roper. They have no children and they are both shown as age 39. John H. Roper and his wife Mattie can be found in the 1930 Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA census. Roscoe Y. Roper appears in the 1940 Exeter, Tulare County, CA census, age 49, with his wife Charlotte D. Roper, age 50. His mother Mattie, age 73, is also living in the household. Roscoe and Charlotte have no children. Roscoe Y. Roper died June 24, 1970 in Exeter, Tulare County, CA according to his Social Security record. He was buried in Exeter Cemetery. The computer records at the Exeter Cemetery are available online. That record shows that "Roscoe Yates Roper" was buried on July 6, 1970. (The computer records actually have his death and burial dates reversed in order). He is shown as a male Caucasian, age 79, born February 11, 1891, in Itasca, TX. The plot owners are shown as R.V. & Charlotte Roper (The V is probably a typo, meant to be Y). The plot number is 5/U-9-S2 Charlotte D. Roper's death is also recorded in the Exeter Cemetery computer records. She died on March 31, 1976 and was buried on April 15, 1976. Her date of birth was August 12, 1889, Madison, IL. She is shown as the plot owner of plot number 5/U-9-2. Thus, Charlotte would have been alive at the time Roscoe died and was buried. She probably knew the full name of her husband to be Roscoe Yates Roper and listed him as such. There is no image of the headstone or gravestone produced on the Internet. The next time I am in Tulare County (two hours away), I will attempt to get a photo of the grave marker. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>