John
Peters
Born about in Licking Co., Ohio, USA
Ancestors 
Son of John Peters
and Lydia (Phillips) Peters
Brother of
Elizabeth (Peters) Myers, Maria (Peters) Callihan, Catherine (Peters) Bell, Rachel (Peters) Willis, Unknown Peters, Peacha Peters, Eliza (Peters) Dixon, Mary (Peters) Jones, Lydia Minerva (Peters) Turner and Jackson Peters
Husband of
Phoebe (Ashman) Peters
— married
before Sep 1850 in Licking, Ohio, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Montera (Peters) McNabb, Wilda Peters, William C Peters, Lavada Peters, Ida B Peters, Louis Peters and Eva Laura Peters
Died
at about age 48
in Keokuk Co., Iowa, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Oct 2012
This page has been accessed 456 times.
Biography
John Peters was born in Apr 1825 in Licking County, Ohio. He is the son of John Peters and Lydia Phillips.
1830 census -- Burlington Twnp, Licking County, Ohio, USA
- Name: Lydia Peters
- Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Burlington, Licking, Ohio
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 (Jackson)
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (John)
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (Peache)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (Lydia)
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (Mary Polly)
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (Eliza?)
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 (Catherine, Rachel)
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Lydia)
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 9
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9[1]
In 1832, John was mentioned as a minor child of John Peters in a Knox Co., Ohio Chancery case, Thornhill vs Peters, where her uncle, Bryant Thornhill, file against her father's estate and her mother and siblings.
1840 census -- Burlington Twnp, Licking Co., Ohio, USA
- Name: Lydia Peters
- Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Burlington, Licking, Ohio
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (son C: Jackson)
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 (son B: John)
- Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (son A: Peache)
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (daughter G: Lydia)
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 (daughter F: Mary Polly)
- Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 (Lydia)
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
- Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 6
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6[2]
He married Phebe Ashman sometime between 1845-1850 in Licking Co., Ohio. (source needed)
1850 census -- Burlington Twnp., Licking County, Ohio, USA
- John Peters, age 26, male, , farmer, born Ohio; Phebe Peters, age 20, female, , born Virginia.[3]
1856 Iowa Census -- Washington Twnp., Keokuk Co., Iowa, USA
- John Peters, age 30, male, married, born Ohio; Pheby Peters, age 20, female, married, born Virginia, Elizabeth Peters, age 4, female, born Ohio; Wilda Peters, age 3, female, born Iowa; William C Peters, age 1, male, born Iowa.[4]
1860 census -- Washington Twnp., Keokuk, Iowa, USA
- John Peters, age 35, male, , farmer, $600 real estate, $500 personal property, born Ohio; Phebe Peters, age 30, female, , born Virginia; Elizabeth Peters, age 9, female, , attends school, born Iowa; Lavada A Peters, age 2, female, , born Iowa; Ida B Peters, age 8/12, female, , born Iowa.[5]
1870 census -- Washington Twnp., Keokuk, Iowa, USA
- John Peters, age 45, male, white, farmer, $2600 real estate, $878 personal property, born Ohio; Phebe Peters, age 40, female, white, keeping house, born Virginia; Montera Peters, age 18, female, white, attended school, born Ohio; Lavada Peters, age 12, femal, white, attended school, born Iowa; Louis Peters, age 6, male, white, born Iowa.[6]
He died 7 June 1873 in Keokuk County, Iowa. He is buried in Springfield Cemetery in Delta, Iowa.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHGK-XZM : accessed 13 November 2015), Lydia Peters, Burlington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing 429, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 134; FHL microfilm 337,945.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHTC-9ZX : accessed 11 Jan 2014), Lydia Peters, 1840.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXQV-4XR : accessed 12 Jan 2014), John Pelers, Burlington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing dwelling 1451, family 1465, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 703.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M82D-PYS : accessed 12 Jan 2014), John Peters, Washington Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. , family , NARA microfilm publication ; FHL microfilm 803329.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDVD-1XJ : accessed 12 Jan 2014), John Peters, Iowa, United States; citing p. , family 227, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000545901.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVGS-RHCN : 13 December 2015), John Peters, 1873; Burial, Delta, Keokuk, Iowa, United States of America, Springfield Cemetery; citing record ID 108404541, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Is John your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Amy Bruington 
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Meghan (Dewhurst) Dewhurst- Conroy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A794565 [compare], Ancestry member meghanrowan
-
~0.78%
Linda (Hunerwadel) Flosenzier :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch JE3979182 [compare]
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured Eurovision connections: John is 27 degrees from Agnetha Fältskog, 24 degrees from Anni-Frid Synni Reuß, 24 degrees from Corry Brokken, 18 degrees from Céline Dion, 27 degrees from Françoise Dorin, 27 degrees from France Gall, 27 degrees from Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, 24 degrees from Lill-Babs Svensson, 18 degrees from Olivia Newton-John, 32 degrees from Henriette Nanette Paërl, 30 degrees from Annie Schmidt and 19 degrees from Moira Kennedy on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.