This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/759.1.1.5 Message Board Post: The previous generation -- John William ROPER's FATHER -- is fairly clearly indicated by the 1880 Census record of James D. ROPER: United States Census -- 1880 De Bastrop Township, Ashley County, AR (Enumeration District 8), Page 4 03 Jun 1880 Line 9, Dwelling 27, Family 30, ROPER, James D., White, Male, Age 49, Widowed, Laborer, Born SC, Father Born SC, Mother Born SC Line 10, Dwelling 27, Family 30, ROPER, Margaret J., White, Female, Age 23, Daughter, Single, Keeping House, Born AR, Father Born SC, Mother Born MS Line 11, Dwelling 27, Family 30, ROPER, James, White, Male, Age 20, Son, Single, Laborer, Born AR, Father Born SC, Mother Born MS Line 12, Dwelling 27, Family 30, ROPER, John W., White, Male, Age 18, Son, Single, Laborer, Born AR, Father Born SC, Mother Born MS Line 13, Dwelling 27, Family 30, ROPER, Moses S., White, Male, Age 15, Son, Single, Laborer, Born AR, Father Born SC, Mother Born MS Line 14, Dwelling 27, Family 30, ROPER, Alice, White, Female, Age 10, Daughter, Single, Born AR, Father Born SC, Mother Born MS Line 15, Dwelling 27, Family 30, ROPER, Georgia A., White, Female, Age 7, Daughter, Single, Born AR, Father Born SC, Mother Born MS Line 16, Dwelling 27, Family 30, ROPER, Rosa L., White, Female, Age 5, Daughter, Single, Born AR, Father Born SC, Mother Born MS Line 17, Dwelling 27, Family 30, ROPER, Gilbert, White, Male, Age 2, Son, Single, Born AR, Father Born SC, Mother Born MS Line 18, Dwelling 27, Family 30, PACE, James, White, Male, Age 17, Single, Servant, Born AR, Father Born TN, Mother Born TN [Image 4 of 46 at the Ancestry.com presentation of the 1880 Census data for this jurisdiction.] * * * This is the James D. ROPER shown in Dr. L. David ROPER's ROPER Family History files as record "8180".