Wiley Thomas ROBERTS

1870 - 1946  (76 years)

• Name	Wiley Thomas ROBERTS
  Birth	29 Aug 1870	Roberts Station, Jones Co, GA
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Dec 1946	Jones County, Georgia, USA
  Burial	Macon Memorial Park, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
  	Memorial ID 144234819
  Notes	Wiley Thomas Roberts was born on August 29, 1870 at Roberts Station, Jones County, Georgia. Tom, as he was called, was the oldest child of William Luke Roberts and Sarah Sallie Godard. Tom's mother, Sarah died as a young mother at the age of 21. Tom was 2 years old, his younger brother, Nicholas was 1 year old, and his baby sister, Sallie was only 2 weeks old. It is not documented as such, but the probability of Sarah dying from complications of childbirth is great. Sarah?s death proved to be too much for Tom's father, Bill Luke, and it was decided that the 3 young children would be raised by the Grandparents, Green and Mary Summers Roberts, also of Jones County. At some point when the boys were older, they went back to live with their father, but Sallie remained with her grandparents. When Tom was a boy of 7, he attended school and learned to read and write. When he was 22, he married Isabelle Hasseltine Neal (1876-1945) on Dec 22, 1892. They owned their farm home located in the Finneys District of Jones County, GA. Children were Pearl Florene, Arthur Napoleon, Sallie Belle Virginia, Annie Winifred, William Howard, and Hasseltine. Tom?s beloved wife, Belle, died on October 3, 1945 after 53 years of marriage. Tom was distraught for some time later and could not overcome his grief and loneliness. Unfortunately, he became a danger to himself and he was admitted to the Georgia Lunatic Asylum in Milledgeville, GA. Depression and mental health were widely misunderstood in the 1940?s. The majority of society believed that mentally ill people were dangerous and unpredictable. Patients were institutionalized and were subjected to techniques such as labotomies, insulin-induced comas, malarial infections, and early electro-shock therapy. Patients were chained and had rope restraints to hold them. Wiley Thomas Roberts died on December 23, 1946 at the age of 76, in the Georgia Lunatic Asylum in Milledgeville, GA. Tom is buried alongside Belle in Macon Memorial Park, Macon, GA. I think he may have died of a broken heart. By Carla Roberts Pryor, great granddaughter of Wiley Thomas Roberts 8-7-2017
  Person ID	I4457	Johnson & Hanson
  Last Modified	14 May 2018

  
  

  Father	William Luke ROBERTS,   b. 6 Nov 1849, Jones County, Georgia, USA d. 27 Mar 1901 (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Sarah (or Sallie) M. GODDARD,   b. 28 Aug 1852   d. 28 Aug 1873 (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1869
  Family ID	F1602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabelle Hasseltine NEAL,   b. 15 Apr 1866   d. 3 Oct 1945 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1892
  Children	+ 1. Sallie Belle Virginia ROBERTS,   b. 9 Feb 1897, Jones County, GA d. 17 Dec 1990, Monroe County, GA (Age 93 years) + 2. Annie Winifred ROBERTS,   b. 27 Jun 1900, Jones County, GA d. 1 May 1994, Monroe County, GA (Age 93 years) + 3. Hasseltine ROBERTS,   b. 20 Jul 1907, Jones County, GA d. 6 Sep 1997, Bibb County, GA (Age 90 years) + 4. Pearl Florene ROBERTS,   b. 23 Jan 1894, Gray, Jones Co., GA d. 24 Aug 1990, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia (Age 96 years) + 5. Arthur Napoleon ROBERTS,   b. 6 Oct 1895, Gray, Jones Co., GA d. 28 May 1977, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia (Age 81 years) + 6. William Howard ROBERTS,   b. 14 Sep 1902   d. Dec 1984 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F1664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Death - 23 Dec 1946 - Jones County, Georgia, USA Burial - - Macon Memorial Park, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Wiley Thomas Roberts and Belle Hasseltine Neal Roberts
  		Wiley Thomas Roberts

  
  

  Documents

  Wiley Thomas Roberts_1870_Obituary