Note:  below the obit is a sktech of her and her family.

Wayne County Press
Thursday, Dec. 22, 1910

Pneumonia Claims one of our Most Lovable Matrons - a Pioneer Mrs. Ellen Roberts, one of the most highly respected and lovable elderly women of Fairfield, died last Wednesday shortly before noon at the home of her step-mother, Mrs. J.M. White, in this city. She had suffered for several days with pneumonia which resisted the skill of physicians and the constant care of relatives and friends. In the death of Mrs. Roberts is removed one of the pioneers of this section. She had spent the greater part of her life in and near this city. No woman in Fairfield was held in higher esteem than grandma Roberts, and there is general sorrow because of her death. The funeral took place Friday morning from the residence of Mrs. White, conducted by Rev. N. Crow. The burial took place in Ebenezer cemetery, where services were held by Rev. N.S. Lanter.
 

The following sketch is furnished us for publication:

Nancy Ellen White was born Sept. 13th, 1836; died Dec. 14th, 1910. Her parents were William and Temperance White, some of the earliest pioneers in Wayne county, they moving to this county in 1824 from Kentucky and settling on the farm in Jasper township now owned by Green Bradshaw, and on and near the same our subject was born and grew to womanhood. She was married November 22, 1853, to Zadok Casey Roberts, who died July 24th, 1891. His Grandfather, Archibald Roberts, settled in Wayne county in 1817 and was the first minister to preach a sermon to a public audience in this county.   To this union eleven children were born - nine of whom are living. She joined the Methodist Episcopal church when 13 years of age under the ministry of of Uncle Jimmy Johnson, an early pioneer preacher, and lived a faithful, consistent christian until the day of her death, always giving her best efforts to the upbuilding of the church and the cause of Christ. She leaves to mourn their loss, nine children, twenty-nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, her mother, Mrs. J.M. White, two brothers and many friends who will remember her as a loving and affectionate mother, sister and friend.

How beautifully does the language of King Soloman emulate the life of mother Roberts. "Strength and honor are her clothing and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not of the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own work praise her in the Gates."

The following children survive: Hattie Wilson, Jasper township; Mrs. Ella Galbraith, Johnsonville; Mrs. Jennie Ford, Georgetown, Ill.; Mrs. Clara Hinman, Luana, Iowa; Mrs. C.B. Stevens, El Paso, Texas; Mrs. Edith Frazier, Indianapolis, Ind.; Dr. E.E. Roberts, Mt. Erie; A.W. Roberts, Tucson, Ariz.; and Mabel B. Towns, Champaign, Ill. Two brothers, W.D. White, Hazen, Ark., and J. Ed. White, Carbondale, Colo. All were present except Mrs. Hinman, Mrs. Stevens, and J. Ed. White.