EDGAR PEAVEY LETTER
to
Hallie June Peavey


November 25, 1966
Adrian, Michigan

Dear June,

In my last letter I told you that I would have a day off from work and I was going record �hunting. First I went to the cemetery office, then to the Library and then the last place I went was the Court House. This is the information that I came up with in regards to Moses Peavey. Moses F. Peavey was born May 5, 1824 in the State of New Hampshire. There was no city or town given on any of the records. Moses father�s name was �(John)- Peavey but they listed his Mother�s last name only, it was York before she married John Peavey. I took it to be his mothers name although his wife was still living at the time of his death. Here is what the 1900 edition of the Adrian paper had to say about Moses death:

Death of Moses F Peavey an old and respected citizen succumbs to Grip.
After a brief illness Moses F. Peavey passed away at 3:13 O�clock this
morning at the home of his son, Alsponso on West Maumec Street. Though
he had been failing for some time, he was confined to his bed but a trifle over
two days. The direct cause was Grip.

Mr Peavey was born in New Hampshire May 5, 1824 being at the time of his
death 76th year. He move to this city in 1858 residing on Greenly Street. For
many years he was employ of James Berry, who conducted a lumber yard here.
In the early sixties he was a member of the fire department. being connected
with the hook and ladder truck. In 1873 he moved to Kansas, settling
near Wichita, where he remained until the fall of 1889 when he came back
to Adrian.

He is survived by a wife and six children as follows: Alonzo H, Mrs C Huff,
Charles F, Alphonso of Adrian, Thurston of Wichita Kansas and George
of Ann Arbor.

Mr Peavey was a man of excellent traits, and a kind husband and father and
will be greatly missed. The funeral from the house,
Monday afternoon at 1:30 standard.

The lady at the library said that I would be very lucky if I found his death in the paper because in those days they put in the paper only the more prominent people. So Moses must have been considered as one. At the grave side they have his middle initial given as T, but this is not correct it is F. The next time I am in town I am going back to the library and see what the Adrian paper had to say about Alonzo. I am puzzled to where Moses wife is buried. Anyway June, this puts my branch of the family right back to the State of New Hampshire, where you are with your branch of the family tree.

So with John the father of Moses this most likely will turn out to be also the father of David, Joseph and Steven. I am almost sure that I am right in my thinking from what I have learned so far. Adding to all the things that you have told me and from what I am finding out the Peaveys were great for naming one person after another. You say that David was born 1812 this may makes him the oldest of the brothers and Moses the youngest.

The Adrian papers are filmed and they are in rolls, there are two rolls to cover the year of 1900. They go back for over 100 years. This brings you up to date as far as I can go. I would like to tell you that we also came across a County Atlas that was published in 1915. O yes they put the rolls in a machine that you turn on the light and turn it by hand. Everything is real clear.

I will bring this letter to a close.

Much love from Edgar or Ed



P. S.
Our family is all fine and I hope yours is the same, also I hope you and your family had a Happy Thanksgiving.

Transcribed by Joan Carlson for
PV New England site 2005
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