Individual Details

Walter Ervin Peters

(28 Jan 1888 - 30 Mar 1956)

Walter Peters was the Sherriff of Bedford Co. VA. in the early 1900's years. Hewas a carpenter,musician,worked for the Mead Paper Mill,Owen Illionis Paper Mill and also worked for a short time in the coal mines of West Virginia as a young man.He was a good and kind man and loved to play the banjo and fiddle for his children and grand children.He married his childhood sweetheart Minnie Cora Nichols.Resided in Charlemont,Bedford Co. Va. for a number of years with wife and children.

Events

Birth28 Jan 1888Franklin Co., VA
Marriage15 Jul 1914Bedford Co., VA - Minnie Cora Nichols
Death30 Mar 1956Lynchburg, VA

Families

SpouseMinnie Cora Nichols (1886 - 1975)
ChildBlanche Lillie Peters (1919 - 2003)
ChildHazel Linwood Peters (1917 - 1997)
ChildFred Haden Peters (1921 - 1997)
ChildCecil Garland Peters (1918 - 1946)
ChildClaude Peters (1916 - 1916)
ChildEdd Lee Peters (1926 - 1926)
FatherSamuel Davis Peters (1860 - 1895)
MotherAmanda "Mandy" PRATER (1862 - 1935)
SiblingMarcus W. Peters (1879 - 1949)
SiblingArtes Peters (1894 - 1985)
SiblingLiving
SiblingLiving
SiblingLausie PETERS ( - 1920)
SiblingCharlie W Peters (1897 - )