1910 Census, Morgan County, Tennessee

Cleophus Elijah Samsel Sr. age 43 was the son of James A. Samsel and Mary J. Peters.  Mary was the daughter of my third great grandparents John W. Peters and Ruby Smith.  As such, Cleophus was the nephew of my second great grandfather John Henry Peters and the first cousin of my great grandfather Alva Edward Peters.

James A. Samsel was the husband of Mary J. Peters.  Mary was the daughter of my third great grandparents John W. Peters and Ruby Smith.  Mary died sometime before the 1900 census, and James married Mary A. Mullins about 1903.

Although this census entry says that James was married four times, I only have records for two of his marriages -- his marriage to Mary J. Peters in 1883 in his marriage to Mary A. Mullins in 1903.

William Wright Peters was the son of Thomas Jefferson (Tom) Peters and Charlotte J. (Sharlley) Shannon.  As such, William was the nephew of my second great grandfather John Henry Peters.  Charlotte J. (Sharlley) Shannon was the daughter of Pleasant Wright (Wright) Shannon and Sidney Viles/Voyls.

A mystery associated with the family is that the death certificate of William Wright Peters lists his father as Tom Peters and his mother as Lollie Voyls rather than as Charlotte or Lollie Shannon.  Charlotte Shannon had several nicknames, one of which was Lollie.  So the nickname per se is not an issue.  The issue is the listing of her surname as Voyls on the death certificate of her son.  Charlotte was born in 1846, and her parents were married in 1849.  All of her own records list her surname as Shannon, but a record for one of her sons lists her surname as Voyls which was her mother's surname.  So perhaps Pleasant Wright (Wright) Shannon was not Charlotte's birth father.

Alfred Demarcus Peters was the son of Tobias Peters Jr. and Martha Miranda (Marthy) Mays.

Rhoda Florence (Florence) Walls was the daughter of William A. (Fate) Walls and Ellen P. Clark.  She was Alfred's second wife.

Worcester Owens Peters Sr. was the son of Tobias C. Peters and Mary Jane Wright.  Linnie Emerine Lewallen was the daughter of Andrew Russell Lewallen and Nancy Derrick Carpenter.

Tobias C. Peters died in 1901, and his widow Mary Jane Wright (Worcester's mother) was living with the family in 1910.  Tobias C. Peters was the son of James Peters and Rachel McCart, and the grandson of Tobias Peters Sr.

Elijah Franklin (Frank) Peters was the son of Wesley M. Peters and Catherine Paul, and the grandson of Tobias Peters Sr. and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough.

Jane Kisarah/Kiziah (Kiziah) Potter was the daughter of Julin Potter and Rody.  She married first John Alexander Range.  They had a son Marion H. Range.  Marion Range was not living with Frank and Kiziah Peters in the 1910 census, but he was in the 1920 census.

John Gilbert (Gilbert) England was the son of my third great grandfather John England and John's second wife Anna Melissa Davis.  As such, Gilbert was the half brother of my second great grandmother Vesta Clay England.

Gilbert's wife was Minerva Jane (Nervie) Huling age 20, daughter of Mack Daniel (Daniel) Huling and Julia Ann Guffey.

Rev. John Boyd Peters was the son of Henry Fowler Peters and Frances B. (Frankie) Young.  At the time of the 1910 census, John's widowed mother was living next door in dwelling number 57.  John's wife was Sarah E. (Lizzie) Phillips.

Frances (Frankie) Young was the daughter of John Young and Nancy Ann York.  Her husband Henry Fowler Peters died in 1908, two years before this census entry.

Henry Fowler Peters was the son of James Peters and Rachel McCart, and the grandson of Tobias Peters Sr. and Elizabeth Rachel Scarbrough.

William Houston (Houston) Jones age 37 was the son of Margaret Jones and Mr. Howard.  Margaret Jones married James William (William or Wilburn or Bill) England, and Bill England was the stepfather of Houston Jones.  However, in the 1880 census Houston Jones was enumerated with his grandparents, living next door to his mother and stepfather rather than actually living with them.

Bill England was the son of my third great grandparents John England and Jane (Jenny) Peters.  As such, Bill England was the brother of my second great grandmother Vesta Clay England.

Houston Jones's first wife was Nancy Ann Howard age 49.

Ullyses Nelson (Lyss) Peters was the son of Wesley C. Peters and Mary Sophronia York.  Wesley was the son of Leander J. Peters and Nancy Derick Carpenter, the grandson of Wesley M. Peters and Catherine (Katy) Paul, and the great grandson of Tobias Peters Sr. and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough.

Orlena Olive (Lena) Albertson age 33 was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison Albertson Sr. and Elizabeth Young.  Elizabeth age 65 was living in the household, listed as Lyss's mother-in-law.

Lena married first John M. Hull, and Benjamin F. (Benny) Hull age 5 was her son with John Hull.

James Garfield Peters was the son of Wesley C. Peters and Mary Sophronia York.  Wesley was the son of Leander J. Peters.  Leander was the son of Wesley M. Peters.  And Wesley was the son of Tobias Peters Sr.  There is no proven connection between my Peters line and the family of Tobias Peters Sr.

Mary Florence Albertson was the daughter of Jesse Albertson and Beulah.

Everett's full name was Everett Elmer Peters.

Olive Jane (Jane) Young was the daughter of John Andrew Young and Nancy Ann York.  At the time of the 1910 census, she was the widow of Wesley C. Peters and was living with her brother Layton Smith Young.  Stella Peters was the daughter of Wesley C. Peters and his first wife Mary Sophronia York.  Jane Young married for the first time at the age of 48, and did not have any children.

Because Jane Young and Wesley C. Peters were married in 1898 and had no children, and because Mary Sophronia York died in 1896, I really believe Stella York was born about 1896 and would have been closer to 24 years old than to 20 years old in 1910.