Elizabeth Hemings and Her Descendants
Madison Hemings (continued)
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The Hemingses’ youngest child, Ellen Wayles Roberts (1856-1940) (left), moved with her husband to California. Her son Frederick M. Roberts (1880-1952) (right) became the first black representative in the California assembly in 1918. |
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| Ellen Roberts’s descendants include Getting Word participants Patricia Roberts, Lucille Balthazar, and Karen Willand and her daughter Lena (left to right) | ![]() |
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