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Moses Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’ PETERSON 1848–1941 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 NOV 1848

Birth Location: Yancey Co., North Carolina

Death Date: 26 SEP 1941

Death Location: Peterson Hill Cemetery, Green Mountain, Yancey Co., North Carolina

Father: Sidney PETERSON

Mother: Elizabeth BYRD

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Criss PETERSON

Moses Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’ PETERSON was born in 1848 in Yancey Co., North Carolina, the child of Sidney Stokes Peterson And Elizabeth Marenda Byrd. Moses Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’ PETERSON married Melissa Lissie Honeycutt, and had children including Betty P Peterson, Criss Peterson, Etta Peterson, Harrison Peterson, James Jim Peterson, Julia Peterson, Lige Peterson, William Albert Peterson, Zeb Peterson. Moses Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’ PETERSON passed away in 1941 in Peterson Hill Cemetery, Green Mountain, Yancey Co., North Carolina.

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Biography

  • Moses Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’ PETERSON was born in 1848 in Yancey Co., North Carolina, the child of Sidney Stokes Peterson And Elizabeth Marenda Byrd.
  • Moses Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’ PETERSON married Melissa Lissie Honeycutt, and had children including Betty P Peterson, Criss Peterson, Etta Peterson, Harrison Peterson, James Jim Peterson, Julia Peterson, Lige Peterson, William Albert Peterson, Zeb Peterson.
  • Moses Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’ PETERSON passed away in 1941 in Peterson Hill Cemetery, Green Mountain, Yancey Co., North Carolina.

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Moses PETERSON's Ancestors

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Moses PETERSON
1848–1941
Birth Place: Yancey Co., North Carolina
Parents
Sidney Stokes PETERSON
1824–1902
Jacks Creek, Yancey Co., North Carolina
Elizabeth (Marenda) BYRD
1830–1907
North Carolina
Grandparents
Moses (Washington PETERSON) I
1794–1879
Burke Co., North Carolina
Mary (‘Polly’) McKINNEY
1799–1882
Jacks Creek, Yancey Co., North Carolina
Charles (Avery BYRD) I
1802–1891
Jacks Creek, Yancey Co., North Carolina
Virginia (Jane) HAMPTON
1805–1894
Yancey Co., North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
Tobias PETERSON
1767–1838
Margaret [MEYSTER]
1773–1805
John McKINNEY
1774–
William I
1778–1862
Elizabeth [MAT-JUDY]
1784–1876
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry I
1745–
George BYRD
1730–1825
Margaret [HUDSON]
1760–1838

Moses PETERSON's Descendants

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Moses (Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’) PETERSON (15 NOV 1848–26 SEP 1941)
  1. 1. Criss PETERSON 1895–1979 m. Birdella COOPER 1897–1995
    1. 1. Handy (Brite) PETERSON 1918–1968 m. Helen (Josephine KING) [MAT-JUDY] 1914–2021
    2. 2. Homer PETERSON 1922–1944
    3. 3. Oma PETERSON 1926–2015 m. Grady WHITSON 1923–1978

Moses PETERSON's Timeline

2 Records

1848
15 NOV 1848
Birth of Moses Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’ PETERSON in Yancey Co., North Carolina
Yancey Co., North Carolina
1941
26 SEP 1941
Age 93
Death of Moses Jefferson ‘Budger Mose’ PETERSON in Erwin, Unicoi Co., Tennessee
Erwin, Unicoi Co., Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 NOV 1848
    Event Place: Yancey Co., North Carolina
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 SEP 1941
    Event Place: Erwin, Unicoi Co., Tennessee
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Peterson Hill Cemetery, Green Mountain, Yancey Co., North Carolina
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

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