Peery Cousins Newsletter Online - Issue 2-4
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P E E R Y C O U S I N S N E W S L E T T E R O N L I N E
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Bi-weekly Summary of Peery Family History for Peery Cousins Online
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Vol. 2 No. 4 A Virginia Connection February 24, 1996
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In This Issue...
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- Editor's Note
- Letters to the Editor
- Home Pages of Members - World Wide Web (WWW)
- Our Ancestral Virginia - Part 4
- Generations: Descendants of Thomas Peery, The Pioneer
Part 11 - Fifth Generation (367-416; 638-682)
- Obituaries - Alexander Townsend Peery (1879-1939)
- Tazewell County Historical Society (TCHS)
- PCO Newsletter Schedule
EDITOR'S NOTE
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Responses to the Questionnaire No. 1 have resulted in constructive direction
and focus with an indication of strong support. Implementation and phasing
in all suggestions has begun. After the analysis has been completed a summary
report will be issued. We had a fifty-five percent response by the February
9th deadline date. Thanks to all who came through on time with your
suggestions, opinions, support and encouragement for what we are doing
For whatever reason, nine members did not make it. While we all are busy,
everyone's view is important, and a 100% response is requested. To those
in the second group I ask that you follow through with your comments as
soon as you can. Views expressed by members reveal their level of
interest in different aspects of our organization and publications. A
follow-up analysis will be made of the additional information received.
In the event a member no longer wishes to participate, please let me
know. Sharing information about the PEERY name, and helping one another
to resolve research problems is our main purpose.
Update - Peery Database: Much more data has been entered. Fortunately, our
published resources are extensive, requiring time consuming data entry. The
backlog is large. Our goal is to make it the most comprehensive PEERY
database available. Among other things, the database is being coordinated
with information presented in the GENERATIONS series compiled by S. Paul
Peery (Orlando). Differences in spellings, dates, and other data are recorded
in the database in a footnote behind the name. Maintenance is ongoing to make
it an accurate, reliable and "clean" source of information. The Newsletter
provides a forum for open discussion of all matters concerning the
database.
As a courtesy to members, please acknowledge messages received from those
listed in our directory. The directory is being actively used by many of our
members. Some are concerned with confidentiality; others are not. I keep the
latest directory near my computer for ready reference as needed. If your
listing changes for any reason, or is incomplete, please send me the needed
data to bring it up-to-date. It should be correct.
Finally, another dimension has been added that will have a direct affect on
the content of the Newsletter. We now are included in a Home Page under
development on the World Wide Web dedicated to the PEERY surname and related
persons. Construction takes place every day in text only. It is being paired
with the Newsletter, further sharpening the publication's focus.
HOME PAGES OF MEMBERS
World Wide Web (WWW)
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I am pleased to announce that on February 14, 1996, the "Paul D. Peery Home
Page" was begun on the World Wide Web. Construction has been taking place
daily ever since, with the format being reshaped along the way. It is
dedicated to and will later be renamed "Peery Family History Home Page,"
or perhaps something shorter like "Peery Home Page," or "Peery Homepage." If
you have a preference, please let me know. In addition to textual information,
carefully selected links are being added. The possibilities for developing
this page are endless. It is completely changing my way of thinking here.
Including the above, five PCO members currently have a Home Page on the
World Wide Web. Changes can occur at any time. Family information is
contained in each one, some more than others. You can access all of them
at the following addresses:
1. Lynn J. Bernhard - Lynn's Home Page (Provo, UT)
http://www.itsnet.com/home/Lynnb/public_html/index.html
2. William J. Clayton - Bill Clayton's Home Page (Tyler, TX)
http://www.gower.net/bclayton/
3. Tyler J. Jarvis - Tyler's Home Page (Mississippi State, MS)
http://www2.MsState.edu/~jarvis/index.html
4. Beth E. Peery - Beth's Home Page (Hartford, CT)
http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~bpeery/
5. Paul D. Peery - Paul D. Peery Home Page (Salt Lake City, UT)
http://www.cc.utah.edu/~pdp7277
Bill Clayton has materially reconstructed his page, focusing on his family
genealogy, which he announced on February 16. Included is a segment on his
Peery line. Using a conversion software program, he added his PAF database to
the page. Much information is available here. Bill is one of two known PCO
members known to have descended from George #1, one of the four brothers who
settled in Augusta County, VA in 1740-42. From Virginia, Bill's ancestors
emigrated to Tennessee to Mississippi to Texas. Mary Peery is our other
member whose husband descends from George #1.
Lynn, Tyler and Beth all have interesting Home Pages. You can learn more
about them by making a visit.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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>>>Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 18:15:10 -0500
From: S. Paul Peery (Orlando, Florida)
Subject: Using "Generations"
To those of you following the article "Generations: Descendants of Thomas
Peery, The Pioneer" and to new members of Peery Cousins On-Line, this is a
reminder:
You can always check the numbers preceding the name to find out who the
parents were. Example: In the Fifth Generation check the number "316" Logan
Howard Peery, now return to the Fourth Generation and look for number "316"
under children and you will see that "316" is the son of 109 James Madison
Peery.
The same procedure is continued back to No. 1 Thomas Peery.
S. Paul Peery, Orlando
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>>>Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 06:56 CST
From: Bill Clayton (Tyler, Texas)
Subject: Re: My home page
. . . .
When I wrote to you before and notified you of my home page on the Internet I
said there was nothing about the PEERY family on it. That has changed!
Since then I have completely rebuilt my home page which is now devoted almost
exclusively to genealogy. I now have three pages of PEERY family history in
narrative form that includes some photos and scans of old newspapers (and I
will be adding to this). I also have my entire PAF data base in hypertext
that can be accessed from my home page. You may find this interesting. Eugene
Stark has written a shareware program called "ged2html" that will convert any
GEDCOM into HTML format. If you want to see a demonstration of this go to my
home page at:
"http://www.gower.net/bclayton/" then click on "My Family Tree."
Bill Clayton
OUR ANCESTRAL VIRGINIA - Part 4
By Steven L. Jamison, Los Altos, California
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Tazewell
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Main Street is the heart of historic Tazewell ... but the heart is failing.
Many of the buildings are in poor repair and some are empty and boarded up.
The sidewalks are cracked and irregular. Even the county courthouse is in
dire need of a good coat of paint. The Chamber of Commerce told us about
renewal plans that would restore some of the town's earlier grandeur, about
repaving and repainting, about brick sidewalks, and even about a street car
... a motorized vehicle on rubber tires rather than the horse-drawn street
car of its past that ran on rails.
Much of the residential area surrounding Main Street retains its former
beauty: elegant old homes meticulously cared for, with charming landscaping
and well-trimmed lawns. The Litz mansion is particularly impressive.
A little further out are newer areas with shopping malls, movie theaters,
gas stations, and fast food eateries. Not much different than what you find
in many parts of the US.
But the people are not typical. When Rita and I find the Historical Society
building closed and turn away disappointed, a lady across the street gives us
a tentative wave. We not only return the wave, but cross to talk to her. We
tell her that my father had been born there as well as my Jamison and Peery
grandparents. She says, "Hi, cousin." Ashley Nuckols is her married name, but
she is a Peery, a descendant of Thomas Peery, who is a brother of our James
Peery.
She escorts us to the Virginia Room of the county library and pulls down
several books she thinks we will be interested in. She is right. She
introduces us to several people in the library ... all relatives of hers and,
she says, relatives of mine also. She walks us around town, indicating points
of interest like the statue of the Confederate soldier in front of the court
house and the monument to William Peery who had given the land for this city
that was to be the site of the county government. All in all, she spent about
two hours with us.
Just a little west of town, we visit the Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer
Park, a museum of a quality worthy of a much larger city, like Richmond or
Roanoke. Artifacts of the area, from prehistoric through the Civil War era
are attractively displayed. I buy a couple of books from Nancy Banes Peery,
another cousin, who is on duty at the museum.
The adjacent Pioneer Park gave me a real sense of life in the early days.
It contains thirteen historic log and stone building furnished to reflect
the period of about 1830. The cabin on the far right was built about 1805
and recently moved to this park. It had belonged to Major David Peery.
The following day, we spend several hours in the Tazewell County Library
and Court House. There is much information here on the Peerys and almost
nothing on the Jamisons. All of William Hardy Jamison's ancestors had, for
three generations, lived in Washington County. Although William Hardy
raised a large family in Burke's Garden, all of them eventually left
Tazewell County for Cache Valley, Utah. The Peerys, however, were and still
are, one of the fine families of Tazewell County, Virginia.
If you are interested in seeing what Tazewell County looks like, see
the upcoming Lassie movie. It was filmed almost exclusively in Tazewell
County. But for Rita and me, we have our own pictures and our remembrances.
They provide the stage on which my, and your, ancestors lived and died.
Now, I understand them better. And with that understanding comes added
appreciation for them and for our heritage.
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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 11
FIFTH GENERATION
(Continued from Issue 2-3)
367. Evans Shelby Peery was born on 28-Dec-1849.
He married Jane Kelly.
369. Walter Neill Peery was born on 28-Nov- 1853. He was a lawyer and a
farmer in Grubbtown, Gentry Co., Missouri.
Married Alice Rosannah Mitchell on 19-Aug-1879. She was born on
03-Feb-1857.
They had the following children:
638. i. Catherine Rebecca Peery was born on 28-May-1880 and died
10-Feb-1884.
639. ii. Alice Neill Peery was born on 04-Feb-1882.
640. iii. Willie Vest Peery was born on 17-Apr-1885
641. iv. Thompson McCammon Peery was born on 03-Feb-1887 and died on
28- Mar-1887.
642. v. Walter Porter Peery was born on 3-Mar-1888.
643. vi. William Homer Peery was born on 2-Sep-1890.
644. vii. Flora Amelia Peery was born 26-Jun- 1892
Had a daughter (unnamed) who was born on 10-Feb-1884 and died the same
day.
Had a son (unnamed) who was born on 28-Nov-1894 and died 07-Dec-1894.
370. Sarah Elizabeth Peery was born on 13-Jan-1856.
She married William Dowell.
371. Steven D. Peery was born on 13-Nov-1857.
He married Sarah Emery.
372. Robert L. Peery was born on 20-Aug-1860.
He married Malissa Elvia Arney on 07-Mar-1890. She was born on
22-Oct-1872.
They had the following children:
645. i. Basheba Ellen Peery was born on 10-Oct-1891.
646. ii. Bertha Alice Peery was born on 24-Mar-1893.
647. iii. Annie Elizabeth Peery was born on 24-Dec-1894.
375. Jessie V. Peery was born on 17-Jan-1866.
She married Samuel Hill.
376. Bathshera Harrison Peery was born on 16-Mar-1869 in Grundy Co.,
Missouri.
She married Porter Allen Thompson on 06-Nov-1894. He was born on
15-Aug-1867. They resided in Limon and Denver, Colo. He was one of
the largest individual cattle and land owners in the state.
377. Willa May Peery was born on 24-May-1872 in Grundy Co., Missouri.
She married Columbus Thompson. They resided in Brimson, Daviess Co.,
Missouri in 1918. He was a farmer and had large land holdings in
Daviess Co. and Grundy Co., Missouri.
381. George Evans Peery was born on 20-Dec-____.
He married Nettie Gilmore.
383. Charles Smith Peery was born on 29-Aug-1868.
He was a lawyer and resided in San Francisco, Calif.
He married Carrie Royal.
384. Alanzo Thomas Peery was born on 19-Oct-1870. He was a steam engineer
on Angel Island, San Francisco, Calif.
He married Bertha Augusta Handy who was born on 2-Jun-1884.
They had the following children:
648. i. Norman Evans Peery was born on 07-Aug-1907.
649. ii. Victor Earle Peery was born on 04-Dec-1910.
650. iii. Warren Neill Peery was born on 30-Mar-1914.
388. Herbert Peery was born on 23-Sep-1866 in Trenton, Grundy Co., Missouri.
He was a lawyer and a farmer. He resided in Los Angeles, Calif.
He married Moira Maud Park on 27-Apr-1910.
They had the following children:
651. i. Virginia Patricia Peery was born on 11-Jun-1912.
652. ii. Neill Park Peery was born on 12-Dec-1916.
389. Nelly Peery was born on 10-Oct-1868.
She married Valmah T. Price who was born on 11-Oct-1867 in
Elkador, Iowa.
396. Ollie Peery was born on 19-Mar-1856 and died on 09-Feb-1897.
She married Bascom Miller.
397. Elden Pierce Peery was born on 20-Feb-1858 in Andrew Co.,
Missouri and died on 30-Aug-1919 in Atchison Co., Kansas. After
retirement, he lived in Atchinson, Kansas.
He married Ettie Davison on 20-Feb-1895. She was born on
19-Jul-1875 in Huron, Kansas.
They had the following children:
653. i. Ruby Ethel Peery was born on 15-Dec-1895.
654. ii. Edwin Howard Peery was born on 20-Dec-1897.
655. iii. Walter Henry Peery was born on 06-Sep-1899.
656. iv. Margaret Odesse Peery was born 26-Sep-1902.
657. v. Donald Eugene Peery was born on 31-Oct-1906.
398. Edwin Howe Peery was born on 27-Jul-1856 in Grundy Co., Missouri and
died on 12-May-1908 in Missouri.
He was a lawyer and studied law at the University of Missouri,
George Washington University in Washington D.C. In 1907 he went to
Cuba and was made an assistant attorney to Brig. General Enoch H.
Crowder. He spent two years in Cuba.
He took a deep interest in Genealogy and worked on the Peery Family
Tree.
He married Patti Anderson Yates on 26-Dec-1900. She was born on
09-Nov-1866 in Madison Co., Ky. and died on 12-May-1908 in Madison
Co., Ky. She was the daughter of Anderson and Malinda Harris Yates
of Trenton, Missouri.
399. Leslie Thomas Peery was born on 14-Mar-1859 in Grundy Co., Missouri.
In 1888, he moved to Portland, Oregon and engaged in real estate. He
served as a city councilman of Portland and in other public capacities
and was prominent in political affairs of that city.
He married Emma J. Witten on 27-Oct-1881. She was born on 19-Oct-1861
in Grundy Co., Missouri.
They had the following children:
658. i. Howe Peery
659. ii. Leslie Peery
400. Lura Bell Peery was born on 04-Dec-1863.
She married Trusten Polk Peery who was born on 19-Dec-1857 in Grundy
Co., Missouri.
They had the following children:
634. i. George Thompson Peery
404. Samuel Cecil Peery was born on 05-Apr-1856 and died on 28-Jun-1896 in
Tazewell Co.
He married May Martin.
They had the following children:
660. i. Jane Byrd Peery<
661. ii. Samuel Cecil Peery, Jr.
He also married "Nellie" Guildersleeve on 16-Sep-1896 in Tazewell Co.
They had the following children:
662. i. Robert E. Lee Peery
663. ii. Edward George Peery
664. iii. Woodrow Wilson Peery
665. iv. Virginia Robinson Peery was born on 02-Sep-1899.
She was one of the first ladies to vote under the
"Equal Suffrage Admendment" of 1919/1920.
She cast her vote in North Tazewell, Va.
666. v. Katherine Cecil Peery
667. vi. Louise Gildersleeve Peery
405. Thomas Ritchie Peery, Dr. was born on 16-Mar-1859 and died on
17-Aug-1895.
He married Mary Young in Mar. 1882.
They had the following children:
668. i. Thomas Ritchie Peery, Jr. was born on 10-May-1861.
406. William Edward Peery, Jr. was born 10-May-1861.
He married Josephine Newberry on 16-Nov-1881.
She inherited a portion of her father's estate in Bland Co.
They had the following children:
669. i. Edward C. Peery
670. ii. Katherine Cecil Peery
671. iii. Mary McDonald Peery
672. iv. Josephine Augusta Peery. Died in infancy.
673. v. Samuel Cecil Peery
674. vi. John I. Walton Peery
675. vii. Andrew McDonald Peery was born on 20-Jul-1889.
He enlisted for service in World War 1 at Lehigh
University, Pa. He was discharged on 06-Jan-1919.
676. viii. William Edward Peery III was born on 06-Jul-1891.
He died in an army camp 05-Oct-1918. He had enlisted
at the University of Virginia.
677. ix. Thomas Albert Peery was born on 06-Jul-1891.
He entered service 16-Jul-1918. Trained at Camp
Humphrey. He was discharged 06-Jan-1919.
407. Andrew McDonald Peery was born on 04-Dec-1865 and died on 05-Jun-1906.
He was a farmer. He was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates
for the term of 1893 to 1895.
He married Sallie May Guildersleeve on 15-Jun-1904 in Tazewell Co.
The ceremony was performed by Charles R. Brown. Both were single at
time of marriage.
They had the following children:
678. i. Eleanor Josephine Peery. She died on 22-Mar-1922.
409. Annie Louise Peery was born on 06-Aug-1871.
She married George Alexander Martin on 01-Apr-1891 in Tazewell Co.
He was born in Richmond, Va. He was a lawyer. He died in 1908.
416. Thomas Charles Peery was born in 1815 and died 01-Mar-1882
in Audrain Co., Missouri (Little Bee Creek near Mexico,. Mo.)
He was a farmer and a mechanic.
He married Narcissa Canterbury.
They had the following children:
679. i. John Franklin Peery
680. ii. Robert H. Peery
681. iii. Thomas Peery
682. iv. George W. Peery
(End of Second Portion of Fifth Generation)
OBITUARIES
Alexander Townsend Peery (1879-1939)
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OBITUARY
Webster Progress; Eupora, Mississippi
January 5, 1939
ALEX T. PEERY LAID TO REST
Alexander Townsend Peery, retired banker and civic leader, died at
the family residence here Monday night at 6:45 o'clock, following a sudden
attack of pneumonia. He had been in ill health for about ten years and had
been bed-ridden for two years, invalided as the result of four strokes of
paralysis suffered during the decade.
Prior to his illness, Mr. Peery played an important part in Eupora's
civic, social, religious and business life. Business men regarded him as an
astute banker and his counsel was often sought in the early business activity
which witnessed Eupora's initial recognition as an agricultural trading
center.
He began his business career in Winona where he served as office
deputy under his father, John Peery, who was sheriff of Montgomery county.
Later he was employed by the Bank of Winona from whence he went to the
Grenada Bank at Grenada. In 1905 he was appointed cashier of the Bank of
Eupora and later organized the Merchants & Farmers Bank here serving that
institution as cashier until it was merged with the Bank of Eupora.
Following this, for a number of years he was in the insurance business
here. He served one term as treasurer of Webster county; for a number of
years was on the board of trustees of Eupora schools, and was a member of the
local board of aldermen for four years.
He was a member of Eupora Methodist Church and served many years as
treasurer of the Board of Stewards.
Mr. Peery was born at Stewart March 5, 1879, son of John Peery. His
grandfather was William B. Peery, major of cavalry in the Confederate army
and owner of a large plantation which embraced much of the land lying along
Big Black River in both Webster and Montgomery counties.
Funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock, the Rev. E. G. Mohler, his pastor, conduction, assisted by the
Rev. J. B. Middleton, Baptist pastor. Burial was made in Eupora cemetery.
Survivors in his immediate family are: His widow, Mrs. Clyde Hester
Peery; three daughters, Mrs. Ned Lee, Eupora, Mrs. L. A. Clayton, Eupora, and
Mrs. F. P. McElwrath, Jr., Harlingen, Texas; two sons James Robert Peery,
Eupora, and Allison Peery, Eupora; and one brother, Henry D. Peery of
Eupora.
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Source: William A. Clayton (Tyler, TX) This document also appears in "Bill
Clayton's Home Page": http://www.gower.net/bclayton/ under "My
Family Tree."
TAZEWELL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (TCHS)
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The Tazewell County Historical Society, based in Tazewell, Virginia, is
important as a source of family information for current and former residents,
and those who have genalogical roots there. They publish a quarterly
Newsletter and have a large membership. Several PCO members are also members
of TCHS.
Information about the society, including its officers, mailing address,
and list of its available publications is being added to the Peery web
site at: http://www.cc.utah.edu/~pdp7277
They began distribution in January of their latest book, "Tazewell County,
Virginia Heritage Book, Volume 1 (1995)." The cost is $49.00 delivered,
including postage and handling; $46.00 when picked up in Tazewell.
Reportedly, there are many Peery stories contained in the volume.
PCO NEWSLETTER SCHEDULE
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PEERY COUSINS NEWSLETTER ONLINE
Schedule - First Quarter 1996
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Issue 2-1 Bi-week ended Saturday, Jan 13, 1996
Issue 2-2 Bi-week ended Saturday, Jan 27, 1996
Issue 2-3 Bi-week ended Saturday, Feb 10, 1996
Issue 2-4 Bi-week ended Saturday, Feb 24, 1996
Issue 2-5 Bi-week ended Saturday, Mar 9, 1996
Issue 2-6 Bi-week ended Saturday, Mar 23, 1996
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This schedule also appears under "Peery Cousins Online" in the Paul D. Peery
Home Page on the World Wide Web at: http://www.cc.utah.edu/~pdp7277
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Editor: Paul D. Peery
Contributors: The Clinch Valley News, William A. Clayton, Steven L. Jamison,
Paul D. Peery (SLC), S. Paul Peery (Orlando)
Distribution: Peery Cousins Online; Paul D. Peery Home Page (WWW)
Online Next Issue: Bi-week ended, Sat, Mar 9, 1996 - Vol. 2, No. 5
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