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1880 Census, Sebastian County, Arkansas


Sugar Loaf Twp, Sebastian County, Arkansas, 4 & 7 1880
p.637d, dwelling number 66, family number 66
Marshal  Mark           30 head  m m w  farmer         TN TN TN
         Arvazene       29 wife  f m w  keeping house  TN TN TN
         Naomi J.        7 dau   f s w                 AR TN TN
         Wm. W.          6 son   m s w                 AR TN TN
         Barbara A.      2 dau   f s w                 AR TN TN
         Laura Bell   4/12 dau   f s w                 AR TN TN

Arvazine Cross was the daughter of my third great grandparents Alfred Carter Cross and Zipporah Peters of Anderson County, Tennessee.  As such, she was the sister of my second great grandmother Hulda Asberine Cross.

Arvazine Cross married Mark Marshall on 13 Jun 1870 in Anderson County, Tennessee.  Mark was the son of John W. Marshall and Francis (Fannie) Jackson.


Bates Twp, Sebastian County, Arkansas, 1 Jun 1880
p.669c, dwelling number 19, family number 19
Martin  Samuel    60  head  m m w  farming        TN SC SC  cannot W
        Charlotte 57  wife  f m w  keeping house  TN SC TN  cannot R/W
        Joseph    20  son   m s w  works on farm  TN TN TN
        Charlotte 15  dau   f s w  at home        TN TN TN
Peters  Elijah    10  Gson  m s w  at home        TN TN TN  cannot R/W
Martin  Mary       6  dau   f s w  at home        TN TN TN

Elijah Jennings Peters was the son of James Scarbro (Jim) Peters and Martha Ann Martin.  Martha Ann Martin in turn was the daughter of Samuel Martin and Charlotte Walls.

I assume that Jim Peters or Martha Ann Martin (or both) had died prior to 1880, which is why Elijah Peters age 10 was being raised by his grandparents.  However, I have no direct proof of this assumption.

James Scarbro (Jim) Peters was the son of Tobias Peters Jr. and Louisa Henderson of Anderson County, Tennessee.  Jim's middle name came from his grandmother Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough, wife of Tobias Peters Sr.

There was an enumeration error for the last person.  The daughter Mary Martin age 6 was in fact a granddaugher Mary Peters age 6.  Elijah and Mary were brother and sister.


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