SAMUEL BOOKER ROBERTSON, a leading farmer of McLean County, was born May 28, 1821, in Nelson County, Kentucky, and is the seventh of twelve children, seven of whom are now living, born to William N. and Amelia (Overton) Robertson, natives of Nelson and Washington Counties, respectively. His grandparents (Robertson) came from Virginia to Nelson County in a very early day. His grandfather, Overton, was born in Virginia and was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the battle of New Orleans. Samuel B., (the subject) was reared on a farm. He came with his parents to Daviess County, now McLean, in 1827, and lived with his parents until his marriage on December 24 1846, to Mary J., Jackson, of McLean County. She was born in Ohio County, and is a daughter of George C, and Sarah (Landrum) Jackson, The fruit of this union is two children; George W., living, and James R., deceased. His wife died November 27, 1849, and he next married, January 8, l852, Frances M. Morgan, of Daviess County, a daughter of Thomas J. and Margaret (Phegly) Morgan, natives of Virginia and Nelson County, Kentucky. Thomas J. Morgan was a son of John Morgan, who cane from Virginia to Ohio County, Kentucky, in a very early day, and was killed by Indians about two years after his settlement in the county. Mr. Robertson has had born to him by his second marriage ten children: Mary T. (Bohannan), Horace L., Charles R., Virginia E., Warren K., Albert B, Margaret F. (Short), Susan E., Mizolla M. and Edward G. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson are members of the Baptist Church. After his marriage, Mr. Robertson located where he now resides (in 1846), on 113 acres in good condition, and with a fine residence on it. He was a Justice of the Peace for about ten years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a Democrat in politics.
History of Kentucky by Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 1885 -p.868
Parents of Samuel Booker Robertson – William Nelson and Amelia (Overton) Robertson
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Children of Samuel Booker Robertson
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George William Robertson – married first Mary John Nall, married second Nannie Dexter
Charles Robert Robertson with wife, Dollye Basham
Susan Ellen (Robertson) Short and husband Courtland Lee Short
Albert Booker Robertson and wife Ida Bell Inglehart (middle)
Other Children of Samuel Booker Robertson
James H. Robertson – never married
Mary Thomas Robertson – married Nathaniel Brown Bohannon
Horace Luther Robertson – never married
Virginia Ellen Robertson – never married
Warner Kenton Robertson- married Etta King
Edward Garland and wife Aurelia Bell Springfield
Margaret Frances (Robertson) Short (married James Findley Short)
Myzella Mae (Robertson) Givens (married John Wesley Tyler Givens)
Group Pictures – Family of Samuel Booker Robertson and William Nelson Robertson
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Margaret Frances Robertson Short, Edward Garland Robertson, Aurelia Bell Springfield Robertson (wife of Edward Garland), Ida Bell Igleheart Robertson, (wife of Albert Booker), Eva Rilla Robertson, Myzella Mae Robertson Givens, Albert Booker Robertson, John W. Tyler Givens (husband of Myzella)
Last four on right: Felix Elmer Drake, son-in-law of Margaret Frances Robertson Short, his wife Margaret Jamison Short, daughter of Margaret Short, Rena Robertson, daughter of Robert Parker Robertson (son of William Nelson Robertson) and her husband, Henry Addison Givens (between 1930 and 1940)
Front: Unknown, Louis Haynes Robertson (son of Edward Garland Robertson), Martha Ellen Drake (granddaughter of Margaret Frances Robertson Short), Reba Robertson (daughter of Warner K. Robertson) , Courtland and Jason Robertson(sons of Festus Robertson) and one girl (unknown) , Fay Hagerman Robertson (wife of Festus Garland Robertson, Festus Garland Robertson, Jr., Mabel Grace Givens (daughter of Mizella Robertson Givens Back: Charles Edward Robertson (son of Festus Robertson) and Ivan Walker Robertson (son of Edward Garland Robertson), Inez Merle Drake (granddaughter of Margaret Frances Robertson Short), Festus Garland Robertson (son of Edward Garland Robertson), Anna Sue Robertson (daughter of Warner K. Robertson), Verna Edwina Robertson (daughter of John and Verna Robertson), William Kenton Robertson (son of Edward Garland Robertson), Ida Short, Elizabeth Leslie Fifer Drake (wife of Robert Percy Drake), Robert Percy Drake (grandson of Margaret Frances Robertson Short)
Seated from L to R: Verna (Whitaker) Robertson, Golda Belle (Whitaker) Robertson, Robert Howard Whitaker, Jo (Houston) Whitaker, Bobbie Lee Robertson (infant), Kathryn (Whitaker) Leachman, Marguerite (Whitaker) Duke. Standing L to R: Phyllis Moran Robertson, John E. Robertson, Dr. O.C. Robertson, O.C. Robertson Jr. (child), Edwina Robertson, Mildred Robertson, Ava Lee (Sharp) Robertson, Robert Louis Robertson, Wilhemena Leachman, Ellis Leachman, Lester Duke, Dorothy Duke
Hagan family – The little boy standing in front is Glenn R. Hagan and the woman with the baby in her lap is his mother, Leona (Robertson) Hagan, daughter of William Grigsby Robertson. The young woman standing next to Glenn is Lillian (Robertson) Oliver, also a daughter of WIlliam Grigsby Robertson. The
baby in Leona’s lap is one of her other three children, either Evelyn, Thelma, or Rhoda.
![[Back] Anna Sue (Robertson) Beckman, Lillie Mae (Siebe) Robertson (wife of Dabney Overton Robertson) holding son, George Edward Robertson, Rena Mae Robertson, Bernice Leona (Short) Southerland, Ida (Thornberry) Short (wife of Harry Lee Short), Mary Louise (Boyd) Robertson (wife of William Kenton Robertson), Margaret Frances (Robertson) Short [Front] Sandra Sue Robertson (daughter of William Kenton Robertson), Fay Marie (Hagerman) Robertson (wife of Festus Garland Robertson), Margaret Ann Short (daughter of Harry Lee Short), Marjorie Bohannon (first wife of Everett Gerald Robertson)](https://i0.wp.com/www.hill-ky.org/wp_robertson/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Robertson-Group-3.jpg)
[Back] Anna Sue (Robertson) Beckman, Lillie Mae (Siebe) Robertson (wife of Dabney Overton Robertson) holding son, George Edward Robertson, Rena Mae Robertson, Bernice Leona (Short) Southerland, Ida (Thornberry) Short (wife of Harry Lee Short), Mary Louise (Boyd) Robertson (wife of William Kenton Robertson), Margaret Frances (Robertson) Short [Front] Sandra Sue Robertson (daughter of William Kenton Robertson), Fay Marie (Hagerman) Robertson (wife of Festus Garland Robertson), Margaret Ann Short (daughter of Harry Lee Short), Marjorie Bohannon (first wife of Everett Gerald Robertson)
![([Back] Edward Kelley Short, William Kenton Robertson, Sam Southerland (husband of Bernice Short), Festus Garland Robertson, Harry Lee Short, Everett Gerald Robertson, Henry Booker Robertson (son of Albert Booker Robertson), Charles Percey Short [Front] Harry Beckman (husband of Anna Sue Robertson), Louis Haynes Robertson, Dabney Overton Robertson, Edward Garland Robertson [Children] George Edward Robertson (son of Dabney Overton Robertson), Everett Bohannon Robertson (son of Everett Gerald Robertson), Wayland Boyd (son of William Kenton Robertson)](https://i0.wp.com/www.hill-ky.org/wp_robertson/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Robertson-Group-2.jpg)
([Back] Edward Kelley Short, William Kenton Robertson, Sam Southerland (husband of Bernice Short), Festus Garland Robertson, Harry Lee Short, Everett Gerald Robertson, Henry Booker Robertson (son of Albert Booker Robertson), Charles Percey Short [Front] Harry Beckman (husband of Anna Sue Robertson), Louis Haynes Robertson, Dabney Overton Robertson, Edward Garland Robertson [Children] George Edward Robertson (son of Dabney Overton Robertson), Everett Bohannon Robertson (son of Everett Gerald Robertson), Wayland Boyd (son of William Kenton Robertson)
(BtoF LtoR) Fay Marie Robertson, wife of Festus, Mary Louise (Boyd) Robertson, wife of Kent, Edmond Lucian Osborne, husband of Rena Mae, Betty Louise (Munday), wife of Louis, Marjorie (Bohannon) Robertson, wife of Gerald, Lillie Mae (Siebe) Robertson, wife of Dabney; Below: Kent and Louise Robertson and Lucian and Rena Mae Osborne
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Wedding of John William Clarke (son of Fanny Mary Robertson) and Julia Ann Ellis: (1) Unknown, (2) Unknown, (3) Ecklaus Plain, (4) Salley (Ellis) Plain, (5) John William Clarke, (6) Julia Ann (Ellis) Clarke, (7) Preacher Duvall, (8) John R. Robertson (son of John Anderson and Susan Nelson (Robertson) Robertson), (9) Eliza (Franks) Robertson (wife of John R. Robertson), (10) Rena L. Robertson (daughter of Robert Parker Robertson and granddaughter of William Nelson Robertson), (11) Elbert Griffin Robertson (son of John R. Robertson), (12) John Adrian Robertson (son of Parker Robertson), (13) Marie Robertson (daughter of Parker Robertson), (14) Parker Robertson, (son of John Anderson and Susan Nelson (Robertson) Robertson), (15) Anna Grace Robertson (daughter of Parker Robertson), (16) Aaron Leet (no relation), (17) Mrs. Leet (no relation), (18) Dr. Dillis Robertson (son of John Edward Robertson and grandson of William Nelson Robertson), (19) John Williams (husband of Marion Robertson), (20) Child of Preacher Duvall), (21) Marion (Robertson) Williams (daughter of John Anderson and Susan Nelson (Robertson) Robertson), (22) Frances Williams (daughter of Marion (Robertson) Williams), (23) John Williams, Jr. (son of Marion (Robertson) Williams), (24) Blanche Wilhite (no relation), (25) Susan Henrietta Paris (daughter of Eliza Booker Robertson), (26) Eliza Booker (Robertson) Paris (daughter of John Anderson and Susan Nelson (Robertson) Robertson), (27) Robert Paris (son of Eliza Booker (Robertson) Paris), (28) Amelia Ellen (Robertson) Tanner (daughter of Robert Parker Robertson and granddaughter of William Nelson Robertson), (29) John Paris (husband of Eliza Booker Robertson), (30) Effie Belle Robertson (daughter of Robert Parker Robertson and granddaughter of William Nelson Robertson), (31) Probably wife of Preacher Duvall, (32) Verna Lee Williams (daughter of Marion (Robertson) Williams, (34) Lillie Paris (daughter of Eliza Booker (Robertson) Paris
