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1880 Census, Yell County, Arkansas


Gravelly Hill Twp, Yell County, Arkansas, 17 & 18 Jun 1880
p.439b, dwelling number 187, family number 187
Peters  R.    head 26 m m w  TN -- --  cannot W
        M. J.      30 f m w  TN -- --
        Mandy       8 f s w  TN -- --
        Mary        6 f s w  AR -- --
        T. F.       3 m s w  AR -- --

Samuel Rutherford (Rutherford) Peters was the son of Robert Ichabod Peters and Amanda (Mandy) Davidson.  Rutherford's father died in 1868.  His mother and younger brothers and sisters were living next door in dwelling number 188.  Rutherford's wife was Martha Jane Austin.  T.F. was Timothy Fleetwood Peters, who was named for Rutherford's brother Timothy Fleetwood Peters.

Robert Ichabod Peters was the son of James Peters and Rachel McCart, and the grandson of Tobias Peters and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough.  The family was from Anderson County, Tennessee where James was born, and then from Morgan County, Tennessee where James raised his own family.

Notwithstanding the lack of family relationships being listed in the census, this census entry was for a husband, wife, and their three children.


Gravelly Hill Twp, Yell County, Arkansas, 17 & 18 Jun 1880
p.439b, dwelling number 188, family number 188
Peters  Mandy   head 45 f w w  TN -- --  cannot W
        T. F.        25 m s w  TN -- --  cannot W
        I.           23 m s w  TN -- --
        Lizzie       17 f s w  KY -- --
        Rebecca      16 f s w  TN -- --
        Mattie       13 f s w  AR -- --

Mandy was Amanda (Mandy) Davidson, widow of Robert Ichabod Peters who died in 1868.  Robert Ichabod Peters was the son of James Peters and Rachel McCart.  James Peters was the son of Tobias Peters and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough.  The family was from Anderson County, Tennessee where James was born, and then from Morgan County, Tennessee where James raised his own family.

Notwithstanding the lack of family relationships being listed in the census, Mandy was the mother of the other people listed.  T.F. was Timothy Fleetwood Peters.  I. was Ichabod Peters.  Lizzie was Elizabeth Peters.


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