1910 Census, Knox County, Tennessee

Robert Love Peters was the son of Newton J. Peters and Margaret Ann Lane.  There is no known connection between Newton J. Peters and my Peters family of Anderson County, Tennessee.  However, I am mindful of the fact that several descendants of Tobias Peters Sr. were named Newton Peters.

Hallie Winfield Prater was the daughter of George William Prater and Elizabeth Sara Brooks.

This one is going to be hard to figure out.  The issue is not that the given name is hard to transcribe.  The issue is that the given name is completely missing.  A number of boarders were living in the house, and the head of the household was Marcus Summers.

John Greenwood/Greenberry Bryan age 57 was the son of my third great grandparents Peter Hubbard Bryan and Mary Ann (Polly Ann) Cate.  As such, John was the brother of my second great grandfather William Allen (Allen) Bryan.

John's wife was Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) McMahan age 47.  I do not know who her parents were.  This census entry lists 6 of Sallie's 8 children.

Georgia Bryan age 22 married Horace Mouray Perrin.  I do not know why Georgia was living with her parents rather than with her husband.  The census enumerator failed to note that Eugene, Pink, Eunice, and Nellie should have had their surname listed as Bryan rather than as Perrin.

I do not know who George J. Hicks and his wife Loran were.  They were probably boarders, but the enumerator did not list them as boarders.

Joseph E. Fraley later married Mollie I. Cole.  It was the second marriage for both Joseph and Mollie.

Mollie I. Cole was the daughter of my second great grandparents William Cole and Vesta Clay England.  As such, Mollie was the sister of my great grandmother Sallie Jane Cole.  Aunt Mollie married Robert A. Peters and Sallie married my great grandfather Alva Edward Peters.  Robert and Alva were brothers, so Mollie's children with Robert A. Peters were double first cousins of my grandfather Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters.

Bayard Earl Yadon married my grandfather's sister, Ella Mae Peters, in 1923.  I believe that "Bayard" is the correct spelling of his given name, but the family pronounces it "Baird".

Bayard's parents were Jasper David Yadon and Mary Elizabeth McDonald.

Minta A. Peters age 22 was the daughter of John H. Peters and Ellen F. Evans who were living next door in HN 261 (below).

Horace Edgar Scarbrough age 33 was the son of Thomas Calvin Scarbrough and Mary E. Scarbrough, third cousins who married.  Thomas Calvin Scarbrough was the son of John W. Scarbrough and Mary A. (Polly) Peters.  Polly Peters was the daughter of my fourth great grandparents Thomas Peters and Sarah (Sallie) England.  As such, Polly was the sister of my third great grandmother Zipporah Peters and also the sister of my third great grandmother Jane (Jenny) Peters.

John H. Peters age 52 was the son of Francis Asbury (Frank) Peters and Sarah Jane (Jane) Scarbrough, and the grandson of my fourth great grandparents Henry Peters Jr. and Jane England.  As such, Frank was the brother of my third great grandfather John W. Peters.  Also, this John H. Peters was the first cousin of my second great grandfather John Henry Peters.

Ellen F. Evans age 47 was the daughter of George Evans and Susana.  Ellen and John were married on 29 Aug 1881 in Anderson County.

Pearl Peters age 18 who married Elley Owens was the daughter of John H. Peters and Ellen F. Evans, even though the census enumerator listed Elley and Pearl as boarder and wife rather than as son-in-law and daughter.

Marcus A. (Mark) Scarbrough age 34 was the son of William V. (Will) Scarbrough and Sarah E. Cross, and the granddaughter of my third great grandparents Alfred Carter Cross and Zipporah Peters.  As such, Sarah was the sister of my second great grandmother Hulda Asberine (Asberine) Cross who married my second great grandfather, the aforementioned John Henry Peters.  Mark was the first cousin of my great grandfather Alva Edward (Edward) Peters, and Mark visited Alva's house on a regular basis.

I believe that George W. Peters was the son of Nathaniel Peters and Mary Elizabeth Sharp.  I do not believe that there was any connection between this Peters family and my Peters family of Anderson County, Tennessee.

I have no idea who this family was.  It certainly does not appear to be one of mine.

Amy Etta Buckner was the first wife of my grandfather Ernest Lester Peters Sr.  Amy was the mother of my mother's half sister Eva Lucille (Lucille) Peters.  Aunt Lucille was named for her mother's sister Eva M. Buckner.

Amy's parents were Robert D. Buckner and Martha Jane Parks.

Robert D. Buckner was the son of James H. Buckner and Sally Ann McPhetridge.  Robert's parents were living next door in HN 2.

Martha Jane Parks was the daughter of Tennessee (Ten) Parks and Olivia (Ollie) Stone.  So Robert and Martha had one of their parents living with them, two of their parents living next door, and the fourth parent was deceased.

Martha Jane Parks had borne three children of whom two were still living.  The child who died was Selma Buckner who was born in Sep 1897.  I don't know the exact date of Selma's death, but it was between 1900 and 1910.

James H. Buckner and Sarah A. (Sallie) McPhetridge were the grandparents of Amy Etta Buckner.  See previous household for more information about Amy.  The daughter-in-law's name was omitted, as was the birthplace of the daughter-in-law's mother.

William Peters was enumerated in the home of William Atkinson.  I don't know who this Peters was, but with his father having been born in Germany he almost certainly was not one of mine.

Leah Slaton was the daughter of Joseph Flippin Slaton and Mary Elizabeth Bell.  Joseph Flippin Slaton was the son of my fourth great grandparents William Slaydon and Susannah Flippin.  As such, Joseph was the brother of my third great grandfather Thomas Fielden Slaton.

Leah Slaton m.(1) Andrew J. (Andy) Williams, m.(2) John Wesley Strange, and m.(3) James L. Lane.  Bessie Katherine Strange was the daughter of John Wesley Strange and Leah Slaton.  Bessie's name was probably Elizabeth, and she was probably named for her grandmother Mary Elizabeth Bell.

The 1850 and 1860 census entries for Joseph Flippin Slaton say that he was born in Virginia.  He died before the 1870 census.  He was probably born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and was "from North Carolina" at the time he moved to Tennessee.  Pittsylvania County, Virginia is right across the state line from Surry County, North Carolina and from Stokes County, Carolina.  There are records for my Slaton family in all three counties, and it is hard to know for sure in which of the three counties any particular family member was born.  Leah probably understood her father to be "from North Carolina", and therefore reported incorrectly that her father's birth place was North Carolina rather than Virginia.

I do not know who this was.  Samuel Peters and his wife Mary D. had a son name Hugh L. Peters who was born in 1879.  But such a son should have been 31 years old in 1910.

Faye Louise (Louise) Coy age 5 later married Charles Milton (Mitt) Bryan.  Uncle Mitt was the son my second great grandparents William Allen (Will) Bryan and Malissa E. Underwood.  As such, Uncle Mitt was the brother of my great grandfather William Harley (Harley) Bryan.

Faye was the daughter of an unknown Mr. Coy and Edna Mae Bowman.  Mr. Coy apparently died between 1906 and 1910.  The family moved from Ohio to Tennessee about 1906.  I don't know for sure where they lived in Ohio, but Edna Bowman was born in Cincinnati.  Edna was the daughter of Robert Burns Bowman and Ella Jane Simmonds.

George Steward (Steward) Bryan was the son of my third great grandparents Peter H. Bryan and Mary Ann (Polly Ann) Cate.  As such, Steward was the brother of my second great grandfather William Allen (Will) Bryan.

Steward Bryan's first wife was Mattie Rymer.  Mattie died in 1904.  George Steward (Steward) Bryan's second wife was Martha Ella (Ella) Elmore.

I have been having great difficulty identifying records for the family subsequent to Mattie's death.  Steward and Mattie had two daughters, Mayme Lee Bryan and Pauline (Polly) Bryan.  After the death of Mattie Rymer, the girls were reportedly raised by Mattie's sister Laura Rymer and Mattie's brother Will Rymer.  In order for this census entry to make any sense, it would have to be the case that Eva P. Bryan was really Eva Pauline (Polly) Bryan, and she was back living with her father.

There are other problems with this census entry besides Pauline's name.  For example, Peter H. Bryan and Mary Ann (Polly Ann) Cate were both born in Tennessee.  So George Steward Bryan's, places of birth should have been TN TN TN rather than TN NC NC.  Also, Martha Ella (Ella) Elmore is listed as having borne two children, but at the time of the 1910 census she had only borne one child because Pauline was the daughter of Mattie Rymer.

Despite these problems, I have been able to verify that this census entry really was for my George Steward (Steward) Bryan by matching it against records from the Knoxville City Directory.

William Luther (Luther) Messamore was the son of William T. Messamore and Catherine J. Lacy.  Luther was a great grandson of James Messamore and Sarah (Sary) Heath.  James Messamore was the brother of my third great grandmother Anna F. Messamore.

Earl Condon Lee Oter (Oter) McKnight age 1 6/12 married Cleo Bryan Underwood on 22 Dec 1940 in Knox County.  It was Cleo's second marriage, with Cleo first having married Burl J. Kyte.

Cleo Bryan Underwood was the daughter of John Amos (Amos) Underwood and Clauda Lee Bryan.

Amos Underwood was the son of Rufus White Underwood and Sarah A. Pollard, and the grandson of John (Monkey John) Underwood and Ellen Henry.  Monkey John was the brother of my third great grandfather William Ramey Underwood.

Clauda Lee Bryan was the daughter of Joshua C. Bryan and Lucinda Adaline (Addie) Mynatt.  Joshua was the brother of my second great grandfather William Allen (Will) Bryan.  Will's wife Malissa E. Underwood was the daughter of the aforementioned William Ramey Underwood.

Oter McKnight was the son of Rufus Conway (Rufe) McKnight age 38 and Carrie Bell Green age 34.  It looks very strange that Carrie was enumerated as Harriett.  The 1889 Jefferson County marriage record for the couple lists her name as C. B. Green, and the 1900 census entry for the family lists her name as Caria B. McKnight.  Carrie did die in 1911 and Rufe remarried in Knox County in 1916.  I can only conclude either that Carrie was Carrie Bell Harriet Green, or that the census enumerator made a mistake.

Sylvester Breckenridge Peters was the son of Abraham L. Peters and Sara Rachel Phillips.  Sylvester's wife was Susan Frances (Fanny) Jones.

There is no known connection between Sylvester Peters on the one hand, and Henry Peters Sr. or Tobias Peters Sr. on the other hand.

Beverly Gillis Peters was the son of Abraham L. Peters and Sara Rachel Phillips.  Lula Bell Monday was the daughter of James E. Monday and Rebecca H. Luttrell.  There is no known connection between Beverly Peters on the one hand, and Henry Peters Sr. or Tobias Peters Sr. on the other hand.

William Hiram Peters was the son of Abraham L. Peters and Sara Rachel Phillips.  William's wife was Rhoda Joyce Holcomb.   There is no known connection between Beverly Peters on the one hand, and Henry Peters Sr. or Tobias Peters Sr. on the other hand.

Mary D. McCallum was the daughter of Daniel McCallum and the widow of James F. Cross.

James F. Cross was the son of William Cross and Jane (Jennie) Black.  William was the son of Brittain Cross and Mary (Polly) Parks.

Ollie Frances (Frances) Bryan age 31 was the daughter of John Greenwood/Greenberry Bryan and Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) McMahan.  As such, Frances was the niece of my second great grandfather William Allen (Will) Bryan.

Alexander Andrew (Alex) Underwood age 31 was the son of Enoch Pleasant (Pless) Underwood and Susan M. Pollard.  As such, Alex was the nephew of my second great grandmother Malissa E. Underwood.

Will Bryan and Malissa Underwood were husband and wife, so Alex Underwood and Frances Bryan were respectively the nephew and niece of my second great grandmother and my second great grandfather.

• Rotha age 10 was Derotha (Rotha) Underwood.
• Margaret E. Underwood 9 Mar 1902 - 18 Jul 1902 died before the 1910 census.
• Dora S. Underwood age 6 was born 1 Dec 1903.
• Nora E. Underwood 1 Dec 1903 - 10 Jan 1904 died before the 1910 census.
• Emma N. age 3 was Nell Emma Underwood who was born 11 Jul 1907.

William Edgar Peters was the son of George W. Peters and Saffronia J.  William's wife was Clara Regina (Claire) Schneider.  I do not believe that there was any connection between this Peters family and my Peters family of Anderson County, Tennessee.

I do not know who this James T. Bray was.

Samuel Jasper (Jasper) Messamore was the son of George D. Messamore and Drucilla Ellen Conner, and the grandson of James Messamore and Sarah (Sary) Heath.  James was the brother of my third great grandmother Anna F. Messamore.

Drucilla Ellen (Ellen) Conner was the widow of George D. Messamore.  George in turn was the son of James Messamore and Sarah (Sary) Heath.  As such, George was the nephew of my third great grandmother Anna F. Messamore.

John C. Messamore Sr. was the son of George D. Messamore and Drucilla Ellen (Ellen) Conner, and the grandson of James Messamore and Sarah (Sary) Heath.  James Messamore was the brother of my third great grandmother Anna F. Messamore.

I do not yet know Maud's surname.

John McClung Scarbrough age 30 was the son of Thomas Calvin Scarbrough and Mary E. Scarbrough, third cousins who married.  Thomas Calvin Scarbrough was the son of John W. Scarbrough and Mary A. (Polly) Peters.  Polly Peters was the daughter of my fourth great grandparents Thomas Peters and Sarah (Sallie) England.  As such, Polly was the sister of my third great grandmother Zipporah Peters and also the sister of my third great grandmother Jane (Jenny) Peters.

John McClung Scarbrough married Bertha Mowery age 26 on 24 Jan 1906 in Knox County.

William F. (Willie) Davis age 8 later married Mabel Bray.  Mabel was the daughter of George Samuel Bray and Lucille (Lou) McDaniel.  As such, Mabel was the niece of my great grandmother Mary Mahala Jane (Mahala or Haley) Bray.

Ida Rhoda Cole age 42 is remembered by my family as Aunt Ida or as Ida Wells.  Aunt Ida was the daughter of my second great grandparents William Cole and Vesta Clay England.  As such, she was the sister of my great grandmother Sallie Jane Cole.

Phillip Hancher Wells age 50 was the son of Jesse Jackson Wells and Susan Magdalene Johnson.  Phillip and Ida were married 21 Sep 1890 in Knox County.

William Daily (Will) Peters was the son of my second great grandparents John Henry Peters and Hulda Asberine (Asberine) Cross.  As such, he was the brother of my great grandfather Alva Edward Peters.  Cordelia A. (Delia) Weaver was the daughter of George Weaver and Malinda Hunter.

Thomas L. Peters was the son of Newton J. Peters and Margaret Ann Lane.  There is no known connection between Newton J. Peters and my Peters family of Anderson County, Tennessee.  However, I am mindful of the fact that several descendants of Tobias Peters Sr. were named Newton Peters.

Gertrude Mary (Gertie) Porter was the daughter of Stephen Porter and Lucina.  Maggie Porter was Gertie's sister.

Elizabeth J. (Betsy) Walker was the daughter of William Walker and Margaret R. Seaton.  In 1910, she was the widow of Newton J. Peters.  Newton J. Peters was the son of Landon C. Peters and Amie Bennett.  I believe this line goes back to Carter County, Tennessee and was not connected to my Peters family of Anderson County, Tennessee.

I do not know who this Joseph Peters was.  His Kentucky origins make it unlikely that he was one of mine.

I do not know who this was.  A wild guess is that it was Benjamin Leach (Ben) Peters Sr., son of Tobias Peters Jr. and Martha Miranda (Marthy) Mays.  Benjamin Leach Peters Sr. was indeed a minister.  But it's a wild guess because so much of the data doesn't match.  Ben should have been 51 years old in 1910.  He should have been married for 31 years instead of 21.  And his wife should have been Amanda instead of Allis.  On top of that, Benjamin Leach Peters Sr. was enumerated in Loudon County in 1910.  So I don't know who this was.

Charles Lafayette Logan age 33 married Mary Amanda Bryan on 23 Dec 1930 in Knox County, Tennessee.  Mary was the daughter of Thomas Allen (Allen) Bryan and Ida Bell Cate.

Thomas Allen (Allen) Bryan was the son of William Enyard Bryan and Mary Jane Drinnen.  William Enyard Bryan was the son of my fourth great grandparents Thomas C. Bryan Sr. and Nancy Cate.  As such, William Enyard Bryan was the brother of my third great grandfather Peter Hubbard Bryan.

Ida Bell Cate was the daughter of Elisha Porter (Porter) Cate Jr. and Mary Jane Drinnen.  Porter Cate's ancestry is a little complicated because he actually had two Cate lines and I'm related to both of those lines.  Porter's father was Elisha Cate Sr., his paternal grandparents were John Cate Jr. and Mary Ann Koontz, and his paternal great grandparents were John Cate Sr. and Mary who also were my fifth great grandparents.  Porter's mother was Mary Elizabeth Newman and his maternal grandparents were Joseph Newman and Caty Cate.  Caty's parents were my fifth great grandparents William P. Cate and Mary Enyard.

Charles Logan's first wife was Alice Belle Chitwood age 33, and they were married in 1898.  Alice died sometime between 1920 and 1930, and I have not yet determined exactly when and where she died.

Thomas Clyde (Clyde) Cole age 5/12 later married my grandfather's sister Ella Mae Peters.  He was known in the family as Uncle Clyde.

Thomas Lamar Cole age 43 was the son of Sampson David Cole and Nancy Isabella Crawford.

Martha Bell Webb age 33 was the daughter of William Thomas Webb and Eliza Harriet Cunningham.

James Carl (Carl) Murphy age 3 was the father of Mary Aileen Murphy who married Howard Raymond Peters.  Uncle Howard was my mother's brother.

Carl's wife (and Aunt Mary's mother) was Rose Dell Hampton.  In 1967, Rose married my grandfather Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr.  At the time of his marriage to Rose, my grandfather was 72 years old and twice a widower, and Rose was the widow of Carl Murphy.

Carl Murphy was the son of Ira C. Murphy age 32 and Aileen Gorman age 22.

Thomas P. Bray age 72 was the son of Joshua J. Bray and Anne M. (Annie) Hall.  As such, Thomas was the grandson of my fourth great grandparents John Bray and Jane, and the nephew of my third great grandfather Edward Payne Bray.

Anna age 36 was Thomas's third wife Anna M. (Annie) Crowder.  I have not been able to identify Annie's parents.  Manifestly, the couple had not been married for 37 years.  Indeed, Annie was only 36 years old.  I suspect that the 37 years represents the total time that Thomas had been married to all three of his wives.  Given the error about the 37 years, I wonder if this was Annie's second marriage, or it really was her first.  If her age is correct, then she was only 17 years old when she and Thomas were married.

John Jacob (Jake) Bray living next door in HN 178 was Thomas's first cousin.

John Jacob (Jake) Bray was the son of Joseph H. Bray and Sarah L. Duncan.  As such, Jake was the grandson of my fourth great grandparents John Bray and Jane, and the nephew of my third great grandfather Edward Payne Bray.

Winnie West was the daughter of Pleasant William (William) West and Polly Bauswell.

Thomas Bray living next door in HN 177 was Jake's first cousin.