
PETER WATTENBERGER'S PLACE
McMinn CO, TN
Family Group of
occupation - farmer & blacksmith
son of John Adam Wattenberger* & Elizabeth Ferntzeler* of Washington CO, TN
m 9 Mar 1819 Washington CO, TN TO
Margaret "Peggy" Rebecca Sligar b 1798 VA d 1872 McMinn CO, TN buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
dau of Christopher Sligar of McMinn CO, TN
1(F) Elizabeth Wattenbarger b ca 1820 TN d
m (1) TO
_____ Carroll b d
m (2) TO
Dudley Fields b 5 Dec 1818 d 13 July 1885 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
2(F) Mary Sarah Wattenbarger b 15 Apr 1826 TN d buried Sugar Grove, AR
m 15 Oct 1846 McMinn CO, TN TO
Elihu Embre Buttram b d
3(F) Nancy Jane Wattenbarger b ca 1825 - 30 TN d (moved to TX)
m 6 Apr 1847 McMinn CO, TN TO
Thomas Shipley b d
4(M) Thomas Wattenbarger b 1832 McMinn CO, TN d (moved to Gainesville, MO)
Pvt. CO C, 3rd Cav., USA
m 31 July 1851 McMinn CO, TN by Heil Buttram, MG TO
Sarah Ann McKeehan b ca 1826 - 28 Washington CO, TN d
5(M) Christopher Columbus Wattenbarger b 7 Nov 1834 TN d 9 July 1902 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 3 May 1854 McMinn CO, TN TO
Jane Buttram b 12 July 1830 NC d 18 May 1899 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
6(F) Margaret A. Wattenbarger b 1836 d 4 Jan 1867 McMinn CO, TN buried Foster's Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 24 Sep 1857 McMinn CO, TN TO
William Daniel McPhail b 28 Jan 1838 McMinn CO, TN d 27 Sep 1900 McMinn CO, TN
{NOTE: He m (2) Sarah Jane Fields.)
7(M) Jackson Wattenbarger b 1838 TN d ca age 24
8(M) Peter Wattenbarger b 17 Jan 1842 McMinn CO, TN d 18 Nov 1917 McMinn CO, TN death certificate #725 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 7 May 1865 McMinn CO, TN by Heil Buttram, MG TO
Nancy Ann Buttram b 3 Feb 1841 TN d 31 July 1897 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
9(F) Louisa Wattenbarger b 5 Feb 1845 TN d 28 Apr 1916 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 16 Jan 1868 McMinn CO, TN TO
John Carroll b 18 Sep 1849 d 2 Feb 1907 buried Buttram's Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
Many thanks to the following researchers for much help with the research: Mildred Maupin, Maudie (Stanton) Vaughn, Marion S. Wattenbarger, Charles Ward, Paul Wade, Kathy Herrington, and Reba Bayless Boyer!
* great-great-great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge

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