| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Fourth Generation30. Mary J Peters19,88 was born on 25 January 1845 in Tennessee. She was the twin of Fletcher. She appeared in the census in 1850 in Knox County, Tennessee. Mary J. 4 m w TN. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Roane County, Tennessee. Mary J. 14 m w TN (twins). Mary appeared in the census in 1870 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Mary J. 24 f w keeping house TN. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Mary A. 34 wife f m w keeping house TN TN TN. She died before 1886. Her husband remarried in 1886. Mary J Peters and James Allen Samsel were married on 14 September 1865 in Anderson County, Tennessee.88,89 Issued Sept 13th 1865; James A. Samsel to Mary J. Peeters; I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the above named parties on the 14 day of September 1865. John Gamble, J.P. James Allen Samsel88,90 was born in November 1834 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.90 He served in the military on 1 August 1862 in Civil War.90 Samsel James A. age 24, Cpl K company, 5th Tennessee Infantry (Union). He enlisted at Camp Morgan, Kentucky at Cumberland Gap. Description: 5 foot 6 dark complexion, scar on cheek. Occupation: farmer and carpenter. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 9, Anderson County, Tennessee, 30 Aug 1870, Scarbrough PO; p.88b, dwelling number 54, family number 54; Samsel James 35 m w house carpenter /$150 TN; Mary J. 24 f w keeping house TN; Cleophus J. 2 m w TN; Charles H. 9/12 m w TN born in October; Peters Charles N. 19 m w teaching school TN; Amanda J. 10 f w TN attended school, cannot W. James appeared in the census in 1880 in Roane County, Tennessee. Dist. 1, Morgan County, Tennessee, 11 Jun 1880; p.538b, dwelling number 181, family number 181; Samsel James A. 45 head m m w farmer TN TN TN; Mary A. 34 wife f m w keeping house TN TN TN; Eliga 12 son m s w farm work TN TN TN; Charles H. 11 son m s w farm work TN TN TN cannot R/W; Samuel R. 4 son m s w TN TN TN; Asby C. 1 dau f s w TN TN TN; Nancy C. 4/12 dau f s w TN TN TN. He appeared in the census in 1890 in Roane County, Tennessee. Veteran's Schedule, James A. Samsel, Dist. 5, Enumeration Distict 204, p.2. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Dist. 1, Enumeration Distict 105, Morgan County, Tennessee, 1 Jun 1900; p.64a, dwelling number 2, family number 3; Samsel James 65 head m w w Nov 1834 house carpenter TN TN TN; Donie 22 dau f s w Jan 1878 TN TN TN 1 child, 1 living; Walter 2 Gson m s w Nov 1897 TN TN TN. James appeared in the census in 1910 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Dist. 1, Morgan County, Tennessee, 15 Apr 1910; p.1a, Wartburg Road, dwelling number 10, family number 11; Samsel James A. 75 head m m4-7 w house carpenter TN TN TN; Mary A. 76 wife f m2-7 w TN TN TN; Mullins William R. 68 broL m w w farm laborer TN TN TN. He died after 1910. He was buried after 1910 in Carr Cemetery, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.90,91 Civil War, 5th TN Inf. (Union), Company K (same unit as his brother-in-law John H. Peters). His middle initial comes from his Civil War service record. (RGB) Served as guardian on the Civil War widow's pension application of his mother-in-law Ruby Smith, application number 50.191 and 210.296. Bondsman for his brother-in-law Washington Blair (Blair) Peters, 9 Nov 1865, Knox County, Tennessee. Mary J Peters and James Allen Samsel had the following children:
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