Wordless Wednesday - William Edward Peters

Here¹ is a photo of my 2nd great-grandfather, William Edward Peters. When I first started researching him, I didn't have a very good opinion of him. My Grandfather's cousin said he was kind of a mean old man. And in some of his photos he looks like a mean old man. However, I just learned of the true story of his son, William Herbert Peters who was not really his biological son. He was the son of William's wife, Dora King who had Herbert with another man prior to marrying my 2nd great-grandfather William Edward Peters. William raised him as his own and gave him his name. You can read all about Herbert here.

Anyways, here's a photo of my 2nd great-grandfather, William Edward Peters.

This photo was taken about 1944 in Bristow or Pocahontas, Randolph Co., AR. He died Feb 3, 1948. Here is a copy of his obituary and death certificate. 

SOURCES

1. Photo of William Edward Peters from the personal collection of Lawrence O. Godwin, Jr, digitally scanned by Ginger R. Smith for her collection, 2005.↩