FIFTH GENERATION

87. Peter Silas 'Uncle Bob' PETERS⁽¹⁾ was born on 5 Mar 1855 in Crawford Co., AR.. He Census (1) in 1860 in Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽³⁷⁾ He Census (2) in 1870 in Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽³⁸⁾ He Census (4) in 1900 in Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽¹⁶⁰⁾ He Census (5) in 1910 in Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽¹⁶¹⁾ He Census (6) in 1920 in Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽¹⁶²⁾ He Census (7) in 1930 in Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽¹⁶³⁾ He died on 20 Sep 1937 in Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽²⁵⁾ He was a in Blacksmith & gunsmith & clock repair & cotton gin & sawmill & fiddle maker.. He was buried in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., AR..
As a small boy, Peter Silas disliked his name. He decided that Bob was a m uch more fitting title. 'Some say that they had a mule named Bob, and it k icked alot. Peter would get down in the floor and buck and kick, so they n icknamed him Bob That is one theory' Soon everyone was using his new adopt ed title. As years passed, even census takers listed, 'Robert', as younge st son of John L. and Mary Peters.

Uncle 'Bob', was a blacksmith, and gunsmith by trade. He also repaired clo cks, and watches. At one time he owned both a cotton gin and sawmil l. As a small child I was facinated to watch him heat some heavy pie ce of iron, red hot, put it on the anvil and hammer it into shape with a h eavy hammer. When I got older, I was even more facinated to watch him do t hat, on hot summer days, take a drink of fresh well water, never anythi ng stronger. Turn into his gun, clock, and watch house, and start work imm ediately on a ladies watch. (Not sure who is telling this story. Her dad w as Tom H. James. This was in Ethel Taylor's papers.)

For recreation, he cut maple trees, sawed them into boards to season. I do n't know how he cut the pieces so thin, with no modern tools, but he di d, and soon fashioned a fine fiddle. He also enjoyed playing his 'fiddle s' He played the old 'hoe down' tunes, like 'Ole Dan Tucker', 'Turkey in t he Straw', and oodles more.

My own family tradition states that my great-grandfather, Dolphin, was al so a 'fiddle' player. Perhaps he learned from 'Uncle Bob' ( Per Ethel Tayl or?)

He was married to Nancy C. BROOKS (daughter of David BROOKS and Nancy C. MEADOWS) in 1872 in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR..⁽²⁵⁾ Nancy C. BROOKS⁽¹⁾ was born on 18 Mar 1856 in Crawford Co., AR..⁽²⁵⁾ She Census (1) in 1860 in Crawford Co., AR..⁽¹⁶⁴⁾ She Census (4) in 1900 in Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽¹⁶⁰⁾ She died on 1 Aug 1903 in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽²⁵⁾ She was buried in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., AR.. Peter Silas 'Uncle Bob' PETERS and Nancy C. BROOKS had the following children:

320 i. John David PETERS⁽¹⁾ was born on 28 Oct 1873 in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., AR.. He Census (2) in 1900 in Crawford Co., AR..⁽¹⁶⁰⁾ He Census (3) in 1910 in Crawford Co., AR..⁽¹⁶¹⁾ He Census (4) in 1920 in Crawford Co., AR..⁽¹⁶²⁾ He died on 14 Oct 1932 in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., AR.. ⁽¹⁶⁵⁾ He was buried in Mountainburg, AR..
+321 ii. Dolie PETERS.
+322 iii. Daniel PETERS.
+323 iv. Rose Ella PETERS.
+324 v. Robert Anderson PETERS.
325 vi. Silas PETERS⁽¹⁾ was born on 27 Mar 1887 in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., AR.. He died on 5 Jan 1888 in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., AR..
+326 vii. James Harrison PETERS.

He was married to Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" CAIN on 8 Jun 1918 in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR..⁽¹⁶⁶⁾ Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" CAIN⁽¹⁾ was born on 25 Jun 1859 in TN.. She appeared on the census in 1920 in Crawford Co., AR..⁽¹⁶²⁾ She died on 20 Oct 1923 in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., AR.. She was buried in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., AR..