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Elijah Christian Peters 1842–1933 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4/22/1842

Birth Location: Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1/02/1933

Death Location: Raleigh, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA

Father: Christian Peters

Mother: Mary Bailey

Spouse(s): Tamiar Lester

Children(s): Christian Peters

In 1842, Elijah Christian Peters entered the world in Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia, USA, born to Christian Snidow Peters And Mary Frances Polly Bailey. Elijah Christian Peters married Tamiar A Lester, and had children including Christian Champion Luther Peters. Elijah Christian Peters passed away in 1933 in Raleigh, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1842, Elijah Christian Peters entered the world in Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia, USA, born to Christian Snidow Peters And Mary Frances Polly Bailey.
  • Elijah Christian Peters married Tamiar A Lester, and had children including Christian Champion Luther Peters.
  • Elijah Christian Peters passed away in 1933 in Raleigh, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christian Peters
1788–1865
Birth Location: Peterstown, Monroe Co, Virginia (later West Virginia)
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Mary Bailey
1805–1896
Birth Location: , Monroe, Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Tamiar Lester
1847–1880
Birth Location: Floyd County, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Christian Peters
1870–1952
Birth Location: Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States of America
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Elijah Peters's Ancestors

Self
Elijah Peters
1842–1933
Birth Place: Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Christian Snidow Peters
1788–1865
Peterstown, Monroe Co, Virginia (later West Virginia)
Mary (Frances "Polly") Bailey
1805–1896
, Monroe, Virginia
Grandparents
Capt (John Jacob Peters) Sr
1755–1836
Augusta, Rockingham Co, Virginia, USA
♥ (Richard Peyton Bailey) II
1765–1845
Bedford, Virginia
Isabel (Ferguson) Bailey
1766–1837
Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Anna Sims
1722–1799
Richard Sr.
1735–1818
Elizabeth Belcher
1742–1820
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sims
1702–1784
Anna Peters
1690–1770
James Sr
1714–1762
Lucy Simms
1716–1764
Richard Belcher
1710–1763
Mary Clay
1710–1770

Elijah Peters's Descendants

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Elijah (Christian) Peters (4/22/1842–1/02/1933) m. Tamiar (A.) Lester (24 April 1847–1880)
  1. 1. Christian (Champion Luther) Peters 1870–1952 m. Rebecca (Jane) Sansom 1874–1968
    1. 1. Minnie (Velva) Peters 1902–1955 m. George (Clarence) Hildebrand 1897–1976
      1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Hildebrand 1930–2010 m. William Castleman 1929–1980
      2. 2. William (Franklin) Hildebrand 1927–2004 m. Ruby (Faye) Castleman 1931–2017

Elijah Peters's Timeline

2 Records

1842
4/22/1842
Birth of Elijah Christian Peters in Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia, USA
Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia, USA
1933
1/02/1933
Age 91
Death of Elijah Christian Peters in Raleigh, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA
Raleigh, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4221842
    Event Place: Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1021933
    Event Place: Raleigh, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA
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