Sunday, August 24, 2008

Benjamin Sherrod & Harriet B Hancock Roland Family

Benjamin Sherrod Roland b Feb 1840,Sylvan, Lamar, TX; d 7 Apr, 1905, Sylvan, Lamar, TX a son of Sherrod Roland & Elizabeth "Betsy" Pace, mar Harriet "Hattie" B Hancock b 31 Jul ,1848, d 12 Aug, 1888.Wilson Co., TN , mar 20 Oct .,1869, Lamar Co, TX. Harriet a dau of Green H & Prudence Roddy Doak. Both are bur Roland Cemetery , Sylvan Lamar TX.
Children:
1. Ralph Sherrod Roland b 28 Nov 1870 Lamar Co TX d 12 Apr 1959, Los Angeles Co, CA, mar Annie Lovinia Moore b 27 Jan 1872 FL; d 6 Feb 1957 Los Angeles Co, CA mar 9 Nov 1892 Lamar Co., TX. Annie's mother was a Rooney.
2.Berta Roland b abt 1873 Lamar Co., TX d 20 Jan 1904 Lamar TX of consumption. mar 5 Jan 1892 Joseph Virgil Biard b 13 Oct 1868 Biardstown, Lamar, TX. bur Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar TX
3Robert Roland b abt 1875 Lamar Co TX
4.Albert Roderick Roland b Jan 1876 Lamar Co Tx Mar Zala Belle Bills.
5. Charles Roland b Apr 1880 Lamar Co, TX d Amarillo, Potter, TX Worked in concrete, and poured a lot of the sidewalks in Amarillo. Charles was murdered & the records sealed.
6. Harry Roland b Sep 1885 Lamar Co TX, mar Carline Sadler 2 Sep, 1908 Lamar Co TX
7. Carrie Roland b 2 Oct 1877 Lamar Co, TX d 17 Nov 1877 Lamar Co TX
8. Tommie Roland b 28 Dec 1878 Lamar Co, TX d 30 Dec 1878 Lamar Tx