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George Washington Peters 1844 – 1929 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Apr 1844

Birth Location: Gate City, Scott County, Virginia

Death Date: 20 Mar 1929

Death Location: Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia

Father: GEORGE PETERS

Mother: Elizabeth Pierson

Spouse(s): Frances France

Children(s): Florilda Arney

George Washington Peters was born in 1844 in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia, the child of GEORGE WASHINGTON PETERS and Elizabeth "Bettie" Pierson. George Washington Peters married Frances "Fanny" France, and had children including Florilda Frances Arney. George Washington Peters passed away in 1929 in Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia.

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Biography

  • George Washington Peters was born in 1844 in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia, the child of GEORGE WASHINGTON PETERS and Elizabeth "Bettie" Pierson.
  • George Washington Peters married Frances "Fanny" France, and had children including Florilda Frances Arney.
  • George Washington Peters passed away in 1929 in Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

George Peters's Ancestors

Self
George Peters
1844 – 1929
Birth Place: Gate City, Scott County, Virginia
Parents
GEORGE WASHINGTON PETERS
1809 – 1878
Clinchport, Scott, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth ("Bettie") Pierson
1809 – 1880
Copper Creek, Scott, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Henry (B) Peters
1763 – 1859
Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
Mary (Polly) Waite
1769 – 1859
Pennsylvania
James (Patrick "Patrick") Pierson\Pearson
1774 – 1865
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Mary ((Polly) Law\Lane -) Pierson\Pearson
1788 – 1855
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Johann (Petrus)
1744 – 1823
Anna Heijl
1748 – 1830
John Waite
1744 – 1818
Mary Platt
1746 – 1827
James Pierson
1737 – 1790
Abigail Cook
1739 –
John Lynn
1765 – 1854
Nancy Thorton
1765 – 1841
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William (Lyon)
1730 – 1795
Elizabeth Reid
1740 – 1823

George Peters's Descendants

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George (Washington) Peters (24 Apr 1844 – 20 Mar 1929) m. Frances ("Fanny") France (15 May 1846 – 25 August 1889)
  1. 1. Florilda (Frances) Arney (9 Jun 1875 – 1 January 1950) m. John (Henry) Arney (11 April 1873 – 22 November 1944)
    1. 1. Leander (Lincoln) Arney (28 Sep 1892 – 10 Jun 1987) m. Virginia (Belle) Brewer (6 Jan 1893 – 23 Jul 1973)
      1. 1. Ernest (Bruce) Arney (2 June 1913 – 13 November 1998)
      2. 2. Claude (William) Arney (4 Oct 1915 – May 1986) m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Lane (22 Sep 1918 – 27 May 2007)
      3. 3. Easter (J) Arney (17 April 1918 – 8 May 2005)
      4. 4. Geneva Arney (22 Jun 1920 – 7 Jun 2003)
      5. 5. Jewell Arney (17 Oct 1922 – 27 March 2013)
      6. 6. Marcella Arney (9 March 1925 – 20 July 2010)
      7. 7. Junior (Lee) Arney (28 December 1928 – 18 Jul 1947)
      8. 8. Claude (William) Arney m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Lane (22 Sep 1918 – 27 May 2007)
        1. 1. Charles (Ray) Arney m. Laura (Evelyn) Bowen (abt 1947 – )
    2. 2. Martha (Victoria) Arney (15 September 1896 – 21 April 1979)

George Peters's Timeline

2 Records

1844
24 Apr 1844
Birth of George Washington Peters in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia
Gate City, Scott County, Virginia
1929
20 Mar 1929
Age 85
Death of George Washington Peters in Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia
Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Apr 1844
    Event Place: Gate City, Scott County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Mar 1929
    Event Place: Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia

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