Front Cover William and Willie Myrtle Roark

A BIOGRAPHY AND FAMILY HISTORY OF WILLIAM AND WILLIE ROARK – 2010
by Chuck Gross
$10.00 – Softcover 

This biography and family history of William Grover Roark and Willie Myrtle Roark and their descendants is based on the excellent presentation by Marylyn Davenport Smith, granddaughter of William Grover and Willie Roark, at the 2010 Annual Reunion of the Roark-Conner Association, meeting October 9, 2010, in Cleveland, Tennessee.

This Biography William and Willie Roark is part of a project of the Roark-Conner Association for the preparation of a Biography and Family History Album of the descendants of James P. Roark (1798-1877), John Roark (1800- 1870), Maximilian Haney Conner (1806-1893), and Joseph Roark (1813-1876). All of these men settled and lived most of their lives in the Salem Community in Hamilton County, Tennessee, south of the confluence of the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers. These four men fathered 45 children, 34 of whom lived to maturity. The Biography and Family History Album will recognize the contributions of these 34 ancestors. Read more…