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William Henry Roberts is, not without merit, conceded to be one of the substantial farmers of Smith Township. His father, Zachariah Roberts, was a native of Virginia, and leaving that State in 1827 moved to Tennessee, where he married Sarah Fly. She still lives, and resides with William Henry, our subject, who is the only child of the family living. In 1850 Mr. Roberts settled in Cross County, Ark., and resided here about three years, then returning to Virginia, where his death occurred a short time after. William Henry Roberts was born in Gibson County, Tenn., August 6, 1835. He was reared on a farm, being denied the privileges of an education, and was married in 1861, to Eliza J. Thomas, who has borne seven children: William S., Georgia, Robert L., Mary L., James H., Nannie L. and Fannie D. Mr. Roberts enlisted in 1862 in the Fifth Arkansas Infantry and served about two years, when he was wounded at the battle of Helena, by a minie-ball, in the left shoulder. This disabled him, and he returned home. In 1865 he purchased the farm on which he now resides, then containing eighty acres, and has at this time 120 acres, with forty-five acres under cultivation. Mr. Roberts is a Democrat in his political preferences, and an esteemed resident of the community.