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. |