Peter Jefferson Fields

Male 1861 - 1937  (76 years)


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  • Name Peter Jefferson Fields 
    Born 14 Apr 1861  Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Sep 1937  S Reger, Duncan Twp, Sullivan, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Buried 21 Sep 1937  Fields Cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I6178  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Father Perry Banion Fields,   b. 16 Oct 1833, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1907, East Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Sarah Rebecca Maggart,   b. 25 Feb 1833, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1911, Duncan Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 7 Dec 1854  Sullivan, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • 1861 BIRTH: MO,Sullivan Co: Peter Jefferson Fields born 14 April 1861
      ,DTH: Cem Rcds of Missouri, Fields Cem: P Jefferson Fields 14 Apr 1861-

      1860 CENSUS: Sullivan Co MO, Milan 24 Aug pg 775, DW1056:
      Fields, Perry B 28/MO farmer; Sarah R 27/VA; Mary EA 3/MO; John SL 1/MO

      1870 CENSUS: Sullivan Co MO, Duncan TWP 24 Jul DW158:
      Fields, Perry B(R) 36/MO; Sarah R 36/VA; Mary E 14/MO; John S 12/MO; Peter
      J 9/MO; Lucinda C 6/MO; Emily F 2/MO

      1880 CENSUS: Sullivan Co MO,Duncan TWP-8 Jun, pp 172,DW 132:
      Fields, Perry B 47/MO (KY,KY) miller; Sarah 47/VA (VA,VA); Mary 23/MO
      John S 21/MO; Peter J 19/MO; Amanda 17/MO; Emily F(T) 13/MO; Jacob
      10/MO; Julia 8/MO; Alice 6/MO; Comora 4/MO; James2/MO; John L
      nephew 17/MO (MO,VA)

      1900 CENSUS: MO,Sullivan Co-Duncan Twp,Browning: Anc.com pg 28,1 Jun,Dw 269/272:
      FIELDS, Perry B-head 66/MO bn Oct 1833(KY,KY)md 45 yrs,farmer-own home;
      Sarah R-wife 67/VA bn Feb 1833 (VA,VA) md 45 yrs,8/12 children living;
      Jefferson-son 38/MO bn Apr 1862 (MO,VA)single farmer; Alice W-dau 26/MO
      bn Feb 1874 26/MO; James M-son 20/MO bn Jul 1879 (MO,VA) farm hand;
      Walter L-grdson 14/MO bn Jul 1885 (MO,MO) farm laborer

      1910 CENSUS: Sullivan Co MO, Duncan TWP Cora Vil, pg 8824,3 May,DW 180/183:
      Fields, Peter J 48/MO(MO,WV) farmer,own, single; Sarah R 77/WV(WV,WV)
      mother, widowed 8/12 children

      1920 CENSUS: living with bro James M: Peter J 58/MO single

      1930 CENSUS: MO,Sullivan Co-Duncan Twp: Anc.com Img 17, pg 52, 24 April, Dw 197,200:
      FIELDS, James M-head 51/MO (MO,Ind) md at 30-general farmer-own farm;
      Jose-wife42/MO (MO,MO) md at 21-no occ; PJeff-brother 68/MO
      (MO,MO), single-general farmer

      1937 BIR,DTH,BUR: Obit Browning Ldr-Rcd Vol 3 pg 66, 30 Sep 1937: no wife shown, 1/13 children

      Peter Jefferson Fields, sn Perry B & Sarah R Fields, bn 14 1861 dd at home sou
      of Reger age 76 yrs. One of 13, 5 living: Emily Sayers, Comora Shepherd, Alice
      Taylor and Jacob, all of Milan, & Julia Knifong of Browning. Lived with bro
      till dd then with ss Alice Taylor.

      1938 HISTORY: MO,Sullivan Co-Milan: Obit of sister Julia, Aug 1938: "...Sisters: Emily Sayers-near Milan; Alice Taylor-near Reger; Comora Shepherd-Milan. Bros M J-near Reger. Preceded by 3 bros, 4 sis

      1952 HISTORY: Obit of sister Alice M: "...One of 12 children, 2 left: Emily Sayers,Comora Shepherd of Milan. 9 preceded: John, Jeff, Jake, James, Nancy, Hester, Catherine Fields, Mary Brumbaugh, Julie Knifong.

      1910 CENSUS: Sullivan Co MO, Duncan TWP Cora Vil, pg 8824,3 May,DW 180/183:
      Fields, Peter J 48/MO(MO,WV) farmer,own, single; Sarah R 77/WV(WV,WV)
      mother, widowed 8/12 children

      1920 CENSUS: living with bro James M: Peter J 58/MO single

  • Sources 
    1. [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Certificate #35505.
      Peter Jefferson Fields... born April 14, 1861 in Sullivan Co, son of Perry B Fields [bn Howard Co] and Sarh R Maggart [bn VA]... Informant: Mrs Roy Taylor of Milan MO.
      Copy of death certificate from Missouri State Board of Health

      Date: 9 October 1937

    2. [S453] Cemetery Inscriptions of Sullivan County Missouri, 977.8235 V22e., Vol 3, pg 6.
      Fields, P. Jefferson April 14, 1861, Sept. 20, 1937.
      Fields Cemetery, east of the old Fields Mill, South of Reger MO

    3. [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Certificate #35505.
      Peter Jefferson Fields, 70 years in Duncan Twp, Sullivan County MO, born April 14, 1861 in Sullivan Co, son of Perry B Fields [bn Howard Co] and Sarh R Maggart [bn VA], died 20 September 1937 in Duncan Twp. He was 76yrs 5mos 6dys old and a single farmer. He died of Parkinson's Disease, which he probably had since about 1920, attended to by J S Montgomery, MD of Milan MO. Peter was buried in Fields Cemetery by Schoene Funeral Home on Sept. 21, 1937. Informant: Mrs Roy Taylor of Milan MO.
      Copy of death certificate from Missouri State Board of Health

      Date: 9 October 1937

    4. [S312] Obituary: Missouri,Sullivan Co: Browning Leader-Record, Vol 3, pg 66.
      Peter Jefferson Fields, son of Perry B & Sarah R Fields, was born 14 1861, died at home south of Reger age 76 yrs. One of 13, 5 living: Emily Sayers, Comora Shepherd, Alice Taylor and Jacob, all of Milan, & Julia Knifong of Browning. Lived with brother till died then with sister Alice Taylor.

    5. [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Certificate #35505.
      Peter Jefferson Fields... was buried in Fields Cemetery by Schoene Funeral Home on Sept. 21, 1937. Informant: Mrs Roy Taylor of Milan MO.
      Copy of death certificate from Missouri State Board of Health

      Date: 9 October 1937

    6. [S283] History of Sullivan Co Missouri, Vol 6, pg 595; Vol 2, pg 473.
      Vol 6: Perry B Fields md to Sarah Maggart 7 Dec 1854, wife #2; Vol 2: Sarah Rebecca Maggart

    7. [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Anc.com Img 5, Marriage Rcd pg 68.
      State of Missouri, Sullivan County: This is to certify that on the 7th day of December 1854, the undersigned Minister of the Gospel of the Methodist E Church South did unite in the Bonds of Matrimony Pery B Fields & Sarah Maggart. Given under my hand this 20th day of Dec. 1854, signed Thomas D Clanton.
      Missouri Marriages 1805-2002, searched Jan 2009: copy of actual marriage record pg 68

      Date: 20 December 1854