Peter Wattenbarger

TO PETE WATTENBARGER'S PLACE

McMinn CO, TN

Family Group of

Peter "Pete" Wattenbarger b 1797 VA d 1872 McMinn CO, TN (per tombstone) buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery McMinn CO, TN
occupation - farmer & blacksmith
son of John Adam Wattenberger* & Elizabeth Ferntzeler* of Washington CO, TN
Adam Wattenberger's Estate Settlement, Washington CO, TN 1825

m 9 Mar 1819 Washington CO, TN TO

Margaret "Peggy" Rebecca Sligar b 1798 VA d 1872 McMinn CO, TN buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
dau of Christopher Sligar of McMinn CO, TN

issue:
1(F) Elizabeth Wattenbarger b ca 1820 TN d
m (1) TO
_____ Carroll b d
m (2) 7 Feb 1842 McMinn CO, TN TO
Dudley Fields b 5 Dec 1818 d 13 July 1885 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN

2(F) Mary Sarah Wattenbarger b 15 Apr 1826 TN d buried Sugar Grove, Logan CO, AR
m 15 Oct 1846 McMinn CO, TN TO
Elihu Embre Buttram b ca 1826 d

3(F) Nancy Jane Wattenbarger b ca 1826 McMinn CO, TN d OK?
m 6 Apr 1847 McMinn CO, TN TO
Thomas Shipley b ca 1818 TN d before 1900

4(M) Thomas Wattenbarger b 20 Mar 1832 McMinn CO, TN d 16 Aug 1895 buried Gainesville Cemetery, Gainesville, Ozark CO, MO
Pvt. CO C, 3rd Cav., USA
m (1) 31 [or 25?] July 1851 McMinn CO, TN by Heil Buttram, MG TO (1st cousin)
Sarah Ann McKeehan b 24 Oct 1826 Washington CO, TN d after 1870 TN?
m (2) after 1870? TO
Martha Harris b d
m (3) 3 Aug 1876 Ozark CO, MO TO
Mrs. Emeline (Wood) Reed (widow of Alvin Reed) b 25 Dec 1836 TN d 12 Mar 1917 buried Gainesville Cemetery, Gainesville, Ozark CO, MO

5(M) Christopher Columbus Wattenbarger b 7 Nov 1834 TN d 9 July 1902 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
Wattenbarger Descendants Hold Family Reunion in McMinn County ~ N E W ~
m 3 May 1854 McMinn CO, TN TO
Jane Buttram b 12 July 1830 NC d 18 May 1899 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN

6(F) Margaret A. Wattenbarger b 1836 TN d 4 Jan 1867 McMinn CO, TN buried Foster's Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 24 Sep 1857 McMinn CO, TN TO
William Daniel McPhail b 28 Jan 1838 McMinn CO, TN d 27 Sep 1900 McMinn CO, TN
(NOTE: He m (2) Sarah Jane Fields.)

7(M) Jackson Wattenbarger b 1838 TN d ca age 24

8(M) Peter Wattenbarger b 17 Jan 1842 McMinn CO, TN d 18 Nov 1917 McMinn CO, TN (per dc) buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 7 May 1865 McMinn CO, TN by Heil Buttram, MG TO
Nancy Ann Buttram b 3 Feb 1841 TN d 31 July 1897 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN

9(F) Louisa Wattenbarger b 5 Feb 1845 TN d 28 Apr 1916 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 16 Jan 1868 McMinn CO, TN TO
John Carroll b 18 Sep 1849 d 2 Feb 1907 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN

Many thanks to the following for help with the research: Mildred Maupin, Maudie (Stanton) Vaughn (dec'd) , Marion S. Wattenbarger, Charles Ward, Paul Wade, Debbie Riggs, Kathy Herrington, Denise Keltch, and Reba Bayless Boyer (dec'd)!

* great-great-great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge

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