Unknown Nooner.Unknown married Vera Mae Hill.
Vera Mae Hill [Parents] was born on Jan 2 1905. She died . She married Unknown Nooner.
They had the following children:
F i Jean Nooner. F ii Unknown Unknown.
Norvel P. Parker died . He married Alice L. Roark on Jan 22 1891 in Alto, Cherokee County, TX.
Alice L. Roark [Parents] was born on Feb 21 1866 in Alto, Cherokee County, TX. She died . She married Norvel P. Parker on Jan 22 1891 in Alto, Cherokee County, TX.
Joe Lee Roark [Parents] was born in Mar 1869 in TX. He died in 1928 in Dodge City, Walker County, TX. He married Lou Unknown.
Lou Unknown died . She married Joe Lee Roark.
They had the following children:
James Roark [Parents] was born in 1804 in Smith Co., TN (now Macon Co.). He died . He was buried in Eutaw Cemetery. He married Martha Gilliam.
Joint executor of his father's will. Went to Rusk Co., TX with Charlie Gilliam, Allen Gilliam, and Doc Richardson in 1849. There, James bought 436 acres of timberland about 10.5 miles northeast of Henderson, the county seat. He sold this property on December 16, 1859 after he had moved to Eutaw in Limestone County and bought land from the Moss family. Charles Gilliam remained in either Smith or Rusk County. The Roark and Gilliam families are listed together in the 1850 census of Rusk County, and James is listed in the 1860 census of Limestone County, Eutaw Community.
The following account was researched and prepared by J. A. Moore, great-grandson of James Roark, son of William Roark (September 1971):
Before the American Revolution there were several Roark families in this country. Several Roarks were in the Continental Army, including two Williams and a James who enlisted in Warren County, North Carolina. Probably before the Revolution there were several Roark families in Ashe County, North Carolina, and it is likely that John Roark was born there about 1770. By 1800 or shortly thereafter, some Roarks had moved to Smith (now bacon) County, Tennessee, north of Nashville. Early arrival of the Roark Family in Tennessee is supported by the fact that John's brother, William, had a son James, born there in 1804, and John's oldest child, William, was born there the year before. On Sept. 26, 1817, William Roark sold his land in Smith County to some other Roarks after he had moved his family to Franklin County, Tennessee, and settled on land located in a cove of the Cumberland Plateau. The site of his home became known as Roark's Cove, and this name is still carried on Franklin County mops. The 1820 census of the county shows a Barnet Roark family adjacent to William's, and very likely he was another brother of John's. (John's daughter, Lucinda, mentions Uncle Barnet in one of her letters.) The 1820 census of Smith County shows the families of John, the subject of this narrative, and James, another assumed brother - all four in the "over 45" age bracket. Soon after 1820, John - and probably James - moved to Roark's Cove and may have acquired land in the area. At any rate, John remained there long enough for his descendants in Texas to refer to the Cove as one of their early family homes. Apparently John was not satisfied with his situation in Franklin County, and moved his family to Henderson County, Tennessee about 1825, where, in 1827, his son William became Deputy County Surveyor. By this time William had married Margaret Reed. The 1830 census lists John's and son William's families, as well as a Barnabas Roark, in John's age bracket. Barnabas had a large family, and he must have been either another brother or a cousin. In addition, there was a Charles Roark (age 20-30 years) and wife (15-20 years). Charles may have been a son of Barnabas. Incidentally, Lucinda referred to a Cousin Charles in a letter. In 1832, John decided to move to Texas, and with wife, Nancy, and children, Russell, John, Napoleon, and Katherine, arrived in Nacogdoces in time for the first Texas census, 1829 - 1836. This census gives John's age as 62, and Nancy's as 54. The children were not listed. It should be noted here that Nancy's name does not appear in any of the references cited in the chart other than in the first census. When John and Nancy moved to Texas in 1832, they had a daughter, Frances, who was married to a Mr. Randolph and was living in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Lucinda elected not to come to Texas with her parents, and went to Holly Springs to be with Frances. Soon after John arrived in Texas, be obtained a grant of land in Walker County, southeast of the present town of Dodge, on the old Nacogdoches-Washington Road, and it was here that his son, Russell, later reared a family with many descendants still in the area. In this connection, there are two cemeteries just off the Crochett-Dodge highway that are essentially Roark cemeteries. (As of 1962, John's grant was known as "the old Stanley place".) In addition to this grant, John acquired other blocks of land, including control of one "labor" of land in Navarro County. In 1834, William (John's son) resigned from his position as Deputy Surveyor in Henderson County, Tennessee, and moved to Nacogdoches. He immediately obtained land on the Angelina River west of Nacogdoches, and in 1835 built a large log home which is still standing, though it has been modernized and is occupied by one of his descendants. Contrary to the account in "The Texas Handbook", William surveyed and laid out the town of Alto, and may have named it after the village of Alto which is near Roark's Cove in Tennessee. He participated actively in both Nacogdoches and Cherokee County affairs, and according to Texas Land Office records, was a surveyor for the Texas and Coahuila governments. (Ref.: "The Southwestern Historical Quarterly - Oct. 1961.") In addition to these records and those pertaining both to William and his sister, Lucinda, which are in the D.R.T. Library at the Alamo in San Antonio, it is said that other records about the family are to be found in the University of Texas Archives in Austin from the collection of the late Miss Jessie Boone. She was a descendant of William's daughter, Emaline, and James R. Boone, who was reputed to have been related to the Daniel Boone Family, With reference to Frances Roark Randolph and Lucinda, further research would probably determine whether or not they ever came to Texas. And, as for John and Nancy's other children, Napoleon, etc., nothing concerning them was found in the references cited. In 1848, John claimed Navarro County as his place of residence, but the 1850 census does not list him. Therefore it is possible, if he and Nancy were still living, that they had gone to William's home before 1850 and died there, for he and his wife are buried in the Roark-SeIman Cemetery, next to William and his wife. This cemetery is a few miles east of Alto.
Martha Gilliam [Parents] was born in 1813 in Franklin Co., TN. She died on Nov 10 1887. She was buried in Eutaw Cemetery. She married James Roark.
After James' death, Martha continued to live on their farm near Eutaw until her death in 1887. She and James are buried in the Eutaw Cemetery in unmarked graves close to those of a Patrick family, which have grave markers.
They had the following children:
M i Jasper Houston Roark died . M ii James Roark died . M iii William Roark died . U iv Lou Roark died . F v Nancy Roark died . F vi Mary Katherine Roark died . M vii Isaac Newton Roark was born in 1837. He died in 1839. He was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. , TX.
Unknown Creel.Unknown married Anniedeen Bateman.
Anniedeen Bateman [Parents] died Unknown. She married Unknown Creel.
They had the following children:
M i Rocky Creel.
Earl B. Crosby [Parents] was born in Cherokee County, TX. He died in Houston, Harris County, TX. He married Dixie Skillern.
Dixie Skillern.Dixie married Earl B. Crosby.
They had the following children:
M i Victor Lynn Crosby was born in Houston, Harris County, TX.
William J. Crosby [Parents] was born on Jan 19 1908 in Cherokee County, TX. He died on Aug 24 1966 in Waco, TX. He was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. , TX. He married Virginia Selman.
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Virginia Selman was born on Dec 14 1907. She died on Mar 18 1990 in Waco, TX. She was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. , TX. She married William J. Crosby.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Elizabeth Crosby. F ii Sarah JoAnn Crosby.
J. C. Moran was born on Dec 10 1922. He died on Nov 20 1988 in Waco, TX. He married Mary Elizabeth Crosby.
Mary Elizabeth Crosby [Parents] was born in Cherokee County, TX. She married J. C. Moran.
They had the following children:
M i Dennis Michael Moran. M ii Ronald Lee Moran. F iii Mary Susan Moran. M iv Mark Moran.
Leroy Secrest.Leroy married Sarah JoAnn Crosby.
Sarah JoAnn Crosby [Parents].Sarah married Leroy Secrest.
Frank Pegues Crosby [Parents] was born on Jul 22 1909 in Cherokee County, TX. He died on Jul 26 1944 in Europe. He was buried in Selman-Roark Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee Co. , TX. He married Mavis Winn.
Crosby, Frank P. 22 July 1909 - 26 July 1944; HQ Co., 2 Bn
Mavis Winn.Mavis married Frank Pegues Crosby.
They had the following children:
F i Frances Lewana Crosby was born in 1942.