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James Dowell Peters

9 May 1893 – 3 Jul 1969

Birth	9 May 1893
Death	3 Jul 1969
Cemetery	Wilson Chapel Cemetery Lowry Crossing , Collin County , Texas , USA
Added by	Becky Romo on 09 Dec 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11555007

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Same stone with Mary E.

Bio

Note: SSDI incorrectly lists his death date as 15 Jul 1969. ∼ MANY FARMERS ORDERING WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE. Although born in Collin county, a married man who has lived on a farm with his little family for several years, James Dowell Peters of the Viney Grove community has subscribed for his first newspaper. Henceforth The Weekly Democrat-Gazette will be a regular visitor to his home. He was born in Collin county, seven miles southeast of McKinney and was named after a pioneer McKinney business man, James P. Dowell. He is a son of the late "Uncle" Jim Peters, Collin county pioneer. His wife was Miss Mary Eilzabeth {sic} Scalf, daughter of J. B. Scalf who now lives at Bokchito, Oklahoma. The Courier-Gazette (McKinney, Texas), Tue, 4 Sep 1923, Page 3 ∼ J. D. Peters Rites Held Funeral rites were held Saturday afternoon, July 5 in Turrentine-Jackson Chapel in McKinney for James Dowell Peters, 76, native of Collin County who died July 3 in Collin Memorial Hospital. Rev. W. R. Dickworth officiated with burial in Wilson Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Peters was born May 9, 1893 and was of Pentecostal faith. Surviving are five sons, Wesley of Renner; H. H. of McKinney; Jesse of Lewisville; J. D. Jr., of Plano; William H. of California; four daughters, Mrs. L. A. Allen of Blue Ridge; Mrs. J. B. Boydston of Plano; Mrs. Henry Meek of Dallas; Mrs. John Daniels of McKinney; sister, Mrs. Rose Mc Garrah of Princeton; 27 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Plano Daily Star-Courier (Plano, Texas), Sun, 13 Jul 1969, Page 6

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Family

Parents

• James M. "Jim" Peters 1837–1905
• Clara J. Peters 1856–1937

Spouse

• Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Scalf Peters 1892–1950 FaG

Siblings

• Willie Albert Cannon 1886–1964
• Avery D. Peters 1895–1953
• Rosa "aunt Rose" Peters Davis 1898–1982

Children

• Wesley A. Peters 1912–1991 FaG
• Rev Herman H Peters 1914–1978 FaG
• Viola Aline Peters Allen 1917–1999 FaG
• Raymond D. Peters 1919–1919 FaG
• Lucile Viva Peters Boydstun 1920–2010 FaG
• Jessie M "JL" Peters 1922–1991 FaG
• Mary L Daniels 1925–2008 FaG
• J. D. Peters 1927–2016 FaG
• Sgt William Hoover Peters 1929–1997 FaG
• Dorothy Mae Peters Meeks 1932–2023 FaG

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