John Blacshire Peters (1903 - 1988)

Born 16 Dec 1903 in Georgia, United States

Died 27 Sep 1988 at age 84 in Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

John was born in 1903. He passed away in 1988.^[1]

In 1910, John was a 6 year-old in his family residence in Militia District 1431, Decatur, Georgia, United States. His father was J.B. Peters and his mother Ala [sic] Peters.^[2] And in 1916, he was a 16 year-old in the their home now located in Rock Pond, Decatur, Georgia.^[3]

John served in the US Navy from 6 Jul 1923 to 17 May 1929.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5YG-L3V : 19 May 2014), John B Peters, 27 Sep 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKX-3FH : accessed 6 January 2019), Blockshear Peters in household of J B Peters, Militia District 1431, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 63, sheet 20A, family 265, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 184; FHL microfilm 1,374,197.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJDW-LYP : accessed 6 January 2019), Blackshear Peters in household of J B Peters, Rock Pond, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing ED 45, sheet 2B, line 83, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 248; FHL microfilm 1,820,248.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Retrieved January 6, 2019, from https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2441&h=6950180&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Uzd7802&_phstart=successSource

• "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ5T-ZXB : 4 December 2014), John B Peters, 27 Sep 1988; from "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Winthrop, Massachusetts, death certificate number 046814, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, Boston.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 January 2019), memorial page for John B Peters (16 Dec 1903–27 Sep 1988), Find A Grave Memorial no. 2876643, citing Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by US Veterans Affairs Office (contributor 5) .