Hill County Texas

Benjamin Franklin Roe, Sr. (Frank) gathered by: Linda B. Shull

 

Benjamin Franklin Roe, Sr. (Frank) was born April 3, 1876 in Hill County, Texas. He married April 9, 1905 to Eva S. Stevens who was born October 31, 1886, and died January 4, 1957 and is buried in Mount Olive Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the daughter of G. W. Stevens who died May, 1908 at Dan in Wise County, Texas, and his wife, Annie Mays Stevens who died November, 1886 at Dan, in Wise County, Texas.

B. F. and Eva were married at Decatur by W. J. Porter. He finished school at North Texas College in Denton, Texas; taught school for 35 years in Texas and Oklahoma (Mostly at Decatur) and served three terms as County Superintendent of School in Wise County. He studied music under the late A. J. Showalter,
wrote and published many songs and was an accomplished pianist. He was a Baptist and taught a men's Bible Class for many years. He was about 85 years of age when he died.

Children of Benjamin Franklin Roe, Sr.and Eva S. Stevens:

* Exie Mae Roe
* Pleasant Samuel Roe
* Reba Voleta Roe
* Benjamin Franklin Roe, Jr.
* Eunice Lea Roe
* Cynthia Mozelle Roe
* George W. Roe
* Robert Edward Roe
* Erma Ruth Roe

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