Hello,

I am looking for any information on an Orien (Oren) Priest who married James Wiley Roberts (probably in the early 1890s). They had three children, two of which were Benjamin Lafayette Roberts (b. 1894) and Jimmie Beatrice.

They lived in both Jefferson and Drew Co, AR. James Wiley died in the early 1900s (before 1905) and Orien remarried but I am unsure of her second husband's name.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ben L. Roberts is my great grandfather and I have hit a total roadblock finding information on his parents.

Thanks!

Hi, Orien Priest's second husband was Jacob P Herring. She probably married her first husband about 1893, second husband about 1898. They are in the 1900 census for Bradley Co AR, Clay Township, district 17, sheet 13B. They state they have been married 2 years. First husband must have been divorced or died before 1898.
Orien Priest was with family in Drew Co AR in 1880. Father's name was Benjamin, mother, Elizabeth, married in Dec 1869. In 1870, they are living beside an Eliza Priest who may be Benjamin's mother.