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Samuel J. PETERSON 1844–1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 MAY 1844

Birth Location: Yancey Co., North Carolina

Death Date: 21 NOV 1925

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

Father: John PETERSON

Mother: Susannah [BRYANT]

Spouse(s): Nancy WHITSON

Children(s): Dosser PETERSON, Allen PETERSON, Mary PETERSON

Samuel J. PETERSON was born in 1844 in Yancey Co., North Carolina, the child of John M Peterson And Susannah Sookie Tipton Bryant. Samuel J. PETERSON married Nancy Mariah Whitson, and had children including Allen Peterson, Dosser Peterson, Mary Jane Peterson. Samuel J. PETERSON passed away in 1925 in Peterson Hill Cemetery, Green Mountain, Yancey Co., North Carolina.

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Biography

  • Samuel J. PETERSON was born in 1844 in Yancey Co., North Carolina, the child of John M Peterson And Susannah Sookie Tipton Bryant.
  • Samuel J. PETERSON married Nancy Mariah Whitson, and had children including Allen Peterson, Dosser Peterson, Mary Jane Peterson.
  • Samuel J. PETERSON passed away in 1925 in Peterson Hill Cemetery, Green Mountain, Yancey Co., North Carolina.

Immediate Family

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Samuel PETERSON's Ancestors

Self
Samuel PETERSON
1844–1925
Birth Place: Yancey Co., North Carolina
Parents
John M. PETERSON
1819–1885
Jacks Creek, Yancey Co., North Carolina
Susannah (‘Sookie’ TIPTON) [BRYANT]
1824–1910
Yancey Co., North Carolina
Grandparents
Moses (Washington PETERSON) I
1794–1879
Burke Co., North Carolina
Mary (‘Polly’) McKINNEY
1799–1882
Jacks Creek, Yancey Co., North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
Tobias PETERSON
1767–1838
Margaret [MEYSTER]
1773–1805
John McKINNEY
1774–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry I
1745–

Samuel PETERSON's Descendants

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Samuel (J.) PETERSON (7 MAY 1844–21 NOV 1925) m. Nancy (Mariah) WHITSON (27 MAR 1847–28 OCT 1918)
  1. 1. Dosser PETERSON 1880–1947 m. Minnie (DAYTON) [DEYTON] 1881–1913
    1. 1. Fannie (Ethel) PETERSON 1901–1981
      1. 1. Arthur (Ernest RENFRO [RENFROW]) II 1922–2001 m. Mary (Jane) McCULLOUGH 1920–1964
      2. 2. Elizabeth (‘Beth’) BEACHBOARD 1932–2020 m. Jack (Glenn) PETERSON 1930–2006
      3. 3. William (Packer ‘Billy’ BEACHBOARD) II 1940–2019
    2. 2. Philmore PETERSON 1906–2005 m. Elizabeth BOGART 1909–1976
      1. 1. Edward (L.) PETERSON 1928–2014 m. Ingeburg MARBURGER 1932–2006
      2. 2. Elaine PETERSON 1932–2006
    3. 3. Rissia (T.) PETERSON 1908–2000
      1. 1. Fred (Allen BAILEY) I 1934–2011
      2. 2. Donna (Rae) BAILEY 1936–2001
    4. 4. Hono (Lula) PETERSON 1916–1981
  2. 2. Allen PETERSON 1866–1950 m. Hannah (Elizabeth) LOCKNER 1874–1954
  3. 3. Mary (Jane) PETERSON 1873–1951
    1. 1. Daniel (Curtis) LOCKNER 1900–1985 m. Sarah (C.) HILTON 1907–1978

Samuel PETERSON's Timeline

2 Records

1844
7 MAY 1844
Birth of Samuel J. PETERSON in Yancey Co., North Carolina
Yancey Co., North Carolina
1925
21 NOV 1925
Age 81
Death of Samuel J. PETERSON in Erwin, Unicoi Co., Tennessee
Erwin, Unicoi Co., Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 MAY 1844
    Event Place: Yancey Co., North Carolina
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, This information is from Masters Mountain Men Ancestry tree. I am related to her husband.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 7 MAY 1840
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 NOV 1925
    Event Place: Erwin, Unicoi Co., Tennessee
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, This information is from Masters Mountain Men Ancestry tree. I am related to her husband.
    [2] FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 4
    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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