LEONA JENETTA BYRD  (JESSE BLACKSTON2, JAMES1) was born May 20, 1879 in Brown Co., Texas, and died February 25, 1950.  She married JOHN STEWART MCPETERS June 16, 1896 in Brown Co., Texas.  He was born March 16, 1874 in Byrds, Brown Co., Texas, and died July 14, 1950.
 

Children of LEONA BYRD and JOHN MCPETERS are:

1.  ZADA LAURABELL MCPETERS, b. May 12, 1897, Coke Co, TX; d. October 1986, Solvang, CA;      m. FLETCHER JENNINGS SAUNDERS.

2.  CURTIS TAYLOR MCPETERS, b. August 08, 1899, Coke Co., Texas; d. April 1962, California.

3.   IVA ODIE MCPETERS, b. September 10, 1901, Coke Co., Texas; d. February 20, ,Brown Co.,      Texas.

4.   VERA LEE MCPETERS, b. December 12, 1905, Coke Co., Texas.

5.   JOHNNY ELIZA MCPETERS, b. November 21, 1908, Cross Cut, Brown Co., Texas.
     d. September 12, 2002, Santa Barbara Co., California.

6.   RUBY ERNEST MCPETERS, b. November 28, 1910, Cross Cut, Brown Co., Texas.
     d. October 1998.

7.   REX REE MCPETERS, b. January 29, 1915, Winters, Runnels Co., Texas; d. November 05, 1991,       Madera, CA.

8.   RAY DELL MCPETERS, b. August 15, 1917, Winters, Runnels Co., Texas; d. 1993, California.