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Descendants of Peter Wrenn

Generation No. 1

1. Peter¹ Wrenn was born 08 April 1801 in Lunenburg County, Virginia ¹, and died 02 April 1874 in Hickman County, Tennessee ². He married Clara Sparkman 07 November 1822 in Williamson County, Tennessee ³, daughter of Jesse Sparkman and Millie. She was born 30 June 1801 in Probably Greene County, North Carolina ⁴, and died 03 September 1868 in Hickman County, Tennessee ⁵.

Notes for Peter Wrenn:
Peter and brother William married sisters who were daughters of Jesse C. Sparkman.

Name: Peter Wrenn Township: Not Stated County: Maury State: Tennessee Roll: 532 Page: 360 1840 Maury County Census Males 0001011-Females 212101

1850 Maury County, Tennessee Census, District 1, p. 1723, #257/257, September 5, 1850, Peter is 49, Clara is 49.
Peter Wrenn 49 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1801 Virginia $450 Real Estate Value
Clara Wrenn 49 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1801 North Carolina
Mary A Wrenn 24 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1826 Tennessee
William J Wrenn 22 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1828 Tennessee
Elizabeth Wrenn 20 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1830 Tennessee
Martha Wrenn 17 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1833 Tennessee
Sophronia M Wrenn 15 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1835 Tennessee
Nancy W Wrenn 13 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1837 Tennessee
Thomas A J Wrenn 10 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1840 Tennessee
Malvina F Wreen 7 District 1, Maury, TN abt 1843 Tennessee

WRENN, PETER
State: Tennessee Year: 1860
County: Hickman County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: District 6 Page: 038 Database: Tennessee 1860 Federal Census Index
1860 Census, Hickman County, Tennessee, written p. 152, stamped p. 38
WRENN, PETER 59 VA 960
WRENN, CLARA 58 NC 960
WRENN, MARTHA 28 TN 960
WRENN, SOPHRONIA 24 TN 960
WRENN, MALVINA 17 TN 960
RUSTIN, MARY A 34 TN 960
WRENN, JOHN F 6 TN 960
WRENN, AMANDA W 4 TN 960
WRENN, MATHEW J 1 TN 960

1870 Hickman Co., TN, 6th Civil Dist., P.O. Pine Wood, 6 June, 1870
Wren, Peter, 69, M, W, farmer, 600, 600, TN
John T., 15, M, W, works on farm, TN
Amanda, 13, F, W, TN
Mathew J., 10, M, W, TN
Reevs, Safrona, 36, F, W, 0, 1400, TN

Maury County, Tennessee, 1842: Peter was a member of the Grand Jury finding that Alexander Alexander be charged with selling "Spirituous and other intoxicating liquor" to slaves and free persons of color.

Tennessee Marriages to 1825
Williamson County
Sparkman Wrenn, Clary Peter
Spouse: Sparkman, Clary
Wrenn, Peter Marriage Date: 07 Nov 1822

News paper artical Nashville Union and America April 4 1874 Peter Wrenn of Pinewood aged and an respected, left Nashville in a wagon and a few miles out of Nashville got out walked up a hill. He was found laying dead in wagon soon aftward. He was near 80.

Columbia Herald April 10 1894 Peter Wrenn Esquire, 70 died April 2 while returning from Nashville, formally of Maury County but was Living in Pinewood in Hickman County at time of death.

Peter Wrenn died at age 72 years, 11 months, 25 days

From the Bible of Peter Wrenn Compied by Willie Ray Wrenn Raburn while bible was in position of Callie Snow Wrenn Rice 14 Aug. 1972

Marriages
Peter Wrenn and Clary Sparkman married November the 7th 1822
Marable Reaves and SM Wrenn was married july 25 1866
W B Harbison and Amanda J. Wrenn was married Feb 16 1876
Stephen J. Reaves and Spohronia M Reaves married September the 13th 1881.
J T Wrenn and Snow Anderson was married Oct 14 `883

Births
Peter Wrenn was bornd April the 8th 1801
Clary Wrenn was bornd June the 30th 1801
Sarah J. Wrenn was bornd Mar 29 1824
Mandy M. Wrenn was bornd the 15th of March 1826
Wm J. Wrenn was bornd April the 21st 1828
Elizabeth Wrenn was bornd May the 30th 1830
Martha a. Wrenn was bornd April the 18 1833
Sophronia M. Wrenn was bornd Sept 6 1835
Nancy W. Wrenn was bornd the 22 of Janurary 1838
Malvania F. Wrenn was bornd Novenber the 20th 1842
Mary Lee Wiley Wrenn was born July 28 1829 (notice this one is out of place)
John H. Wrenn was bornd February 28th 1847
S E A Wrenn was bornd March the 18th 1852
John T. Wrenn was bornd Sept. 6 1954
A W Wrenn was bornd Feb. the 2nd 1859
M J Wrenn was bornd April the 25th 1859
Snow Wrenn was bornd Jan Jan the 20 1865
Wm Anderson Wrenn was bornd Oct the 7th 1887
Blanche Lee Wrenn was bornd Dec. the 19 1889
Ione Wrenn was bornd April the 4 1892
Ernest & Early Wrenn were bornd Feb. 17th 1894
Callie Snow Wrenn was bornd May 17th 1898
M N Wrenn was bornd Aug. the 17 1900
John T. Wrenn was bornd July 20 1905
Ewell Wrenn Oct 27 1907

Deaths
John H. Wrenn departed this 6 of April 1849
Sarah J. Sewel departed this life the 20th of Janurary 1854
Thomas A J Wrenn departed this June the 8th 1859
Martha A. Wrenn departed this the 9th of November 1865
Amanda M Rushton departed this the 5th of August 1867
Clary Wrenn departed this the 3rd of Sept. 1867
Peter Wrenn departed this life April 2th 1874
John Thomas Wrenn died June 5, 1946
Snow A. Wrenn Died July 23 1951
Early J. Wrenn Died June 4, 1957

More About Peter Wrenn:
Burial: 04 April 1874, Petty Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee⁵

Notes for Clara Sparkman:
Clara Sparkman has a strange relationship to my family as she is the aunt of my ggg grandmother Margaret Rebecca Sparkman Petty but also the mother of Sarah Jane Wrenn Sewell who is my ggg grandmother making Clara Sparkman Wrenn my gggg grandmother and my gggg aunt at the same time.

Clara Sparkman died at age 67 years, 2 months, 4 days

More About Clara Sparkman:
Burial: 05 September 1868, Petty Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee⁵

Children of Peter Wrenn and Clara Sparkman are:

+	2	i.		Sarah Jane² Wrenn, born 29 March 1824 in Maury County, Tennessee; died 20 January 1854 in Maury County, Tennessee.
	3	ii.		Amanda Mary Wrenn, born 15 March 1826 in Maury County, Tennessee ⁶; died 05 August 1867 in Hickman County, Tennessee ⁷. She married William W. Rushton 29 August 1852 in Maury County, Tennessee ⁸; born 1826 in Maury County, Tennessee; died Bet. 1852 - 1860 in Williamson or Maury County, Tennessee.

Notes for William W. Rushton:
William W. Ruston found in: Tennessee Marriages, 1787-1866 Marriage Records Listed in: Marriages of Maury County, TN 1808-1852 Page number: 142 William W Rushton to Amanda Wrenn 29 Aug. 1852

1850 Maury County, Census page 12 dated 1 Dec. 1850
William W Rushton 24 head
Cynthia 22 wife

+	4	iii.	William James Wrenn, born 21 April 1828 in Maury County, Tennessee; died 1862 in Killed in the Civil War.
	5	iv.	Mary Lee Wiley Wrenn, born 28 July 1829 in Maury County, Tennessee.
+	6	v.	Elizabeth Georgia Wrenn, born 30 May 1830 in Williamson County, Tennessee; died 08 December 1911 in Hickman County, Tennessee.
	7	vi.	Martha A. Wrenn, born 18 April 1833 in Maury County, Tennessee ^9,¹⁰; died 09 November 1865 in Hickman County, Tennessee.
	8	vii.	Sophronia M. Wrenn, born 06 September 1835 in Maury County, Tennessee ^11,¹²; died 20 July 1915 in Santa Fe, Maury County, Tennessee. She married (1) Marable Reaves 25 July 1866 in Hickman County, Tennessee ¹³; born 16 August 1818 in Hickman County, Tennessee; died 12 October 1866 in Hickman County, Tennessee. She married (2) Stephen J. Reaves 30 September 1881 in Hickman County, Tennessee ¹⁴; born September 1830 in Hickman County, Tennessee; died Bet. 1910 - 1920 in Probably Hickman County, Tennessee.

Notes for Sophronia M. Wrenn:
WRENN, SOPHRONIA State: Tennessee Year: 1880 County: Hickman County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Census Place District 6, Hickman, Tennessee Page Number 310D Township: District 6 Page: 038 Database: Tennessee 1860 Federal Census Index
S. M. REAVES Self W Female W 44 TN Farming VA NC
J. T. WREN Nephew S Male W 25 TN Farm Work TN TN
M. J. WREN Nephew S Male W 21 TN TN TN

1910 Perry Co., TN, 4th Civil Dist., 4 May , 1910, pg. 126
Reaves, James, M, W, 38, m. 12 yrs., TN, TN, TN, farmer, gen. farm
Novelean, wife, F, W, 34, m. 12 yrs., 2 ch., 2 living, TN, TN, TN
Steveph? H., son, M, W, 6, S, TN, TN, TN
James C., son, M, W, 3, S, TN, TN, TN
Sophronia M., mother, F, W, 74, Wd., TN, TN, TN
Chairs?, Ewell, servant, M, B, 19, S, TN, TN, TN, laborer, farm
(Sophronia living with her stepson in Perry Co. Tennessee)

More About Marable Reaves:
Burial: Tidwell Cemetery, Hickman County, Tennessee ¹⁵

Notes for Stephen J. Reaves:
Stephens 1st wife burried in Hickman County, Jones Valley Cemetery.
Margaret A Reaves 2 July 1836- 20 Nov. 1880 w/o S. J. Reaves. Stephen's brothaer Marable however spelled his name Reeves.

Name: S. J. REAVES State: TN County: Hickman County Township: Dist. 4 -male Voters- Year: 1891 Page: 042 Database: TN 1891 Voters List

Name: Stephen Reaves Home in 1900: Civil District 4, Hickman, Tennessee Age: 70 Estimated birth year: 1830 Birthplace: Tennessee Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Image source: Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 4, Hickman, Tennessee; Roll: T623 1579; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 41
Stephen Reaves 70 Civil District 4, Hickman, Tennessee abt 1830 Tennessee White Head Sept 1830
Suffona m Reaves Civil District 4, Hickman, Tennessee abt 1839 Tennessee White Wife Sept 1835
Lee Reaves 25 Civil District 4, Hickman, Tennessee abt 1875 Tennessee White Son Sept 1874 (by his first wife)
Fannie B Reaves 23 Civil District 4, Hickman, Tennessee abt 1877 Tennessee White Daughter-in-law Feb 1877

+	9	viii.		Nancy W. Wrenn, born 22 January 1838 in Maury County, Tennessee; died 13 January 1911 in Williamson County, Tennessee.
	10	ix.		Thomas A. J. Wrenn, born 03 August 1840 in Maury County, Tennessee ¹⁶; died 08 June 1859 in Hickman County, Tennessee.

More About Thomas A. J. Wrenn:
Burial: 1859, Petty Cemetery, Hickman County. Tennessee ¹⁷

+	11	x.		Malvina Frances Wrenn, born 20 November 1842 in Maury County, Tennessee; died 14 January 1897 in South Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee.
	12	xi.		John H. Wrenn, born 28 February 1847 in Maury County, Tennessee; died 06 April 1849 in Santa Fe, Maury County, Tennessee ¹⁸.

More About John H. Wrenn:
Burial: 08 April 1849, Maury County, Santa Fe, Tennessee

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