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John Henry Peters top row on right

Georgia Hendrix  (bride and in the center front)

John H. Peters and Georgia on their 50th anniversary

George R. Peters Sr. "Bob" and

Thelma Grace Reed   (my dad and mom)

John and Georgia and their 6 boys

Bob and his grand daughter Shannon. He was in heaven!

Thelma Grace Reed

The six Peters boys and their wives

Glenn                                           

Victor

Alvin                              Bob                      Bill

Gene

John H. Peters "pappy", Rhonda and Janet

Alvin, Janis, Chris and Karen Peters

Bob and Thelma's wedding

May 15, 1949

Gene and Gloria Peters

Bob and Thelma

Dad and Shannon.

She loved it in his arms

This is an awesome picture of the love a son has for his father.  John H. and Bob

Butch and Margaret

Vic, Alice and Tim

All 17 Peters cousins all in the same place at the same time.

This was our 50th Peters Family Thanksgiving  2009

John Henry &

Georgia Hendrix-Peters

                      1896-1958               

        

 Bob and Glenn

Bob and Butch

John Henry Peters 1884-1959

John Henry, Georgia and the 6 boys

Brett's college graduation

party May 11, 2014

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Brand New
Grandparents

Bob

peters

Bill, Steve and Phil

Elaine and Phil

David 

and Cindi

Debbie and Scott Smith

26 June 1953

Alvin, Janis, Kris and Karen

Bill

Matt and Brenda

Bill and Gene

Bill

Janis and Alvin

peters

Steve, Julie, Alice and Ted

Judy Shelton

The photo's put together for our 50th Thanksgiving celebration. The boys committed to their dad and themselves they would gather once a year with their families. Thanksgiving each year for over 50 years has been the time for the Peters gathering...

John Henry Peters 1829-1893 sons:

Lafayette, Adolph and Jerome 1861-1925

John Henry Peters 1861-1959

Adolph was buried at the Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery in Alsip, IL

 

 

 It is well with

my soul

Then sings my soul....

HOW GREAT THOU ART

Mary Ann Parks-Hendrix

Georgia Hendrix-Peters

Parents

Annie Laura Peters-Allison

John Henry Peters sister

Jerome Peters  Birth 1 Apr 1861 

Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada 

Death  5 Nov 1925 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, 

Family Info

Father   John Henry Peters (1829-1893) 

Mother  Eliza M. or Elizabeth Yokum or Youkum (1840-) 

Spouse  Katherine C. "Katie" Walsh (1864-1926) 

Children

Annie Laura (1880-1977)   (Allison)

John Henry (1884-1959) 

Nellie (1887-1945)      (Patton)

Leo Patrick (1888-1928) 

Catherine (1891-1937)    (Daugherty)

Mary (maybe Lillian) (1893-1894) 

Margaret Marie (1895-1967)    (Kull)

James R. (1897-1942) 

Faith
        makes all things possible.

Vic and Alice Peters

Butch and Margaret

Bob & Thelma Peters and great grand             daughter Isabel

Rhonda Marie

Bobby

The Six Peters Boys and wives

Alice Hall-Peters-Cotton family reunion 2014

I love to watch my family tree grow

Isaac Hendricks

1802-1875

Isaac is the father to
Jacob Hendricks
Jacob is the father to
James H. Hendrix
James is the father to
Georgia Hendrix-Peters

 

Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.

The Victor Peters Family

John Henry Peters~father born around 1829-1893 Ontario Canada, married Eliza Yokum

Eliza's parents Jessee Yokum and Mary Burnham

sons: Lafayette, Adolph and Jerome.

In 1910 John lived with his son Adolph in Chicago IL

Jerome  married Katherine Walsh they were parrents to:

Annie Laura Peters B: 1880

John Henry Peters B: 1884 and Georgia Hendrix

Nellie Peters B: 1887

Leo Patrick Peters B: 1888

Catherine Peters B: 1891

Mary (maybe Lillian) Peters B: 1893

Margaret Marie Peters B: 1895

James R. Peters B: 1897

Peters

 Jessee sister-Pheobe Yokom-Tree-Stafford
Jessee brother-Rodolpha Yokom

Chauncey Tree

1841-1865

Margaret   Thelma       Alice            Gloria

David & Cindi Peters-McCumber

John Henry Peters brother was Adolph, his son Adolph Jr.  had a daughter Lillian Mae Peters -Kouba  1927-1974

She was married to William Frank Kouba II.

Lillian

James H. Hendrix and Mary Ann Parks-Hendrix Family

back row: Blanche Bell, Annie Ellen, Frances Olive, Elbert,

Lola Leon, Mary Alice,  James Allen

front row: Mary Ann Parks-Hendrix, Georgia, Lawrence Eugene

and James H. Hendrix

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Henry and Annie Ellen Hendrix-Bellmyer

Rolla Edward Jackson and Sarah Clella Bellmyer

Nedra Iona Bellmyer

Married  Rodney Shank

Elsie Poole-Hendrix 1823-1889

wife of Jacob

mother of James H. Hendrix

John George Bellmyer

Henry's father

Allen E. Parks and

Mary Ann Tyree-Parks

Rev Wm. A. Loe

Brother in law to Annie

Nancy Parks-Loe

Victor, Gene, Bill, Bob, Glenn and Alvin

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Jacob "Jett" Hendrix Family taken 01 June 1911

back row: Jacob "Jett" Hendrix and wife Addie

grandson of Lenoras son-Jacob-Son Earl-Addie- Will Curkendall- daughter Maggie, Will's wife

middle row:    husband Frank O'Leary daugher Ethel,daughter, Robert Powers, son Harry

front row:  Son Milo Jay-daughter Flossie daughter Lenora her husband Patrick Mulvehill

Jacob "Jett" and James H. are brother's. James H. is Georgia Hendrix-Peters father. The boys father is Jacob Hendrix 1823-1888. Jacobs father was John 1795-1843. Jon's father is Jacob 1764-1824. That is as far back as I have with the Hendrix men. The baby girl in Will Kirkendalls arm's died 18 days later.

 

The home of the free, because of the brave...

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Dad and Isabel

Glenn, Alvin, Vic

Rebecca R. Parks Sturdevant 1851-1927

Daughter of Allen E. Parks and Mary Ann Tyree

 

Thaddeus and Rebecca Sturdevant are buried at Union Chapel Cemetery inUnion Chapel Cemetery approximately seven miles south of Fordland, Missouri. Thaddeus and Rebecca had seven children; Mary Abba, Charles W, Allen E, Norman J, Fred Earnest, Miron,  Martha Elizabeth Sturdefant Bookout.

Martha Elizabeth Sturdevant-Bookout

daughter of Thaddeus and Rebecca

her spouse Berry Green Bookout

Lucretia G. Parks-Leffler daughter of Allen Parks and Mary Ann Tyree

James Parks and Rebecca Bisbee-Parks. James is the father of Allen E. Parks.

This would be my dad's great-great grandparents.

Gene & Becky Dempsey

Photo's below are the children and grandchildren of James H Hendrix and Mary Ann Parks-Hendrix

Brenda & Julia

Benjamin Parks was the son of Allen E. Parks. Benjamin married Elizabeth James. Ida was there daughter, she married Arthur Brummett.

   John Jacob & Mary Alice-                         Hendrix- Scheneider

Henry & Annie Ellen Hendrix-Bellmyer                        Elbert & Ardella-Perrin-Hendrix                          

James Allen & Mary Tribble-Hendri x     Henry & Frances O. Hendrix-Gill       John Henry & Blanche Bell Hendrix-Perrin 

                                                                                                                                                                                 John Henry &   Georgia Hendrix-Peters

I have no photos of  Lawrence Hendrix  or Lola Leon Hendrix-Schoof

Evelyn Schnieder

and

Eugene Walter Bauer

Ralph Lee and Kathyrn Fern Hendrix-Russell

Son of Isaac Hendrix, John "Jack" Pearson-Hendricks

children of John "Jack" Pearson Hendricks

Jacob son of Isaac was married to Elsie Pool. Elsie 1823-1889 from Newfield, Tompkins CO. NY~ Jacob is buried at Brown Cemetery in Newfield, NY. Elsie is the daughter of

David Poole.

 

Mary Ann Parks-Hendrix siblings Nancy Annie Parks-Loe, Rebecca Parks-Sturdevant, Virginia Parks-Beaman, Lucretia Parks-Leffler, Allen Parks, John Fredrick Parks

Mason Peters

August 2014

Tim Peters Family

Mason and grandma and papa peters

 

Great-Grandma Peters

brian, lauyrn and mason

  09 Sept. 14

Curt and Vickie Fieleke

Janet, Paul and Molly

Top Row: Tim holding Steve, George, Pappy, Janet holding Linda and Vickie

Bottom Row: Becky, Roberta, Chris, Rhonda, Julia

It is well with my soul...

Frank Albert Kull married Margaret Marie Peters (John Henry's sister)

 

 

Nellie Peters  (John Henrys sister) married William Harry Patton.   This family settled in Anthony, Harper CO. KS

John, Marjorie, Harry and William are the children of William abd Nellie Peters-Patton

Annie Laura Peters-Allison

John Henry's older sister.

Annie was married to Lewis Cheney Allison.

 

Lewis Cheney Allison

Allison family headstone,
Green Mountain Cemetry
Boulder, CO

Leo and James (John's brothers) they neither one married, they road the rails and both died of something due to alcholism.

Rachel and her sweet mama, Jan who has gone home to be with Jesus

Allen E. Parks and Mary Ann Tyree-Parks. Mary Ann Tyree-Parks was mother to Mary Ann Parks-Hendrix. MaryAnn Hendrix was mother of Georgia Hendrix-Peters. Georgia Hendrix-Peters was Vic, Gene, Bill, Bob, Glenn and Alvin's mother.

James Parks and Rebecca Bisbee-Parks

Allen E. Parks

Birth: Feb. 2, 1820
Kentucky, USA

Death: Aug. 25, 1887
Macon County
Missouri, USA

 

Burial:
Mount Tabor Cemetery
Atlanta
Macon County
Missouri, USA

 

Atlanta, Macon CO, MO

Christian and Lucreia Parks-Leffler

Alice Peters-Cotton and

Ted Cotton

Blessed

be the

ties that

bind....

John William Fredric Parks and Mary Alice Vaun,  son of Allen E. Parks and Mary Ann  Tyree-Parks.

Mary Ann Tyree's father was John H. Tyree 1797-1870 from Howard, IN.    John H. father was Benjamin Tyree 1766-1870.

I have not found any information for Benjamin, there is a a slim chance his wife's name was Elizabeth.

Elaine and Phil

The words at the bottom of the photo:  J.W. Parks with Alice, Beulah, Mary Ann Tyree-Parks and Benjamin. Photo taken in Colorado

Benjamin Parks

Birth: 1848

Death: 1879


Sec D, Lot 18. He is buried with members of the Brummett family. Marker at Lat: 39.165496, Long: -86.547673 

 

Burial:
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bloomington
Monroe County
Indiana, USA

01/26/1947

Althea A. Bowring-Yokom married Calvin Yokom brother to Elizabeth Yokom-Peters. 

The Crawford Kids

Gene and Becky Dempsey's grand babies and the children of

Scott and Renee Crawford

If you can time travel and go back in time

do you know who you would want to meet?

 

Molly Dill-Boyd

Sallie Boyd                               Kevin and Diana Dill

George, Roberta and Linda Peters

Alvin Peters family

Janis, Chris, Karen and Carla

Tom, Shawn and Jeff

McNamara

William A Parks
son of Benjamin
Parks

Jennie Fern Baird-Hendrix

Mary Ann Parks-Hendrix

siblings

 

Elbert 1882-1957

James Allen  1886-1972

Annie Ellen  1879-1966

Frances Olive  1888-1984

Blance Belle 1890-1920

Lola Leon   1892-1979

Georgia  1896-1958

Lillie Flora   Sept1898-Nov1898

Lawrence 1900-1971

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia Hendrix-Peters

James Parks father of

Mary Ann Parks-Hendrix

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David and Cindi

Vickie and Russ Peters

and grandson Mason

Rhonda Phillips, Roberta Crider and

our mom Thelma Peters  Dec 20114

Above : Georgia's siblings L-R Uncle Allen, Aunt Lola, Aunt May, Aunt Fannie, Aunt Ellen and Uncle Lawrence

Lola

Victor H. Peters
20 Sept. 1920
30 May 2015

George R.Peters "Bob"

graduation 1944

Flossie Hendrix

Curt & Vicki Fieleke

Let's step back in time again!   

This is John Fletcher Tree 1844-1936 and Ann Eliza Rogers 1847-1924.  My great-great grandpa John Henry Peters married Elizabeth Yokom. Elizabeth's sister Phoebe J. Yokom-Tree.  John is one of the first links I found to Woodstock, Ontario Canada. My great grandpa Jerome Peters was born in Woodstock Canada.

John Henry was father to

Adolph and Jerome Peters

Thomas is son of Adolph and

John Henry was the son of Jerome Peters.

My uncles and my dads dad.

My grandpa was named for his grandpa.d.

Joshua & Melissa Ellis

Mike & Stephanie Ellis

David & Cindi McCumber    Matt & Brenda Heibling

Kevin and Dianna Dill family

Josh,Mattie, Ruth,Lydia and Micah

Phil & Elaine   (below) Rebekah

Debbie and Alice

Alvin, Glenn, Bob, Bill, Gene, Vic

This is our "Pappy"  the father of the six Peters boys (above).

John Henry Peters

Pappy died when I was 3 years old, 1959. I don't remember him at all, but I do remember the stories I've been told. I imagined him as a very kind, gentle and soft spoken person. The picture above was taken at the Butler Manufacturing Plant. Pappy did a clog or wooden shoe dance.

 

Bill, Steve and Phil

Vic & Alice Sheets-Peters

Georgia Hendrix-Peters

John Henry Peters

George Peters Jr. dancing with his

daughter Cindi at her wedding

George Robert Peters Jr.

June 7, 1952 - Dec. 15, 2015

My brother and friend

We lost him way to soon!

 

Baby Emma K.

 Himes     2016

Renee Dempsey Crawford & her mom Becky Dempsey

Fanny Hendrix-Gill

William and Alice Hall-Peters

William Tyree
Mary Ann Tyree-Parks brother
Butch and Margaret

John Henry and James Peters

Blanche, Lola and Georgia

Hendrix girls 

at Brownington Hotel

John & Georgia Hendrix-Peters and John's parents

Jerome & Katie Walsh-Peters

John, James, Leo and dad Jerome

Ann                       James Hendrix &                 Tim &
                       Mary Ann Parks-Hendrix          Vicki Peters

Margaret Peters

John Hendricks (below)
headstone to my 3rd great grandparents

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Tim and Jenny Peters
KimPeters-Himes
Hudson and Emma

George, Russell in back
Roberta, Linda, Rhonda

William Walsh is the brother of 
Mary Ann Walsh

Anna Elizabeth Rezin

James Tyree 3rd cousin 1X removed

Brett and Lindsey Wright-Peters

Sarah Tyree-Mauldin Family

Sarah  is the daughter of John Henry Tyree and

Elizabeth Smith-Tyree. Sarah is sister to MaryAnn

Tyree-Parks (my 2nd great grandma).

Sarah married Nathan Maudlin 7 Aug 138 in Indiana.

Rhonda Peters-Phillips

Mother's Day 2018

Thelma Peters

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Liam Robert Reed

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Ella June McCumber

Liam 

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George and Cindi K.

Bob and Thelma
George, Roberta and Linda 1955

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John Henry Peters "Pappy"

Vickie Peters and daughter in law Lindsey Wright-Peters

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From L--R    Allen, Lola, May, Fannie, Ellen, Lawrence
This is Grandma Georgia Hendrix-Peters

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Ella June McCumber
June 2022

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Our first "First Cousins Meeting" June 20, 2022
From L-R      Janet Dill, Julia Weddle, Tim Peters, Vickie Fieleke, Rhonda Phillips, Russ Peters

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Chris Lyn Peters-Mitchell
18 April 1956-04 Jan 2022
Daughter, mother, sister, cousin
and friend.

We lost her way to soon

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Chris and Jessica

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Jesse Alvin Peters

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Henry & Ella Hendrix-Bellmyer

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Grandma Peters and George

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Aubrey Grace Ware
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Kenna Jane McCumber
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2nd Peters Cousins Club
Janet Dill, Julie Weddle. Tim Peters, Debbie Smith, Vickie Fieleke,  Rhonda Phillips
Karen Bromley, Russ Peters (in age order L-R)
Linda Peters and Rhonda Peters-Phillips
                           "sisters"

Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really is important...

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