| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Third Generation20. Susan Emily (Emily) Peters7,8 was born about 1828 in Tennessee. She appeared in the census in 1830 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Age 00-04, enumerated in the household of her father Thomas Peters. She appeared in the census in 1840 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Age 10-14, enumerated in the household of her father Thomas Peters. Susan appeared in the census in 1850 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Age 22, born in Tenneessee. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Susan E. 22 f TN She appeared in the census in 1880 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Susan 51 wife f m w keeping house TN TN TN Susan Emily (Emily) Peters and Alva A Oliver were married on 16 July 1855 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Alva A Oliver8,62,63 was born in 1835 in Tennessee. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Wilson PO, Anderson County, Tennessee, 29 Jun 1860; p.19b, dwelling number 297, family number 297; Oliver A. A. 25 m farmer TN cannot R/W; Susan E. 22 f TN; Sarah J. 4 f TN; Mary 2 f TN He died about 1867. Susan Emily (Emily) Peters and Alva A Oliver had the following children:
Susan Emily (Emily) Peters and Preston William Shannon were married on 14 October 1867 in Anderson County, Tennessee.17 The marriage is listed at the court house as P.W. Shannon to Susan E. Oliver because Susan E. Peters married first Alva A. Oliver. Preston William Shannon8,28 was born about 1821 in Tennessee. David Scarbrough gives the birth date as 1823. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 9, Anderson County, Tennessee, 12 Jun 1880, p.100d, dwelling number 156, Fn 158, Shannon Preston 59 head m m w farmer TN TN TN, Susan 51 wife f m w keeping house TN TN TN, Oliver Douglas 19 sson m s w farmer TN TN TN, Scarbrough Polena 18 f s w servant TN TN TN, Cole Sarah 10 f s w servant TN TN TN. He died on 1 March 1888 in Scarbrough, Anderson County, Tennessee. Preston was buried about 2 March 1888 in Scarbrough Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee. He served in the 3rd Tennessee Infantry (Union) in the Civil War. Nearly every record I have found lists his name as P.W. Shannon or as Preston W. Shannon. However, he witnessed an affidavit for Sarah Peters (nee Sarah England) in her application for a widow's pension for the service of her husband Thomas Peters in the War of 1812. On that affadavit, Preston W. Shannon signed his name as Preston Wm. Shannon. (RGB) |