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William B Peters 1812 – 1884 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1812

Birth Location: Scott, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1884

Death Location: Kentucky

Father: Henry Peters

Mother: Mary Waite

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William B Peters was born in 1812 in Scott, Virginia, United States, the child of Henry B Peters and Mary Polly Waite. William B Peters passed away in 1884 in Kentucky.

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Biography

  • William B Peters was born in 1812 in Scott, Virginia, United States, the child of Henry B Peters and Mary Polly Waite.
  • William B Peters passed away in 1884 in Kentucky.

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William Peters's Ancestors

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William Peters
1812 – 1884
Birth Place: Scott, Virginia, United States
Parents
Henry B Peters
1763 – 1859
Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
Mary (Polly) Waite
1769 – 1859
Pennsylvania
Grandparents
Johann (Jacob (Jakobus) Peters) (Petrus)
1744 – 1823
Kirchberg, Berchtesgadener Land, Bayern, Allemagne
Anna (Maria Dalke) Heijl
1748 – 1830
Altenfeld, Hochsauerlandkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
John Waite
1744 – 1818
Derbyshire, England
Mary (Anne) Platt
1746 – 1827
Charles Towne, South Carolina
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Peters's Timeline

2 Records

1812
1812
Birth of William B Peters in Scott, Virginia, United States
Scott, Virginia, United States
1884
1884
Age 72
Death of William B Peters in Kentucky
Kentucky

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1812
    Event Place: Scott, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1884
    Event Place: Kentucky

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