Sara "Sadie" Roberts was the daughter of John Bethel Roberts and Emma W. Knight Roberts.

1890 Enumeration of Educable Children, Kemper County, MS.
Parent - Roberts, J B
Children Name age Sex
Sadie Roberts 10 F

Sara "Sadie" Roberts and Charles Alford Caldwell were married in 1896. The Kemper County Court House burned and the marriage license is not available. Sadie stated on the 1900 US Census that she married in 1896. Sadie was enumerated on the 1896 Kemper County Ms. school records by her married name Sadie Caldwell and J. B. Roberts as her parent. Although a marriage record has not been located, the below school record provides the Roberts-Caldwell connection.

1896 Enumeration of Educable Children,
Kemper County, Ms. Township 9 Range 15
Parent - Roberts, J. B
Children Name age Sex
Sadie Caldwell 16 F


Charles and Sadie resided in Moscow, Kemper County, Mississippi, where they raised their children. The photo in the lower right is of both Sadie and Charles. They are enumerated on the US Census for Moscow, Kemper County, Mississippi in years 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940. They were farmers.

All of the 13 children would have been born in Kemper County, Mississippi. They were:

Clarence L. Caldwell 1896-1968
Floyd Clinton Caldwell 1898-1965
Curtis Lee Caldwell 1900-1977
Melvin W. Caldwell 1901-1993
Euna Delma Caldwell 1903-1974
Charlie Quitman Caldwell 1905-1945
James B. Caldwell 1906-1907
Jewel U. Caldwell 1908-1990
Reginald M. Caldwell 1910-2000
Emma Elizabeth 1912-1998
Gracie Gertrude Caldwell 1915-2004
Willie Ladell Caldwell 1917-1958
Sybil Marie Caldwell 1919-2006

Sara Mae "Sadie" Roberts Caldwell is buried in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Kemper County, Mississippi. She is buried next to her husband, Charles Alford Caldwell and near other family members. (There was confusion as the cemetery was originally thought to be in Lauderdale County.)

*Research for this memorial was done by family member, Helen Roberts Kennedy. Photos have been contributed by Cathy Van Oosterwyk.