CHARLES HIRAM PEAVEY
BIRTH: 3 Apr 1840 in West Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine DEATH: 26 Jan 1915 at Everett Peavey's farm near Clearfield, Taylor County, Iowa BURIAL: Jan 1915 in Oliver Cemetery Monroe, Ringgold County, Iowa FATHER: PEAVEY, David - Birth: 19 May 1812 in Strafford County, New Hampshire MOTHER: SOULE, Lucinda Ann - Birth: 8 Jun 1822 in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine MARRIAGE: 30 Jun 1861 - Sarah Ann MESSER in Oakland, Kennebec County, Maine Birth: 14 Feb 1847 in Oakland, Kennebec County, Maine CHILDREN: 1. Alice Frances PEAVEY - Birth: 8 Mar 1862 in West Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine 2. Mary PEAVEY - Birth: 20 Nov 1864 in West Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine 3. Everett Wesley PEAVEY - Birth: 3 Oct 1866 in Oakland, Kennebec County, Maine 4. Arthur L. PEAVEY - Birth: 20 Jun 1868 in West Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine |
Charles Hiram Peavey migrated from Maine to Missouri (according to the 1880 Mo. Census). He then left there and went to Iowa. They homesteaded in Nebraska and built their sod house. When their required time was finished, they sold their place and went to Iowa. According to the 1900 Iowa Census he was living in Union County, Iowa. At the time of his death he was living in a little house beside his son, Everett's farm house in Clearfield, Taylor County, Iowa. |
SOURCES: Census: 1880 Washington, Mercer County, Missouri Page 147D: Charles H. (40) is listed with his wife Sarah A. (35), and their children. Hallie June Peavey Patterson - Great Granddaughter of Charles Hiram Peavey. |