William Reuben Peterson (1876 - 1937)

Born 1876 in Yancey North Carolina

Ancestors

Died 19 Mar 1937 at about age 61 in Asheville, North Carolina

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Biography

William Reuben Peterson, known as "Crippled Rube", was disabled by rheumatism. After moving to Asheville, he operated a shoe repair shop at the railroad depot. He owned several rental houses and a farm in Leicester Township when he died. W. R. and his wife Ella had no children, howe ver they adopted Thelmer Ruby, supposed to be the illegitimate daughter of his brother, Robert Clingman. Thelmer inherited an estate from them valued at $2800 in 1940. Thelmer was actually the daughter of Ellen Justus and Liffus Pate (Ellen told this to Bob Peterson before she died. Source: Charlie Peterson)

SOURCES: Genealogy of Peterson family, compiled and submitted by Jack Glenn Peterson; Administration of Estates of William Reuben and Ella Mae Peterson, Buncombe Co. Courthouse, Asheville, NC

Sources

• Family documents
• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPX1-WD9 : 18 July 2017), Fulton Peterson in entry for W Renkin Peterson, 19 Mar 1937; citing Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, fn 1934 cn 165, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,131.