Jacob
Roy
Peters
Born in Woodland, Bradford Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin J. Peters
and Elizabeth Ross
Brother of
Oliver Peters, Ralph R. Peters, Charles F. Peters, Adda A. Peters, Howard B. Peters, Bessie Belle (Peters) Shugarts, Clyde Stanley Peters and Earl D. Peters
Husband of
Blanche Viola Kanouff
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Charles Peters, Leona Eva Peters, Thelma Ruth (Peters) Rowles, George Calvin Peters and Tressie J. Peters
Died
at age 77
in Philipsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2014
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Biography
Jacob Roy Peters; b. 18 Jun 1884 at Woodland, Clearfield, Pennsylvania;
m. Blanch Viola Kanouff, daughter of George Johann Kanouff and Emily Alice Cole, 5 Jun 1906 at Clearfield, Pennsylvania;
He died 20 Jun 1961 at Wallaceton, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, at age 77. He was buried at Reidy Cemetery, Wallaceton, Clearfield County, PA.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #19747811
Blanch Viola Kanouff was born on 27 Aug 1880 at Boggs Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania. She died on 2 Aug 1965 at Philipsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, at age 84.
CLEARFIELD , Clearfield, PA, June 21, 1961
JACOB R. PETERS
WALLACETON- Jacob R. Peters, 77, of Wallaceton died yesterday at 9:55 p.m. in the Philipsburg State Hospital.
He was born at Woodland R.D. June 16, 1884, a son of the late Benjamin and Elizabeth Ross Peters. He had been retired for the past 12 years from the Harbison-Walker Refractories at Wallaceton.
Surviving are his wife, the former Blanche Kanouff, three sons and two daughters: Joseph, Hyde; George, Wallaceton; Paul, Tonawanda, N.Y.; Mrs. Thelma Rowles, Wallaceton; and Mrs. Austin (Tressie) Lowe, Houtzdale R. D.
Also surviving are 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, two brothers and a sister: Clyde and Earl of Woodland; and Mrs. Bessie Pyle of Mt. Union.
A daughter, Leona, preceded him in death in 1942.
Friends will be received at his home at Wallaceton from noon tomorrow until noon on Saturday. The body will then be moved to the Wallaceton Church of God where services will be held at 2 p.m. with theRev. William Smith officiating. Interment will be made in the Reedy Cemetery at Wallaceton.
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 March 2020), memorial page for Jacob Roy Peters (18 Jun 1884–20 Jun 1961), Find A Grave Memorial no. 19747811, citing Reidy Cemetery, Wallaceton, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Sho (contributor 46901155) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
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~1.56%
Loretta Peters
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member erma1934
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~0.78%
Linda (Haney) Woodling :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Donna (Haney) Hubler :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A255302 [compare], Ancestry member donnahubler1
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