Harvey Harris, her brother, was
killed in battle of Gettysburg, and James M. Harris, another brother, was severely wounded in the same battle,
the amputating of a limb following the wound. John N. Peters was pressed into the militia (Federal) service in
1863 and served ten or fifteen days in the town of Louisa, Lawrence county, Kentucky. In the latter part of
July 1864, he went to Tazewell county, Virginia, and remained there as a refugee until near the close of the
war, then returned to Charleston, West Virginia, surrendered himself a prisoner of war, and was paroled.
The first child of Mr. and Mrs. Peters was Emma Jane, born July 22, 1866. She was drowned May 7, 1869, while
attempting to throw a cat into the mill pond. The cat catching her clothes with its claws, she was pulled into
the water and drowned, the depth of the water not over her head had she stood upright. Mr. and Mrs. Peters
have six children at home: Olivia, born February 28, 1869; Susan, August 18, 1871; Alice, February 21, 1874;
Florence, September 9, 1876; Julia, June 5, 1879; and James Harvey, August 13, 1882. John N. Peters has his
postoffice address at Fort Gay, Wayne county, West Virginia.
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John N. PETERS was born in Lawrence county, Kentucky, on New Years Day 1839. His
marriage was solemnized at Estillville, Scott county, Virginia, August 24, 1865, and he made his home in Wayne
county in 1873, following his trade of carpenter and engaging in farming in Butler district. He is a son of
Jacob H. and Jane (See) Peters, his father born February 16, 1811, in Scott county, Virginia, and his mother
born June 23, 1816, in Kanawha county, (now) West Virginia. His wife is Nancy A.R., daughter of Benjamin F.
and Nancy (Duncan) Harris. She was born in Scott county, Virginia, September 15, 1845, and her mother was
born in that State and county, also. Her father was a native of Indiana.
Submitted by Marilyn Gouge and extracted from Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia, Wayne County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.