1910 Census, Fentress County, Tennessee

My interest in this family is Elmo McCoy (McCoy) Wright age 3 who later married Auda (Audie) Howard.  Audie was a member of my England famaily, having been the son of William E. (Bill) Howard and Lois Verna (Verna) England.  Verna was the daughter of James William (William or Wilburn) England and Margarett Jones.  As such, Verna was the niece of my second great grandmother Vesta Clay England.

McCoy Wright was the son of David Millican Wright and Flora Abiline/Abbie Bilbrey.

Harvey William Peters age 29 was the son of Thomas Blufford Peters and Mary Jane (Molly) Smith, and the grandson of Henry Clark (Clark) Peters and Perlina Ann Shilling.

Henry Clark (Clark) Peters was one of mine, but there is a bit of uncertainty about his exact ancestry.  Clark Peters was the son either of Henry Peters Jr. or of Thomas Peters.  Henry Jr. and Thomas were brothers, and both of them were my fourth great grandfathers.

Mary Jane (Margy) Essary age 26 was the daughter of Charles Winton Necessary/Essary and Martha Elizabeth (Mary) Todd.

John Wesley Peters age 35 was the son of Welborn Harvey (Harve) Peters and Mary Jane Todd.  His wife was Nancy Ollie (Ollie) Delk age 36.  Their first son was Enoch Otto (Otto) Peters age 14.

Harve Peters was the son of Henry Clark (Clark) Peters and Perlina Ann Shilling.

Henry Clark (Clark) Peters was one of mine, but there is a bit of uncertainty about his exact ancestry.  Clark Peters was the son either of Henry Peters Jr. or of Thomas Peters.  Henry Jr. and Thomas were brothers, and both of them were my fourth great grandfathers.

Thomas Blufford Peters age 54 was the son of Henry Clark (Clark) Peters and Perlina A. Shilling.

Henry Clark (Clark) Peters was one of mine, but there is a bit of uncertainty about his exact ancestry.  Clark Peters was the son either of Henry Peters Jr. or of Thomas Peters.  Henry Jr. and Thomas were brothers, and both of them were my fourth great grandfathers.

Mary Jane (Molly) Smith was the daughter of William M. Smith and Louisa Ashburn.

William A. Cross was the son of John Fowler Cross and Rachel Todd from dwelling number 111.  As such, William was the niece of my second great grandmother Hulda Asberine (Asberine) Cross.

John Fowler Cross was the son of my third great grandparents Alfred Carter Cross and Zipporah Peters.  As such, he was the brother of my second great grandmother Hulda Asberine (Asberine) Cross.

Rachel Todd was the daughter of William G. Todd and Amanda Jane Gobble.

John and Rachel were were married 20 Mar 1871.

William K. Todd was the brother of Rachel Todd from dwelling number 111.

John Wesley Peters was the son of Henry Clark (Clark) Peters and Perlina A. Shilling.

Henry Clark (Clark) Peters was one of mine, but there is a bit of uncertainty about his exact ancestry.  Clark Peters was the son either of Henry Peters Jr. or of Thomas Peters.  Henry Jr. and Thomas were brothers, and both of them were my fourth great grandfathers.

Julia Anna Smith age 46 was the daughter of William M. Smith and Louisa Ashburn.

William Berton (Berton) Peters age 20, son of John Wesley Peters and Julia Anna Smith, married Bertha Mary (Bertie) Ramsey age 20.  Berton and Bertie were the parents of Earl Peters age 4/12.

William Henry (Henry) Peters age 33 was the son of Welborn Harvey (Harve) Peters and Mary Jane Todd.  He was also the nephew of John Wesley Peters who was living next door in #114.

Dora Florence Ledbetter age 30 was the daughter of McMiller C. (Mack) Ledbetter and Margaret Jane Sells.  In this particular instance, Dora was calling herself Florence Ledbetter Peters, and was treating her maiden surname as a middle name.

Harve Peters was the son of Henry Clark (Clark) Peters and Perlina Ann Shilling.

Henry Clark (Clark) Peters was one of mine, but there is a bit of uncertainty about his exact ancestry.  Clark Peters was the son either of Henry Peters Jr. or of Thomas Peters.  Henry Jr. and Thomas were brothers, and both of them were my fourth great grandfathers.

Welburn Harvey (Harve) Peters was the son of Henry Clark (Clark) Peters and Perlina A. Shilling.  Mahala E. Norred was his third wife.  Carrie E. Peters was their daughter.  A son, Sherman T. Peters, was b. 1902 and d. 1903.  Ervin (or Irwin) Monroe Peters was the son of Welborn Harvey (Harve) Peters and his first wife Mary Jane Todd.  Nina L. Peters was the daughter of Welborn Harvey (Harve) Peters and Mary Jane Todd.  I assume that Wilburn Todd was related to Mary Jane Todd, but if so I do not know what the exact relationship would have been.  He was probably her nephew.

Henry Clark (Clark) Peters was one of mine, but there is a bit of uncertainty about his exact ancestry.  Clark Peters was the son either of Henry Peters Jr. or of Thomas Peters.  Henry Jr. and Thomas were brothers, and both of them were my fourth great grandfathers.

Harve's mother Perlina A. Shilling was born in Virinia, so the census got it right this time.  Also, Mary Jane Todd was born in Scott County, Virginia, so the census got the mother of Irwin and Nina right as well.

Malener (Lena) Norris age 24 was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson (Tom) Norris and Rhoda Jane (Rody) England.

Rody 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, and Lena was the first cousin of my great grandmother Sallie Jane Cole.

Charles Fletcher (Fletcher) Atkinson age 30 was the son of Rev. Charles E. Atkinson and Nancy Jane Key.

James M. Peters was the son of Henry Clark (Clark) Peters.

Henry Clark (Clark) Peters was one of mine, but there is a bit of uncertainty about his exact ancestry.  Clark Peters was the son either of Henry Peters Jr. or of Thomas Peters.  Henry Jr. and Thomas were brothers, and both of them were my fourth great grandfathers.

Martha J. Todd was the daughter of Stephan Todd and Tabitha Jane Ingle.

Martha Alice Peters was the daughter of Welborn Harvey (Harve) Peters and Mary Jane Todd, and the grandson of Henry Clark (Clark) Peters and Perlina Ann Shilling.

Henry Clark (Clark) Peters was one of mine, but there is a bit of uncertainty about his exact ancestry.  Clark Peters was the son either of Henry Peters Jr. or of Thomas Peters.  Henry Jr. and Thomas were brothers, and both of them were my fourth great grandfathers.

Martha Alice Peters married Oscar Denton Little 23 Jun 1901.

Oscar Denton Little was the son of Vastine Stickley Little and Julie Permilia Windle.

Paulina Jane Peters was the daughter of Welborn Harvey (Harve) Peters and Mary Jane Todd, and the grandson of Henry Clark (Clark) Peters and Perlina Ann Shilling.  Paulina married William Perry Little 9 Jul 1896.

She was living next door to her sister in dwelling number 142.  Oscar Denton Little and William Perry Little were brothers.  The children from the two families were double first cousins.

Henry Clark (Clark) Peters was one of mine, but there is a bit of uncertainty about his exact ancestry.  Clark Peters was the son either of Henry Peters Jr. or of Thomas Peters.  Henry Jr. and Thomas were brothers, and both of them were my fourth great grandfathers.

James Wylie Peters was the son of Reuben Dowell (Dowell) Peters and Tabitha N. Paul (next door, dwelling number 109).  Margaret Roxada A. (Ada) Jones was his second wife.

Bertha L. Peters was James' daughter with his first wife Almeda Alice Goad who died in 1905.  Bertha was b. 15 Apr 1902.  Another child Tabitha Elenor Peters was born in 1905 and was living with her grandparents in 1910.

The other children were Leona Belle Peters, b. 21 Sep 1906 and Fred Otto Peters b. 1 Feb 1909.  Both of them were children of Margaret Roxada A. (Ada) Jones.

Reuben Dowell (Dowell) Peters was the son of Wesley M. Peters and Catherine/Katherine Paul.  Parthena J. was the second wife of Reuben Dowell Peters, but I have no record of their marriage because there was a Fentress County court house fire in 1905.  They had been married 16 years in 1910, so they were married about 1894.  It was the second marriage for Parthena as well, and I have not been able to determine who she was.

The report that Dowell's father was born in Virginia is a little puzzling.  Wesley M. Peters was the son of Tobias Peters Sr. and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough.  Tobias was certainly born in Virginia.  But the family moved to Tennessee in 1797, well before Wesley was born.  All indications except for this census entry suggest that all of Tobias's children were born in Tennessee.

Because Dowell Peters was of the Tobias Peters line, there is no proven connection to my Peters line.

Charles E. Peters was the son of Reuben Dowell (Dowell) Peters and Dowell's first wife Tabitha N. Paul.  Charles' wife was Laura Edna (Edna) Smith.

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.  Vestie Norris appears to have been named for her aunt Vesta Clay England.