Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Trimble Co. ROBERT F. PEAK, county attorney of Trimble County, was born in Bedford, March 7, 1859, and is the second son of W. F. and Margaret (Willett) Peak, natives, respectively, of Trimble County, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio. His grandfather, Thomas Peak, was born in Scott County, Ky., in 1807, and is still living. Robert F. Peak began the study of medicine in 1878 under Dr. Cary B. Blackburn, entered the medical department of Louisville University in 1878, and was graduated in 1880. He practiced two years in Bedford, but was compelled to abandon the practice on account of ill health, and immediately turned his attention to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in February, 1882, was master commissioner of the circuit court from February, 1882, to October, 1888, and in the latter year was elected county attorney. In November, 1883, he married Miss Sallie P. Cruther, a native of Jessamine County, and has one child living, Carrie. He is a Free Mason, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias, and in politics is a Democrat. Peak Willett Blackburn Cruther = Scott-KY Jessamine-KY OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/trimble/peak.rf.txt