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Bi-weekly Summary of Peery Family History for Peery Cousins Online
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Vol. 2 No. 2 A Virginia Connection January 27, 1996
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In This Issue...
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- Editor's Note
- Letters to the Editor
- Our Ancestral Virginia - Part 2
- Generations: Descendants of Thomas Peery, The Pioneer
Part 9 - Fourth Generation (250-274; 539-604)
- Obituaries
- Library Information - The LVA Digital Library
EDITOR'S NOTE
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Two of our members have created their own Home Page on the World Wide Web
(WWW) -- Lynn Bernhard and Tyler Jarvis. Their addresses are shown in their
listing in the Peery Cousins Directory. The directory is promptly updated
when changes are received, then distributed the following weekend. Each
upgrade is numbered, and supersedes all previous directories, which can be
deleted. The current upgrade is No. 24.
The Questionnaire is in draft form. This week a preliminary message was sent
to our members for those wishing to submit questions to be included in the
final Questionnaire. You can expect this to be an interesting study on focus.
At the suggestion of Sarah Fitzgerald, Peery related obituaries are going
to be presented in the Newsletter as they become available. Rex Peery of
Payson, Utah, a member of a Peery branch that emigrated from Missouri to Utah
in the 1800s, died in 1993. His obituary appears in this issue. More on his
branch of the Peery family will be forthcoming as it becomes available. Lynn
Bernhard has contact with descendants of those pioneers, which may lead to
some historical data. They are distantly related to the Peerys who emigrated
from Virginia to Utah in 1864. They all go back to Augusta County, Virginia.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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>>>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:41:04 -0700
From: Lynn J. Bernhard (Orem, Utah)
Subject: Online Update
. . . .
Thanks for the update... (#23). I have just produced my first homepage with
some family history information associated with it. There's no new PEERY
info but it does have Martha E. Peery's descendants. I am particularly proud
of the fact that I produced the "book" from my PAF files using a software
product I purchased a year ago. It was actually relatively painless to
prepare it for the Internet.
Feel free to share the address:
http://www.itsnet.com/home/lynnb/public_html/index.html
. . . .
Lynn Bernhard
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>>>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 21:07:37 -0500
From: John & Sarah Fitzgerald (Valley Lee, Maryland)
Subject: Robert C. Sollars
I would like to announce the publication of a paper by our Peery
group member, Robert C. Sollars in the St. Mary's County Genealogical
Society Newsletter. Mr. Sollars wrote and documented an excellent paper on
Augustus Sollers and his son Somervell Sollers of Calvert County, Maryland.
The first installment was sent out yesterday and it will continue over the
next couple of issues of our newsletter. Thank you for a great article.
Sarah Fitzgerald
OUR ANCESTRAL VIRGINIA - Part 2
By Steven L. Jamison, Los Altos, California
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Burke's Garden
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Burke's Garden is the highest valley in Virginia. It was fashioned from
a single large mountain, Garden Mountain, that appears to have been pushed
down in the middle to form a bowl . . . sometimes called "God's Thumbprint."
Whatever the geologic forces may have been that formed it, the Garden is
certainly beautiful farmland with top soil that is six feet deep. It is a
small valley, perhaps no more than about ten miles long by five miles wide,
ridge to ridge.
We enter the valley through a gap in the mountain. Traveling the winding
road, our introduction to the valley is the picturesque mill pond and falls
where the Gose mill had once stood. Following the road that circles the
valley floor, we stop at a post with numerous white arrows indicating the
direction to various farms, and one arrow at the top, pointing to the right,
says Litz Lane.
As we turn down this gravel road, a farmer driving a tractor with a huge
circular bale of hay is coming in the other direction. When I stop to ask him
about the Litz farm, he pulls the tractor to the side of the road and turns
off the motor. He and two or three others have farmland along that road, but
the only home there belongs to a young fellow named Peery. We start talking
about the valley and he asks if we would like to see it from higher up. We
say that we would. He hops in our car and shows the way: down the lane,
through a gate, across a recently cut hay field, through another gate, and up
a hill to a grassy knoll. There before us is a complete view of the valley
floor.
Lenden Thompson (that was his name) spent about an hour with us in the
middle of his work day.
We continue down the paved road to the General Store and buy some
sandwiches and pop ... and a Burke's Garden T-shirt. This is the only store
in the valley ... no gas station, no drug store, no McDonald's. The only
other commercial enterprise that we saw was the James Burke Inn.
Driving down the next gravel road off the main loop, we find an Amish
community of four well-tended farms. Mr. Thompson said they had been in the
Garden only four or five years. We stop at one of their farmhouses and buy
some cinnamon rolls.
(To be continued. . .)
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Source: "Family Newsletter," by and for the descendants of Jefferson Davis
Jamison (1861-1906) and Nancy Loucinda Peery (1861-1925), Vol. 2,
No. 2, Winter 1995, pp 15-17.
GENERATIONS: DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS PEERY, THE PIONEER
By S. Paul Peery, Orlando, Florida
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Part 9
FOURTH GENERATION
(Continued from Issue 2-1)
250. Joseph Stras Peery was born on 07-Oct-1839 in Tazewell Co. and died in
Glade Spring, Washington Co., Va.
He enlisted in the Confederate States Army, 29-May-1861. He served in
Company G, 45th Regular Virginia Infantry. He was captured at
Winchester, Va. on 19-Sep-1864 and was sent to Ft. Delaware. Was
released 17-Jun-1865.
He was a farmer and resided in Glade Spring, Va.
He married Lavonia Ravina Brown on 15-Apr-1868. She was born on
30-Mar-1850 in Wytheville, Va. and died in April, 1914.
They had the following children:
539. i. Tobias LaFayette Peery
540. ii. John Brown Peery
541. iii. Albert N. Peery was born on 04-Jul-1876 in Glade Spring,
Va.
542. iv. Orrie Smyth Peery
543. v. Joseph Brittain Peery
544. vi. Robert William Peery
545. vii. Clair Lou Peery was born on 04-Jul-1887
546. viii. Sallie Kate Peery was born on 01-Sep-1888. Married Samuel
W. Keyes of Glade Spring. He died on 02-Jul-1934.
547. ix. Vance Price Peery, Dr.
251. Harvey George Peery, Jr. was born on 24-Jun-1842 in Tazewell Co.
He enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a Lieut. Served in
Company C, 23 Battalion. Virginia Infantry. He also served in
Company G, 16th Virginia Cavalry and was a member of "Derricks
Battalion".
Was the first treasurer of North Tazewell, Va. when it was
incorporated on 24-Feb-1894.
He married Cosby America Witten on 09-Oct-1865 in Tazewell Co.
Ceremony was performed by Henry Bates. Both were single. She was
20 years of age at the time of their marriage. She was born on
06-Mar-1845.
They had the following children:
548. i. Charles Tiffany Peery
549. ii. Sarah Brittian Peery
550. iii. Mary W. Peery was born on 18-Dec-1870. She received her
degree of Doctor of Osteopathy from Kirksville, Missouri
School of Osteopathy. She owned a hospital at Tyron,
North Carolina.
551. iv. Rebecca W. Peery
552. v. Harvey George Peery III
553. vi. Zachie Strather Peery was born on 02-Dec-1877 and died on
22-Jan-1878.
554. vii. Margaret Eliza Peery
555. viii. Haynes Peery was born on 12-Jul-1882 and died on
19-Jul-1883.
556. ix. Thomas Albert Peery was born on 18-Jul-1883 and died
23-Jul-1883.
557. x. Nancy Maria Peery
558. xi. Henry Watterson Peery was born on 12-May-1888 and died on
04-Nov-1909.
254. Lockey Inglis Peery
She married George Gose.
They had the following children:
559. i. George Peery Gose, Colonel
256. Patsy Peery was born on 25-Aug-1809.
She married James P. Carrel on 30-Nov-1809 in Tazewell Co.
258. Elizabeth Peery was born on 09-Dec-1812.
She married Parker Snyder.
259. Mary S. Peery was born on 26-Mar-1814 and died on 27-Jan-1890. She was
the daughter of Andrew Peery and Jane Crockett.
She married Edward T. Peery, Rev. he died on 23- Nov-1864.
He was "bound out" to learn the tanners trade but disliking that he
"ran off".
He became one of the most successful ministers of the Methodist Church
in the Missouri pioneer days. He was placed in charge of a Mission
School called "Tordian Shawnee Mission".
He became a missionary among the Indians (Pottowatamies, Kickappos,
Delawares, Wyandotes and the Shawnees in Kansas)
He was one of the pioneers of Kansas City and Peery Ave. was named for
him.
They had the following children:
61. i. Margaret Virginia Peery
62. ii. Martha Jane Peery
63. iii. Mary Jane Peery
64. iv. Virginia Ann Peery
65. v. James Andrew Peery
66. vi. Susan Talbott Peery
67. vii. Sarah Ann Peery
68. viii. Jeremiah Drummer Peery
69. ix. Francis Thedore Peery
70. x. George William Peery
71. xi. Ella Peery
72. xii. Edward Thompson Peery, Jr
261. Charles C. Peery was born on 29-Aug-1815.
He married Minerva Clark on 21-Jan-1836.
262. Albert G. Peery was born on 30-Nov-1817 and died on 01-Feb-1880 in
Montgomery Co., Missouri.
He married Mary Bishop on 06-Mar-1839. She was born on
30-Aug-1818.
They had the following children:
560. i. Joseph S. Peery
561. ii. Charles W. Peery
562. iii. Eliza Peery
563. iv. Grand Peery
564. v. Mollie A. Peery
565. vi. David Peery
263. Gordon C. Peery was born on 12-Dec-1819 in Tazewell Co. and died on
04-Jul-1896 in Farber, Audrain Co., Missouri.
He married Lucinda Williams on 16-Nov-1845. She was born on
09-Jan-1826 in Montgomery Co., Missouri and died on 26-Dec-1896.
They had the following children:
566. i. Elbridge T. Peery was born on 18-Nov-1847.
567. ii. Lyman Hall Peery
568. iii. William B. Peery
569. iv. America A. Peery
570. v. Sally K. Peery
571. vi. Della M. Peery
572. vii. Adah L. Peery was born on 05-Jan-1871.
264. Thomas Peery was born on 20-Sep-1822 in Tazewell Co. and died on
06-Aug-1875 in Wellsville, Missouri.
He married Sarah Ryan on 09-Nov-1848. She died on 09-Feb-1849.
He also married Sarah J. Maupin on 22-Mar-1854. She was born on
29-Apr-1820 in Albemarle Co., Virginia.
They had the following children:
573. i. Mollie B. Peery
574. ii. Fannie A. Peery
575. iii. Andrew M. Peery was born on 28-Mar-1858.
576. iv. Lucie T. Peery was born on 09-Jan-1860 and died on
30-Nov-1860.
577. v. Nannie P. Peery
578. vi. Virginia Peery
265. Andrew Peery was born on 04-Jul-1825 and died on 17-Dec-1867.
He married Nancy K. Peery on 29-Aug-1844. She was born on 05-Jul-1827
and died in 1888. She was Andrew's first cousin.
266. William H. Peery was born on 16-Oct-1828 in Tazewell Co.
He married Nancy Jane Witten on 09-Mar-1853. She was born on
01-Jul-1835.
They had the following children:
579. i. Rebecca R. Peery
580. ii. Sarah Elizabeth Peery
581. iii. Joseph A. Peery was born on 01-Mar-1857.
582. iv. Cosby Peery was born on 10-Jan-1859 and died on
27-Jul-1862.
583. v. Thomas A. Peery
584. vi. Edward H. Peery was born on 23-Feb-1863 and died on
29-Sep-1864.
585. vii. Caroline L. Peery
586. viii. Willie Jane Peery
587. ix. Carenia G. Peery
588. x. Ward H. Peery was born on 27-Feb-1873 and died on
26-Jul-1874.
589. xi. Robert W. Peery was born on 19-Oct-1878.
267. George G. Peery was born on 15-Apr-1832 and died on 17-Dec-1833.
He married (Unknown)
They had the following children:
590. i. Lyman Hall Peery
268. Joseph A. Peery was born on 21-Jul-1834 in Tazewell Co. and died on
21-Aug-1874 in Franklin, Nebraska.
In 1864, Joseph moved from Missouri to Nebraska City, Nebraska because
they could not endure conditions in Missouri.
In 1870, he and his father-in-law Samuel Ashby took homesteads near
the present town of Franklin, Nebraska. After selecting their land
they returned to Nebraska City and in the spring of 1871 returned to
Franklin with their families.
He was twice elected clerk of the county of Franklin and was
postmaster in Franklin, Nebraska.
He married Judith Ann Ashby on 13-Feb-1862 in Grundy Co., Missouri.
She was born on 06-Dec-1839 in (near) Chillicothe, Missouri. She died
on 09-Apr-1907.
After her mother's death at 33 years of age, she assumed the
responsibility for the care of her father and five younger children
until her father remarried.
After the death of her husband Joseph, she was left by with three
small children on the farm in a dugout home, habitable only by
necessity. However, she continued to work to hold their farm for
the sake of her children.
They had the following children:
591. i. Henry Clifton Peery was born on 11-Dec-1862 and died on
24-Jul-1864.
592. ii. Mary Elizabeth Peery was born on 11-Feb-1865 and died on
07-Jul-1865.
593. iii. Margaret Jane Peery was born on 26-May-1866 in Franklin Co.,
Nebraska.
594. iv. Earnest A. Peery
595. v. Maude Frances Peery
596. vi. Thomas Vincent Peery was born on 05-Apr-1874.
270. James Edward Peery was born on 10-Feb-1824 in Tazewell Co. and died in
August, 1886.
He married Elizabeth Canterbury.
271. Martha J. Peery was born on 28-Jul-1825 in Tazewell Co.
She married Thomas Crane on 18-Nov-1847. He was born 13-Jul-1822 in
Frankfort, Kentucky and died on 13-Nov-1870 in Audrain Co.,
Missouri.
He was a farmer and resided in Martinsburg, Audrain Co., Missouri.
272. Nancy K. Peery was born on 05-Jul-1827 and died in 1888.
She married Andrew Peery on 29-Aug-1844. He was born on 04-Jul-1825
and died on 17-Dec-1867. Nancy was his first cousin.
273. George Peery was born on 27-Dec-1828 in Tazewell Co. and died on
27-Feb-1897 in Callaway Co., Missouri.
He was a farmer and resided in Martinsburg, Audrain Co., Missouri.
They had the following children:
597. i. Henry O. Peery
598. ii. Laura Peery
599. iii. Nannie Peery
600. iv. William A. Peery
601. v. Jonathan G. Peery
274. Catherine D. Peery was born on 15-Aug-1831 in Tazewell Co
She married James Edward Peery who was born on 06-Sep-1844 in Tazewell
Co. and died on 10-Oct-1875.
They had the following children:
602. i. Ettie M. Peery
603. ii. James Walter Peery
604. iii. Thomas E. Peery
She also married David Yarnall on 05-Jan-1850. He was born on
15-Jan-1822 in Harrison Co., Kentucky and died on 26-Feb-1865 in
Martinsburg, Audrain Co., Missouri.
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Footnotes for Fourth Generation:
(I) Maiden Springs - Was named by the first settler Rees Bowen when he saw
a young female deer feeding on moss between the rocks from which the
spring gushes. The spring is close to the site of Bowen Fort, the
second fort built in the area. The name "Maiden Spring" has been given
to the magisterial district in the west end of Tazewell Co.
Maiden Spring is located in Thompson Valley.
(j) Graham, Va. - During the 1860's it carried the name "Pin Hook" and after
the construction of the New River Division of the Norfork and Western
railway the post office there became more important and the name was
changed to "Harman" in honor of Col. E.H. Harman who was killed in the
Battle of Cloyds Mountain.
Col. Thomas Graham of Philadelphia, the pioneer in the purchase and
development of the Flat Top Coal Fields, purchased a tract of land at
the present junction of the Flat Top and Clinch Valley railroads and
laid out the streets of an embryo town which was by common consent was
called "Graham" and immediately the name of the post office was changed
to Graham.
On July 12, 1924 Graham became Bluefield, Virginia and is a sister city
to Bluefield, West Virginia. Bluefield, West Virginia is in Mercer Co.,
West Virginia and Bluefield, Virginia is of course, in Tazewell Co.,
Va.
(End of the Fifth Portion of the Fourth Generation)
OBITUARIES
Related to Peery Family
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Payson, Utah -- REX PEERY, age 63, died Friday, April 2, 1993. Born May 27,
1929 in Payson, a son of Earl J. and Margaret Kerr Peery. He married Lou
Dene Menlove on August 8, 1958 at Springlake, Utah. Their marriage was
solemnized September 10, 1981 in the Provo LDS Temple. He is survived by his
wife, Lou Dene of Payson; one son, two daughters and their spouses: Bart and
Karolyn Peery, Payson; Gina and Gary Warren, Orem; and Fran Peery of Payson;
four grandchildren, Clint, Matthew and Brock Peery, and Brenden Warren; two
brothers and their spouses, Glen S. and Nan Peery, Morgan Hill, California;
and Dale and Linda Peery of Spanish Fork. Graveside services will be Tuesday,
April 6, 1993, 11:15 a.m. at the Payson City Cemetery, 805 East 400 North.
Friends may call at the Walker Mortuary, 587 South 100 West, Payson, Monday
6-7 p.m. or Tuesday, 10-11:00 a.m. In case of inclement weather, short
services will be held at the mortuary.
The Salt Lake Tribune 4/5/93 . . . Deseret News 4/5/93
LIBRARY INFORMATION
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>>>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 18:58:50 EST
From: Elizabeth Roderick
Subject: Virginia Digital Library Update
I would like to thank all of you who have taken the time to review our new
Digital Library projects and who sent reactions to me.
. . . .
We are still working the bugs out of the interface, so you have encountered
error messages, strange text-only results from searches, and the TIFF viewer
is not yet available. The Netscape download site has been very busy, and I
have been unable to get a connection to download the new beta version of the
software, but will keep trying. The beta version is free.
If you encounter an error message or text-only results from searches, press
the "back" button on your viewer and re-execute. Usually, the second try
will bring up the appropriate screen. Or, the third try! We're still
working on this.
If you have Netscape and Chameleon with a viewer (such as NewtView), you can
configure your Netscape to execute the viewer for the Virginia Colonial
Records Project survey report images. The GIF viewer required for the U.S.
Army Signal Corps World War Two photograph collection should be automatically
available.
The sample Land Office Patent Record can be viewed from any catalog card
image screen within that collection. The entire collection (more than
250,000 images) will be available by September.
We have completed scanning of approximately 60 percent of the Bible records
collection, and it should be available by September. We will eventually make
available the images of all collection items represented in the Electronic
Card Catalog within coming months.
We will issue a formal press release next week with more details. We are
also planning Phase II of the project, which will include many more
exciting and significant collections and new finding aids, and I hope to be
able to announce this very soon.
. . . .
Remember - to access the collections - use the URL shown in my signature.
--
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Assistant Director, Library Development voice (804) 786-2975
and Networking Division fax (804) 225-4608
The Library of Virginia home (804) 231-1774
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Editor: Paul D. Peery
Contributors: Lynn J. Bernhard, Sarah S. Fitzgerald, Steven L. Jamison,
Paul D. Peery (SLC), Rex Peery Family, S. Paul Peery
(Orlando), Elizabeth Roderick*
Distribution: Peery Cousins Online
Online Next Issue: Bi-week ended, Sat, Feb 10, 1996 - Vol. 2, No. 3
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