Mr
Will
M
Peterson
Born about in Yancey County, NC
Ancestors 
Son of Moses Washington Peterson
and Cordelia (Ray) Peterson
Brother of
Achsah (Peterson) Elliot, Cora (Peterson) Bailey, Mary Loretta Peterson and Charles Peterson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 68
in Pendleton, OR
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Biography
Will like many young men in the NC mountains wanted to satisfy his pioneer spirit and thus moved westward to settle in eastern Oregon around the turn of the 19th century--His brother Charles did same thing and wanted to grow apples--Will was an attorney and established a practice in Pendleton in 1906--His younger sister, Mary Loretta, stayed in Yancey County, NC and married her 2nd cousin, and with her husband, Sid stayed in her childhood home and 90 acres near Jack's Creek near Daybook--Her middle daughter, Evelyn, was my mother.
Sources
- personal knowledge and newspaper death notice dated 4-21-1968(Oregonian) of Will's son Raley
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Will by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Will:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Will by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Will:
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~0.78%
Chuck Peterson
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Cheryl (Garland) Chasin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A475020 [compare], Ancestry member CherylGChasin
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