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1860 Census, Fentress County, Tennessee


Dist. 6, Fentress County, Tennessee, 3 Jul 1860, Hales Mills PO
p.32a, dwelling number 496, family number 456
Wright  A. B.     33  m w  farmer  $1000/$388  TN
        Cinthia   32  f w                      TN
        Mary J.    9  f w                      TN  attended school
        James C.   8  m w                      TN  attended school

Mary Jane Wright age 9 later married Tobias C. Peters.  Tobias was the son of James Peters and Rachel McCart, and the grandson of Tobias Peters Sr. and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough.

Mary Jane was the daughter of Rev. Absalom Barton Wright and Cynthia Ann Spearman Frogge.  One of Mary Jane's sons was named Absalom Barton Peters.


Dist. 9, Fentress County, Tennessee, 31 Jul 1860, Jamestown PO
p.51a, dwelling number 754, family number 699
Norris  Alfred     33  m w  farmer  $220/$254  NC
        Emelin     32  f w                     TN  cannot R/W
        Jemima     13  f w                     TN  attended school
        Sarah      10  f w                     TN  attended school
        Squire J.   8  m w                     TN  attended school
        Sis         6  f w                     TN
        Thomas J.   3  m w                     TN

Thomas Jefferson (Tom) Norris age 3 later married Rhoda Jane (Rody) England.  Tom was the son of Alfred Norris and Emaline (Emily) Wilson.

Rhoda Jane (Rody) England was the daughter of my third great grandparents John England and Jane (Jenny) Peters.  As such, Rody was the sister of my second great grandmother Vesta Clay England.


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