Robert Thomas & Eveline Wallace Peterson
Robert was born 26 August 1872 in Claiborne Parish, the son of John Jefferson Peterson and Emily Hollingsworth. He married Eveline Wallace on August 24, 1897 in Claiborne Parish. Eveline was born August 10, 1881 in Arkansas, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Wallace and Cynthia Luellen Hammontree.
The children of Robert and Eveline:
1) Infant died before 1900
2) Hattie Mae Peterson m. Lynn Roberts
3) Lou Annie Peterson m. Ernest G. Kilgore
4) Vera Odell Peterson m. Samuel Douglas Gates
5) Duster P. Peterson m. Vida Lee Holleman
6) Velma Peterson m. 1) a Ferguson, 2) Alvin McClelland
7) Altha Peterson, died as a child
8) Doyle Peterson, m. Lillie Mae Moody
9)Mary Alice Peterson, died at one year old
10) David Hartman Peterson, m. Alice
Robert died June 11, 1927. Eveline died July 28, 1921. Both Robert, Eveline and their parents are buried in Peterson Cemetery in Claiborne Parish.
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(C) May 2000