GEORGE CHESLEY PEAVEY

BIRTH: 16 Jan 1815 in Barnstead, Belknap County, New Hampshire.
DEATH: 05 May 1876 in Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire
FATHER: PEAVEY, Hudson - BIRTH: 17 Aug 1779 in Barnstead, Belknap County, New Hampshire.
MOTHER: PITMAN, Hannah - BIRTH: 17 Jun 1779 in Barnstead, Belknap County, New Hampshire.

MARRIAGE: 5 Oct 1858 � TEBBETS, Sarah Chase � in Strafford County, New Hampshire
BIRTH: 7 Mar 1833 in Parsonsfield, York County, Maine
Death: 1880 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire

CHILDREN:

1. PEAVEY, Annie S. - Birth: 25 Aug 1862 in Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshirea

2. PEAVEY, Lillian Bell �Lily� - Birth: 25 Aug 1862 in Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire.

Occupation: He practiced law, was president of an academy, and was a state senator.

NOTES:
The journal of Enoch Place states that he visited George C. Peavey on Saturday 5 June 1847 at the home of his father Hudson Peavey Esquire. George had a very impressive business as an attorney are Law in Exeter. Then he had an accident which caused him to have a lameness in his back after which he had been laid up for 10 months .

Other records describe the strength of character of George as he continued to work after his accident despite a great deal of pain and very poor eye site. His accomplishments would have been worthy of a strong healthy person which made them even more admirable as he had to overcome much in order to live a productive life.

Friday, February 1, 1861, Enoch Place brought Sister Tebbets, widow of the late Judge Tebbets to see her sick daughter, the wife of George C. Peavey Esquire.

George C. Peavey - Biography from BELL's History of Exeter.

SOURCES:

1. Journal of Rev. Enoch Place

2. Peavey_Family.GED compiled by Mark & HarrietKulow

3. Marriage: from the notebook of Rev. James M. Palmer who married Geroge C. Peavey & Sarah C. Tebbets in the Congregational Church in Rochester.

4. "History of Sanborton" by Rev. M. T. Runnels: Information on George's wife and children.

5. "BELL'S History of Exeter"

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