Jeter's in Alabama
I was born May 1, 1940 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL son of (Dr.) Marvin Luther Jeter M.D. - b. 12-31-1892 in Helicon, Crenshaw County, AL d. 11-27-1957 in Birmingham, AL. My mother Flora Lee (Sims) Jeter b. 4-8-1901 in McFall, Gentry County, MO d. 1890 Louisville, KY. I have a brother Marvin Dock Jeter b. April 30, 1938 in Wheeler, WI ans a sister Sena Kathryn (Jeter) Naslund b. June 28, 1942.
My father's father was Robert Ransom Jeter, b. (I believe)in either 1846 or 1861 d. after 1916 in Helicon, AL m. in Macon County, AL to Sena Suwannee (Carter) Jeter b. 1866 d. 1946 or 1947 in Birmingham, AL - buried in Petrey, Crenshaw County, AL
My father's grandfather was Ransom Jeter b. 1823 , d. 1907 in Helicon, Crenshaw Co., AL m. Susan Kincaid - both buried in Helicon, Crenshaw Co., AL.
Trying to determine parents of Ransom Jeter but nothing definite. Does anyone have information.
My father had two brothers; John R. Jeter b. 18xx and d. 10-23-1916 fell while working on bridge over Trinity River in Dallas, TX no known marriage nor children; Arthur Ambrose Jeter,(Uncle Dock) b. 18xx in Helicon, Crenshaw Co. AL m. Jewell (Duffie) Jeter d. in Beaumont, TX. They had tyhree daughters. Three sisters; Mary Jeter -- died at 10 or 12 (I believe) in a fire; Edna Bertha (Jeter)(Aunt Pet) Petrey b. 18xx m. Gene Petrey d. 1967± in Birmingham, AL - one son Drummond Petrey b. 1914 d. 1984 (I believe); Myrtle Kumi Jeter b. 1902± in Helicon, AL d. 10-16-1973 in Birmingham, AL.
I can supply much additional information on the above as well as more sketchy information on other Jeter kin folk in [email protected]