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1930 Census, Madison County, Illinois


Wood River, Wood River Twp, Ward 3, Enumeration District 60-101, Madison County, Illinois, 8 Apr 1930
p.243a, 255 Acton Avenue, dwelling number 250, family number 255
Scarbrough  Horace E.  53 head  m m@32 w  stillman helper, oil refinery  TN TN TN
            Mintie A.  41 wife  f m@21 w                                 TN GA TN
            Edward F.  17 son   m s    w                                 TN TN TN
            Edna J.     3 dau   f s    w                                 IL TN TN

Horace Edgar Scarbrough age 53 was the son of Thomas Calvin Scarbrough and Mary E. Scarbrough, third cousins who married.  Thomas Calvin Scarbrough was the son of John W. Scarbrough and Mary A. (Polly) Peters.  Polly Peters was the daughter of my fourth great grandparents Thomas Peters and Sarah (Sallie) England.  As such, Polly was the sister of my third great grandmother Zipporah Peters and also the sister of my third great grandmother Jane (Jenny) Peters.

Minta A. Peters age 41 was the daughter of John H. Peters and Ellen F. Evans.  The birth places for Minta's parents were enumerated backwards.  Her father was born in Tennessee and her mother was born in Georgia.

John H. Peters was the son of Francis Asbury (Frank) Peters and Sarah Jane (Jane) Scarbrough, and the grandson of my fourth great grandparents Henry Peters Jr. and Jane England.  As such, Frank was the brother of my third great grandfather John W. Peters, and this John H. Peters was the first cousin of my second great grandfather John Henry Peters.


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