Peter Tetrick (1812 - 1889)

Born 13 Feb 1812 in Marion County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Matilda (Nay) Tetrick — married 7 Apr 1836 in Marion, Virginia

Died 30 May 1889 at age 77 in Marion County, West Virginia

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Biography

Peter Tetrick was the son of Joseph and Margaret (Robinson) Tetrick. He was born February 13, 1812 in Marion County, and died May 30, 1889. He would marry Matilda Nay, second eldest daughter of John and Phoebe (Sturm) Nay, Jr., in Harrison, Virginia, on April 6, 1836.

Children of Peter and Matilda (Nay) Tetrick:

Sarah J., born 7-2-1839; married 1-2-1862; died 3-10-1889, married Abraham Hess.

Mary Julian, born 9-22-1841; married 3-19-1865; died 6-9-1877, married Samuel Belch.

Louisa, born 3-17-1845; died 4-14-1876.

Rhuhama, born 3-19-1847; married 3-1-1869; died 4-17-1873, married _. Sandy.

Florella, born 1-27-1850; died 11-5-1874

James Marion, born 9-2-1852; married 9-2-1875; died 8-20-1901, married Jane Huey, daughter of John and Sarah (Parsons) Huey.

Isaac Pinkney, born 1-21-1857; died 12-25-1876.

Phoebe Florence, born 7-1-1859

Peter and Matilda worked a family farm located along the Buffalo River outside of Mannington in a nearby hamlet named Worthington. He also served as a county justice in the 1850s.

Peter died in 1889 at the age of 77. He is buried along with many relatives in the Tetrick Cemetery #2 in Four States, Marion County, West Virginia.

Sources

• Genealogy of the Sturm Family, A Record of the Decendants of Jacob Sturm of Sharpsburg, Maryland from 1750 to 1936. Compiled by Lloyd Elmer Sturm, edited by Margaret H. Sturm. Page 81 [1]

• Family Search Profile [2]

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB9-M4F : 20 August 2017), Peter Tetrick, Harrison, Virginia, United States; citing p. 47, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 562; FHL microfilm 29,687.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMM-KXZ : 12 December 2017), Peter Tetrick, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ45-3DV : 12 April 2016), Peter Tetrick, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 19, family 143, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,192.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RY-PPZ : 15 July 2017), Peter P Tetrick, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 89, sheet 435C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1407; FHL microfilm 1,255,407.

• Find A Grave Memorial [3]

See Also

• Stories in Stone – A West Virginia Name in Stone, by Chris Haugh. May, 2020. [4]