Eliza Ann Hart born 18 November 1862, Carmi, White Co. IL, was the daughter of Jesse Jernigan Hart & Catherine Hill. She married William Isaac Roth on the 20th of November 1881 in Welch Twp., Cape Girardeau MO. William was born 12 February 1860 in Hamilton Co IL and died 29 November 1917 in the Mine accident mentioned below. Eliza died January 5, 1939 in Akron, Summit Co OH.
William Isaac and Eliza (Hart) Roth had 14 children: Mary Anna, G.A, Nellie, Leroy, Estay, Floy, Elvie, S.A.,Dorothy Francis, Lela Corrine, Verna Myrtle, A.H., B.C. and H.R.
Obituary for William Isaac Roth:
William Isaac Roth was killed in an explosion at Old Ben Mine #11 near North City, two miles northwest of Christopher on Thursday night, November 29, 1917 along with seventeen others. William Isaac Roth had been a resident of Christopher, IL about four years. before that a resident of Clarkton, MO for about 15 years living on the Bob Stakes farm near Clarkton, MO. Mr. D. D. Hart from Senath, MO traveled by train to Christopher, IL to take William Isaac Roth back to Clarkton, MO by train for burial in the Mt. Gilead Cemetery at Clarkton, Dunklin Co., MO.
