Genealogy for
John Wesley Peacock
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John Wesley Peacock
12/13/1843 - 12/31/1925
(Shown at age 77)
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John Wesley Peacock was born on December 13, 1843 in Decatur County, Georgia and died on December 31, 1925 in Blountstown, Florida. He lived to be 82 years old.
On his 1907 Civil War Pension form he states he was born December 13, 1840. He also states he is 5'6" tall with hazel eyes, light complexion and light hair. He moved from Georgia to Florida with his family when he was four months old.
He enlisted at Rico's Bluff in March of 1862 in the CSA Florida Infantry, Co. H, 5th Regiment and served as a Private. He fought in the battles of Battles of Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Antietam and Fredricksburg in 1862, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863,The FL 5th were attached to Picket's Division, and took part in the attack on the 3rd day. In 1864 he was a the battle of Cold Harbor, then he lost his little finger on his left hand in the battle of Petersburg. At the battle on the Patomac River he was shot in the foot.
His company surrendered at the High Bridge, at the Appomatox River, three days before the end of the war. John was able to escape and joined up with General Lee's army at Bunker Hill where the entire army surrendered.
He return to his home and work as a Farmer and Merchant.
First marriage to Rosa/Rhoda Eleanor Parrish (see children listed below), second to Mary Charlotte Parrish (see children listed below) and third to Susannah Halley Parish Kelly born 3/10/1876 died 2/2/1937 (they had no children). His first and second wives were sisters. His third wife was a cousin and sister-in-law. | 
 | Census | 10/12/1850 | Division 5 FL (Calhoun County) | 6 yrs old | Recorded as family #34: Stephen Peacock (age 35)NC, Rose Ann (age 26)NC, S. M. (age 12)GA, A. E. (10)GA, George W. (8)GA, John W. (7)GA, Marthey F. (5)FL, Rhoda A. (5)FL.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1850: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 1/1/1860 | Ochesee FL (Calhoun County) | 16 yrs old | #2 - Arche Kelly (age 50 NC), Mary (82 NC), Mary A. (30 NC), Sally Hadson (44 NC), Jas. K. Hadson (24 FL), Wesley Peacock (15 FL). Arche is a farmer, Mary A. domestic servant, Jas. and Wesley are laborers.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Military | 4/19/1862 | FL (Calhoun County) | 18 yrs old | # M225, roll #7- Enlisted as a Private on April 19, 1862 at the age of 18. Mustered into the Confederate Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment Florida "The Liberty Guards". He is reported to be 5'6" tall with hazel eyes, light complexion and light hair.  |
| Military | 12/22/1862 | Danville VA (independent city, not part of a County) | 19 yrs old | | Hospitalisted on 10/18/1862 in Danville, VA, having been shot in the foot and lost of a finger. He was discharge from the hospital on 12/22/1862. |
| Military | 4/9/1865 | FL | 21 yrs old | | Mustered out on April 4th 1865 of the Confederate Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment Florida. |
| Other | 8/2/1869 | Abe Springs Bluff FL (Calhoun County) | 25 yrs old | In the name of the State of Florida, To the sheriff of Calhoun County, Greeting We commanded you, that you summons the following persons appended below, to be and appear before the Judge of our County Court at a court to be held at Abe Springs Bluff on the first Monday in September next by 10 o’clock in the morning, to serve as Jurors at and during the term of said court. Given under my hand and seal of the office this the 2nd day of Aug. AD 1869
Wm Clark – clerk
# 4 John Peacock
#8 Alfred Bailey
#11 S.W. Davis
#20 J.S. Stone
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| Census | 6/22/1870 | FL (Calhoun County) | 26 yrs old | 35, #28 - Jno W. Peacock (age 25) and William Nobleton (12). both born in GA. John is a laborer.
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| Marriage | 11/23/1879 | Abes Spring Bluff FL (Calhoun County) | 35 yrs old | | Marriage of John W. Peacock to Mary C. Parish on Nov. 23th 1879. Book 1, page 114 |
| Census | 1/1/1880 | Pippin Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 36 yrs old | family #8: Wesley (age 37, a farmer), Mary (26, house keeping), Mary (5), Rosa (3), Laura (1 1/2). Wesley was born in GA. (his parents also born in GA). Mary was born in AL. (her parents also born in AL). The children were born in Florida. William Parrish (age 15 & born in FL) is a brother-in-law working as a farmer. Jane Thomas (a black female, age 20 & born in AL), is a servant & cook.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1880: Blountstown was declared the seat of Calhoun County in 1880. Prior to that, Abe Springs had been the county seat. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Other | 1/1/1882 | FL (Calhoun County) | 38 yrs old | Revised List of jurors -
Pg. 1: #1. Wm Ayers, 2. Thos Ayers, 3. Asa Ayers, 9. Sam Ayers, 10. Ish Ayers, 13. Benj. Ayers, 15. Alfred Bailey, 17. Gadi Bailey, 22. P.B. Bailey, 23. Wm M. Clark. ,44. Wm Cutts, 46. L. C. Davis, 46. Isaac Etheridge, 47. B. H. Franklin
page 2: 68. Caleb Halley, 75. Jno T. Kent, 76. W.A. Kent, 79. Jno A. Kelley, 81. Jno Kent,
page 3: #85. Geo Sutton, 96. B. F. McDaniel, 97. Josh McDaniel, 99. Jasper Musgrove, 100. J. M. Maddox,107. Thos McKeown
page 4: 114 Robt Nixon, 115 J. J. Nixon, 116 R. W. Nixon,118 Jno H. Parish, 119. Thomas Parish Sr., 120. Thomas Parish Jr., 122. Jno W. Peacock, 123. Jno. W. Pope, 125. B. F. Pope, 126. Tim Pope, 130. J.M. Peacock
page 5:143.J.R. Stone, 151. David Stephens, 152. L.M. Stone, 156. S.S. Stone, 153. A.J. Wood, 155. Joe Wood, 156. J.C. Wood, 172. Levi Yon, 173. Newton Yon, 174. T.M. Yon, 175. John Yon, 176. H. A. Yon |
| Census | 6/1/1885 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 41 yrs old | page 22, #177 - W.J. Peacock (age 42), Mary (29), Mary E. (10), Rosa (8), Anna (5), Della J. (4), Julia (2), John (10 mos.). John was born in GA, as were his parents. Mary was born in FL, her father in NC and mother in VA. All children in FL. John is a farmer. Mary E. and Rosa attend school.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1885: The principle towns in Calhoun County were Blountstown, Marysville, Chipola, Selman, Ocheesee, and Abe Springs. In 1884 railroads in Florida were bought out by one company and placed under central management. River Junction, located at the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, is the closest railroad and the primary hub of land transports. The photo on the right shows the iron bridge than spans the Chattahoochee River about a mile from the Depot at River Junction where wharves, storage, steamboats and hotels bussel with activity. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Census | 6/27/1900 | Blountstown, District 7 FL (Calhoun County) | 56 yrs old | family# 251: John Peacock (age 56, born 12/1843), says he is a farmer laborer. Members of his family are Julia Peacock (17, born 6/1882); John R. Peacock (15, born 7/1884); son in law John Barbur (23, born 5/1877, says he is a logger); Della J. Barbur (19, born 8/1880); Lonnie Barbur (age 1, born 1/1899). John states he was born in Georgia. All others state they were born in Florida as were their parents.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Land Deed | 11/13/1901 | FL (Calhoun County) | 57 yrs old | | Homestead Certificate No 15790: John W. Peacock paid cash for 80.25 acres in Calhoun County described as the North East quarter of the South West quarter and the North West quarter of the South East quarter of section eight in Township one which is north west of Tallahassee.-Gainesville Land Office |
| Military | 3/8/1907 | FL (Calhoun County) | 63 yrs old | | Civil War Pension form - He states he was born December 13, 1840. He also states he is 5'6" tall with hazel eyes, light complexion and light hair. He moved from Decatur Co. Georgia to Florida with his family when he was four months old.
He enlisted at Rico's Bluff in March of 1862 in the CSA Florida Infantry, Co. H, 5th Regiment and served as a Private under Capt. William Gregory. He lost his little finger on his left hand in the battle of Petersburg. At the battle near the Patomac River he was shot in the foot. His company under the command of Capt. John Hosford surrendered near the high bridge on the Appomatox River three days before the end of the war. John was able to escape and join up with Lee's army at Bunker Hill where the entire army surrendered. He works as a farmer. He owned 80 acres of land and 7 head of cattle, one mule and a few hogs. He has 5 daughters and 1 son and 3 stepchildren. |
| Census | 4/29/1910 | Blountstown , District 3 FL (Calhoun County) | 66 yrs old | | family #121: J W Peacock (age 66) is a farmer born in GA. His parents were born in US. Other members of his household are Susie Peacock (age 34, born in FL), Jim Parish (age 17, born in FL), Ethel Kelley (age 12, born in FL), and Maude Kelley (age 11, born in FL). |
| Military | 1/1/1920 | FL (Calhoun County) | 76 yrs old | | Application for Civil War pension |
| Military | 1/1/1920 | FL (Calhoun County) | 76 yrs old | | Application for Civil War pension |
| Census | 1/19/1920 | Blountstown District 5 FL (Calhoun County) | 76 yrs old | | family #197: Wess J. Peacock (age 75, born in GA), says he owns his home, he is a farmer on his own farm, and he is able to read & write. Other members of his family are Susie Peacock (age 43, born in FL) and Maudie Kelly (age 20, born in FL). Wess states his parents were born in GA. Suzie states her parents were born in FL. |
| Death Certificate | 1/1/1925 | FL (Calhoun County) | 81 yrs old | | Death Index: John Wesley Peacock - Calhoun Co. FL, sex: male, race: white, Vol:227, certificate : 18619, date:1924 |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 12/31/1925 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 82 yrs old | | Nettle Ridge Cemetery: Plot 107: J. W. PEACOCK, born 12-13-1843 and died 12/31/1925. Tombstone says 'PVT CO H 5 REGT FL INF CSA'.
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1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
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1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
| 22 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
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1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
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1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
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1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 8 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
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1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 10 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
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1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 13 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 14 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 15 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
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1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 32 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 62 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
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1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 71 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 74 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
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1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
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1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 13 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 16 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 22 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 26 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 34 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 36 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 46 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 52 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 54 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 57 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 57 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 58 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 59 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 60 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 61 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 63 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 63 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 63 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 69 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 70 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 71 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 80 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 80 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 81 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 39 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 42 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 65 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 69 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 70 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 74 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 76 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 22 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 32 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 33 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 66 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 67 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 71 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 74 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 76 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 77 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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 John Wesley Peacock
 Fishing on the Chipola River
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Marriages
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 | Rhoda Parish
Born on November 12, 1857 and died on February 7, 1879.
They were married 1/1/1874.
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Born on April 25, 1854 and died on October 23, 1899.
They were married 11/23/1879.
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Born on March 10, 1876 and died on February 2, 1937.
They were married 1/1/1909.
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The Children of John Wesley Peacock
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77 years old
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Mary Elizabeth Peacock
Born in Blountstown, Florida on May 17, 1875 and died in Blountstown, Florida on December 23, 1957. She was 82 years old.
About 1903 they lived in a home at the present day corner of Angle and Main St. In about 1908 they moved west of town in the area of present day Hummingbird Way. The homestead was originally own by Jo...
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71 years old
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Rhoda 'Rosa' Eleanor Peacock
Born in Blountstown, Florida on June 8, 1877 and died in Blountstown, Florida on August 27, 1957. She was 80 years old.
She was called Rosa. Married Samuel "Sam" Haley Montford (7/6/1873 to 2/14/1931). They had twelve children, some died young.
Children:
Dora
May
Flossie
Pearl married Thad Richards |
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Annie Laura Peacock
Born in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida on February 7, 1879 and died in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida on July 16, 1960. She was 81 years old.
She married on 7/22/1894 to Thomas Edgar "Tom" Montford (2/8/1876 to 2/24/1929). They had twelve children, some died young.
Children:
William Wesley (1897-1953)-married Mae Whiddon
Jessie...
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68 years old
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Della Jane Peacock
Born in Blountstown, Florida on August 26, 1880 and died in Marianna, Florida on July 26, 1949. She was 68 years old.
She married on 1/23/1898 to John Rhody Darius Barber ( 5/22/1877 to 11/15/1918)
Children
Lola (1899 -1973)
John Everett (1902-1972)...
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Julia Peacock
Born in an unknown place on an unknown day in June 1882 and died in an unknown location about 1920. She was about 37 years old.
She married on (8/26/1900) to Simeon "Sim" Barber. 2nd marriage to Mr. Jones. ...
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John Raiford Peacock
Born in Blountstown, Florida on July 23, 1884 and died in Sarasota, Florida on December 10, 1965. He was 81 years old.
Married Allie Garrett...
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