Peter Wrenn
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Peter Wrenn (1801 - 1874)

Peter Wrenn
Born in Lunenburg Co., Virginiamap
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Husband of — married 2 Nov 1822 in Williamson Co., TNmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 72 in Tennesseemap
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Biography

Peter & Clara's eldest son, William James Wrenn, was a Confederate Soldier who was killed in March 1862. William's wife, Mary, had died in 1859. They left three orphans: Mathew Jackson Wrenn, John Thomas Wrenn and Amanda Wrenn. These three children were then raised by their grandparents: Peter and Clara as shown in the 1860 and 1870 Census'.

1850 U.S. Census. Maury Co. TN

  1. Peter Wreen M 49 Virginia
  2. Clara Wreen F 49 North Carolina
  3. Mary A Wreen F 24 Tennessee (1826 - ) Married name Ruston or Rushton
  4. William James Wreen M 22 Tennessee (1828-1862)
  5. Elizabeth Wreen F 20 Tennessee (1830-1911) Married name Harbison
  6. Martha Wreen F 17 Tennessee (1833 - )
  7. Sophronia M Wreen F 15 Tennessee (1835 - 1915) Married name Reaves
  8. Nancy W Wreen F 13 Tennessee (1837 - ) married name Sparkman
  9. Thomas A J Wreen M 10 Tennessee (1840 - )
  10. Malvina F Wreen F 7 Tennessee (1843 - 1897) Married name Webb

1860 U.S. Census. Hickman, TN

  1. Peter Wrenn M 59 Virginia
  2. Clara Wrenn F 58 North Carolina
  3. Martha Wrenn F 28 Tennessee (1832 - )
  4. Sophronia M. Wrenn F 24 Tennessee (1835-1915) Married name Reaves
  5. Malvina Frances Wrenn F 17 Tennessee (1842-1897) Married name Webb
  6. Mary A (Wrenn) Rustin F 34 Tennessee (1826 - )
  7. John F Wrenn M 6 Tennessee (1854 - 1934) (son of William James Wrenn)
  8. Amanda W Wrenn F 4 Tennessee (1856 - ) daughther of William James Wrenn
  9. Mathew Jackson Wrenn M 1 Tennessee (1859-1927) (son of William James Wrenn)

1870 U.S. Census. Tennessee

  1. Peter Wren M 69 Virginia
  2. John Thomas Wren M 15 Tennessee 1855 - 1934 ) (son of William James Wrenn)
  3. Amanda Wren F 18 Tennessee ( 1852 - ) daughter of William James Wrenn
  4. Mathew J Wren M 10 Tennessee ( 1860 - 1927) (son of William James Wrenn)
  5. Safrona (Wrenn) Reevs F 36 Tennessee (1834 - 1915)


Other Known Children

  1. Sarah Jane Wrenn Sewell (1824 - 1854)

Obituary

Birth: Apr. 8, 1801 Lunenburg County, Virginia. Death: April 2, 1874 Tennessee.

(Columbia Herald 10 April 1874) Peter Wrenn Esquire, 70, died on April 2 while returning home from Nashville; Cumberland Presbyterian; formerly lived in Maury County but now lived at Pinewood in Hickman, County. (Nashville Union and American) 4 April 1874: Peter Wrenn of Pinewood, aged and respected left Nashville in a wagon and a few miles out of Nashville he got out and walked to the top of a hill. He was found laying dead in wagon soon after. (He was nearly 80).


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