| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Third Generation47. Reuben Dowell (Dowell) Peters12,20,92,93 was born on 21 January 1850 in Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Reuben D. 4/12 m w TN. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Reoben D. 10 TN attended school. Reuben appeared in the census in 1860 in Roane County, Tennessee. Dowell 11 m w TN. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Roane County, Tennessee. Dist.2, Roane County, Tennessee, 17 Jun 1870, p.345b, dwelling number 171, family number 168, Peters R.D. 20 m w farm laborer TN cannot R/W, Tabitha 19 f w keeping house TN cannot R/W, Frank 1/12 m w TN born in May. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Fentress County, Tennessee. Dist.8, Fentress County, Tennessee, 10 Jun 1880; p.556d, dwelling number 69, family number 72; Peters Dowell 30 head m m w laborer TN TN TN cannot R/W; Tibitha 29 wife f m w keepin house TN TN TN cannot R/W; Fanklin 10 son m s w at home TN TN TN attended school, cannot W; Minnie 7 dau f s w TN TN TN; James W. 5 son m s w TN TN TN; Charly 2 son m s w TN TN TN. Reuben appeared in the census in 1900 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Dow R. 50 boarder m m6 w Jan 1850 farm laborer TN TN TN, he and his wife were enumerated in the household of his first cousin Adam Clark (Clark) Peters. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Fentress County, Tennessee. Dist. 5, Fentress County, Tennessee, 30 Apr 1910; p.204b, dwelling number 109, family number 111; Peters Ruben D. 58 head m m2 w farmer TN VA TN, Parthena J. 38 wife f m2-16 TN TN TN; Tabitha E. 5 Gdau f s TN TN TN; Charles E. 32 head m m1-0 TN TN TN; Laura E. 15 wife f m1-0 TN TN TN. He died in 1917 at the age of 67 in Fentress County, Tennessee.82 PETERS Rubin Dowel 66 1917 Fentress #18 Reuben was buried in 1917 in Mount Helen Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee. Reuben Dowell (Dowell) Peters and Tabitha N Paul were married on 14 July 1869. Tabitha N Paul92,94, daughter of William D Paul and Margaret A Russell, was born on 4 September 1850. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Roane County, Tennessee. Tabitha 19 f w keeping house TN cannot R/W She appeared in the census in 1880 in Fentress County, Tennessee. Tibitha 29 wife f m w keepin house TN TN TN cannot R/W. Tabitha died on 6 December 1892 at the age of 42 in Fentress County, Tennessee.95 She was buried about 8 December 1892 in Coal Hill Cemetery, Glenmary, Scott County, Tennessee. There is a Glenmary and a Coal Hill in Scott County. There is a Coal Hill Cemetery in Morgan County. So I am not 100% sure of the location of this particular cemetery. (RGB) Reuben Dowell (Dowell) Peters-7767 and Tabitha N Paul-11632 had the following children:
Reuben Dowell (Dowell) Peters and Parthena J Phillips were married on 21 January 1894 in Scott County, Tennessee. State of Tennessee, Scott County. To any Regular Minister of the Gospel having the care of Souls, or any Judge or Justice of the Peace for said County - Greeting; I, H. Reed, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Scott, aforesaid, by the power in me vested by law, do license you or either of you to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between Reuben D. Petters and Parthena J. Phillips. Given at office, in Huntsville, the 16 day of January, 1894. H. Reed, Clerk. I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the above named parties on the 21st day of January, 1894. A.C. Peters minister. State of Tennesssee, Scott County, Know all Men by these Presents, That we, Reuben D. Petters & Willie Boshears are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee, in the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to be void on condition that there by no lawful cause to prevent a Marriage from being solemnized in the County of Scott, between Reuben D. Petters and Parthena J. Phillips, Witness, our hand and seals, the 16th day of Jan 1849, signed R. D. Petters, Willie Boshears. The minister Adam Clark (Clark) Peters was Dowell's first cousin. Parthena J Phillips93 was born in June 1870 in Tennessee. Phillips may or may not have been her maiden surname. The 1910 census reports that her marriage to Dowell Peters was her second marriage. The 1900 census reports that she had borne 2 children with1 child still living, but no child from a previous marriage was enumerated with the family. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Morgan County, Tennessee. Parthena 29 cook f m6 w Jun 1870 housekeeper TN TN TN 2 children, 1 living She appeared in the census in 1910 in Fentress County, Tennessee. Parthena J. 38 wife f m2-16 w TN TN TN. Parthena died in 1912 at the age of 42 in Fentress County, Tennessee.82 She was buried in 1912 in Mount Helen Cemetery, Fentress County, Tennessee. |