Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Name: Richard Harrison Peterson Sr.
Birth: abt 1834, Prince George, VA1,2
Death: 3 Dec 1888, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA1,2
Father: John Augustine Peterson (1798-1879)
Mother: Eliza Frances Thweatt (~1811-1875)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: Find a Grave1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204008919
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Richard Harrison Peterson, Sr., https://ancestors.familysearch.org/MF8R-DH7
!MARRIAGE: 26-Oct-1858 Prince George, VA marriages461, Richd. H. Peterson and Mary E. Marks, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRM7-5MN
!REFERENCE: 03-Feb-1918 Philadelphia, PA, deaths5, for daughter Ida Thomas, Richard H. Peterson, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204006760
Spouses
1Mary Ella Marks
Birth: 6 Jan 1838, Prince George, VA374,1,2
Death: 6 Jul 1883, Richmond, VA374,1,2
Burial: 7 Jul 1883, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA1,2
Father: John Harrison Marks (1811-1852)
Mother: Sarah Hardeman Harrison (1818-1891)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: 06-Jul-1883 Richmond, VA deaths374, Ella Peterson
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA1, Ella Peterson, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93379967
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mary Ella Marks, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LKD2-6J5
!MARRIAGE: 26-Oct-1858 Prince George, VA marriages461, Richd. H. Peterson and Mary E. Marks, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRM7-5MN
!REFERENCE: 03-Feb-1918 Philadelphia, PA, deaths5, for daughter, Ida Thomas, Mary Ella Marks, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204006760
Marriage: 26 Oct 1858, Prince George, VA461
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 26-Oct-1858 Prince George, VA marriages461, Richd. H. Peterson and Mary E. Marks, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRM7-5MN
Children: Herbert Claiborne (1873-1927)
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