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Edith Rebecca (Peters) Stone

Thomas Gott Peters

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PETERS - LILES

Surnames: PETERS, BIRKES, LILES, DIXON, TEEL, STUDEVANT, HILL, SANSOM, STOREY, MOORE, BRELAND, CONTELLA, WOODROW, JOHNSON, WALKER & GRISHAM

     Thomas Gott Peters was born in January, 1859 in Robertson County, Texas, the second son of William A. Peters, and Mary (Polly) Birkes Peters. He grew up in Logan County, Illinois near Mt. Pulaski. He returned to Texas when about fifteen with his parents, brothers and sisters.

     On August 2, 1879 he was married to Rebecca Liles, born in May, 1860 in Covington County, Alabama near Andalusia on the Conecah River. She was the oldest daughter of Ephraim Liles and Charity Dixon Liles. They had moved to Texas and settled in the western part of Falls County between Durango and Live Oak communities.

     After Tom and Rebecca (Becky) Peters were married, they moved to a farm which they bought in the Busby community. There they lived, reared their children, sent them to school at Busby and later to Lott. After their children were grown and gone from home, they moved into Lott and lived there until their deaths. Tom Peters died on October 14, 1942 at the hospital in Marlin and was buried at Clover Hill Cemetery, Lott. Becky Peters passed away at her in Lott on February 12, 1949 and was also buried at Clover Hill Cemetery.

     Their oldest child was a daughter, Laura, born Oct. 25, 1880 and died in 1958. She was married to Thomas B. Teel, born in Alabama in 1872 and died at Lott in 1916. They made their in Lott. Several years after his death, Laura moved to Waco with her two younger children. Laura and Tom Teel had three children-two sons and one daughter. Robert Ernst, 1899 - 1980, married Callie Studevant of Rogers. They had two sons: Wallace Tee (1928 - 1933), and Wayne Teel, born in 1930 who now lives with his family in Denver, Colorado. Riley Callaway Teel, born April 15, 1905 and died March 25, 1989 was married to Evelyn Hill from Dawson in 1941. They live in Waco, and Riley is retired from the First National Bank of Waco. Nina Mae Teel was born on March 2, 1908. She married Harvey P. Sansom of Waco, there they still live. Tom and Laura Teel, and Ernest, Callie, and Wallace Teel were buried at Clover Hill Cemetery, Lott.

     An infant son was born and died on June 16, 1882 and was buried at Union Cemetery near Durango.

     Sarah Etta (Sallie), born July 14, 1883 and died January 20, 1931, was married to William Curtis Storey, born August 12, 1882 and died September 8, 1965. They lived at Lott and Mart, and were buried at Clover Hill Cemetery. They were the parents of five children. Bruce, born July 3, 1904, was married to Mildred Moore, 1913 - 1986. They had one daughter. Bruce lives in Fort Worth. Marie was born March 9, 1908 and was married to Clifton Breland, 1905 - 1984, and lives in Mart. Willie Curtis was born January 2, 1914, married Mitt Contella, now deceased. They had two sons. She lives in Bryan. Roy Woodrow was born January 6, 1918. He married Ruby Johnson, born 1922. They have two sons and live in Houston. Helen Ruth was born on May 3, 1923 and also lives in Houston.

     John A. was born in 1885 and died in Galveston on December 29, 1961, and was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Marlin beside his wife, Mary. In his early adulthood he worked in the oil fields, and in later years was a commercial fisherman on the Brazos River.

     Sammie, born April 20, 1888, died October 17, 1888, and buried at Union Cemetery.

     Tom Liles was born on October 5, 1889 and died on December 18, 1976, was married to Rinda Walker of Bremond, Texas. They were the parents of three children-two daughters and one son: Edith Rebecca, born July 16, 1913; Eva Mae, born September 17, 1918; and Basil Augustus, born August 18, 1922, died March 20, 1966, and was buried at Grand Prairie, Texas (See Peters - Walker).

     Mattie was born in 1892. She died when a young adult and was buried in San Antonio.

     Riley was born in 1895 and died in 1973. He was married to Beatrice Grisham. They had one son, Donald Barnett, and two grandchildren, Patricia and David Riley Peters. Riley was a banker in Abilene and Kerrville. He, wife, and son Donald, were buried at Kerrville, Texas.

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