ID:

16
Name:

SAMUEL GILBERT ROE
Sex:

M
Birth:

30 Dec 1828 in Lincoln Co., TN1
Death:

01 Oct 1915 in Davidson Co., TN2,3

Burial:

02 Oct 1915 in Hermitage Cemetery, Davidson Co., TN2,3
Census:
  • 1850 Lincoln Co., TN, 2nd Subdivision, p. 38, 1 Oct 1850, family 544
  • 1860 Tipton Co., TN, Covington, Dist 12, p. 417, 5 Jul 1860, family 62
  • 1870 Tipton Co., TN, Porterville, Dist 3, p. 45, 12 Aug 1870, family 50
  • 1880 Tipton Co., TN, Dist 3, p. 311, 8 Jun 1880, family 116
  • 1900 Greene Co., AR, St. Francis, p. 35, 5 Jun 1900, w/family 48 (Wm. B. Roe)
  • 1910 New Madrid Co., MO, La Font, p. 124, 27 Apr 1910, w/family 169 (Ann)
  • 1910 Davidson Co., TN, Dist 4, p. 72, 26 Apr 1910, Confederate Soldiers Home
Notes:
Confusion abounds at the end.  How can Samuel be in Nashville, TN on 26 Apr 1910 and New Madrid Co., MO on 27 Apr 1910?  The death certificate matches the "Nashville" Samuel.  Research shows that the dates on census records might NOT be the dates the information was actually taken.  Starting with the Application to the Confederate Soldiers Home as a fact (it fits almost all previous information garnered on Samuel Gilbert Roe, with only the birth year being in question), the following conclusions are made: 
(1)  Samuel Gilbert Roe was admitted to the Home on 10 Jan 1910.  He admitted to memory problems on the application.  Therefore, the age of 90 and marital status of single on the 1910 Nashville census can be chalked up to that.  No other census record for a Samuel Roe born about 1920 have been found. 
(2)  The Confederate Soldiers List shows two Samuel Roes from TN in the CSA:  one in the 4 TN Inf and one in the 7 TN Cav.  According to the Application, BOTH of these are Samuel Gilbert Roe. 
(3)  There is evidence that census records are not always correct as to the date the information was taken.  Therefore, the MO 1910 census could have been taken in Dec 1909 with Ann answering the questions.  This would also explain why he is listed as 79 instead of 80; his birthday wasn't until Dec 30. 
(4)  The information on the death certificate was taken from somewhere other than the Application.  Birth information on a death certificate must be taken with a grain of salt, anyway. 
(5)  Whoever ordered the tombstone had very sloppy handwriting, which is how "Sam G." became "Gane G."   There was only one Roe in the cemetery, and the dates on "Gane G. Roe" matched the death certificate on Samuel "Gibson" Roe. 
(6)  Ergo, the Samuel G. Roe at the Home on 27 Apr 1910, whose death certificate reads Samuel Gibson Roe, whose tombstone reads Gane G. Roe is Samuel Gilbert Roe of Lincoln Co. and Tipton Co., TN.
Father:

SAMUEL ROE, b. 1781 in MD; d. 07 Jul 1865 in Lawrence Co., MO
Mother:

Nancy HODGES, b. 1792 in SC; d. 02 Aug 1875 in Lincoln Co., TN
Marriage: 

LOUISA JANE HARRISON b. Abt. 1830 in Lincoln Co., TN; d. Abt. 1897 in Tipton Co., TN
   Married: 

26 Jun 1851 in Tipton Co., TN5

Children:
  1. MARY M. ROE, b. Abt. 1852 in prob. Tipton Co., TN; d. Abt. 1882 in Tipton Co., TN.
  2. ANNE ELIZABETH ROE, b. Sep 1853 in Tipton Co., TN.
  3. MARTHA T. ROE, b. Abt. 1856 in prob. Tipton Co., TN; d. Abt. 1875 in Tipton Co., TN.
  4. WILLIAM BENJAMIN ROE, b. 23 Aug 1860 in Tipton Co., TN; d. 15 Jan 1901 in Lorado, Greene Co., AR.
  5. FANNY R. ROE, b. Abt. 1868 in prob. Tipton Co., TN; d. Bef. 1910.

Sources: 
1. Application of Samuel Gilbert Roe to Confederate Soldiers Home.
2. Death Certificate.  ROE-TNDav006
3. Gravestone photo.  ROE-TNDav061
4. Census.
5. Marriage Record.  Bk A, p. 71.  ROE-TNTip014