Henry PEFFLEY

 

Transcribed from History of Labette County, Kansas and its
Representative Citizens, ed. & comp. by Hon. Nelson Case.
Pub. by
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill. 1901

Henry PEFFLEY 1811 in Botetourt CO., VIRGINIA, USA
Death: 1889 in Parsons, Labette Co., KS, USA

Father: Henry PEFFLEY b: ABT 1770 in BETHEL TWP., LANCASTER CO.,
PENNSYLVANIA, USA Mother: Susannah BORNDRAGER b: 1772 in Lancaster, PA

Marriage 1 Catherine CATON b: ABT 1825 in USA
Married: BET 1842 AND 1844 in VA, USA

Henry's siblings were born in Botetourt VA See below:
Soloman PEFFLEY b: 10 JAN 1798
Jonathan PEFFLEY b: 23 DEC 1801
Elizabeth PEFFLEY b: BET 1802 AND 1804
Jacob PEFFLEY b: ABT 1807
Susannah PEFFLEY b: 22 JUN 1808
Henry PEFFLEY b: 1811
Salome PEFFLEY b: 15 APR 1818
Lydia PEFFLEY b: 21 JUN 1820
Daniel B. PEFFLEY b: ABT 1822
Catherine PEFFLY b: BET 1804 AND 1807
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This brief bio of Henry states he moved to OH

1049-- HENRY PEFLEY JR., (Son of No. 943) married about 1842
CATHERINE CATON, born 1817, died 1895. Both are buried at Parsons, Kansas.

Henry left home when he was about 18 years old, went to Ohio. One
incident he told his children was of working all one winter for an old
German couple. When he was leaving in the spring the old lady gave him a
pair of wool sox for his
winter's work. Later he enlisted in the U. S. Army. He was discharged in
1842 and married soon after. In 1869 he moved to a farm near Parsons,
Kansas where he became very prosperous. Most of his children lived and
died on this farm.

Issue: All born and died at Parsons, Kansas.

1-- MARY M. PEFLEY, b. 1845, d. 1879.
2-- RACHEL PEFLEY, b. 1847, d. 1932.
3-- HENRY H. PEFLEY, b. 1849, d. 1871.
4-- ARCHIBALD PEFLEY, b. 1851, d. 1932
5-- JAMES T. PEFLEY, b. 1853, d. 1934.

6-- JOSEPH C. PEFLEY, b. 1856, d. 8-11-1936.
7-- ABRAHAM L. PEFLEY, b. 1858, d. 1935.

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Catherine was born in Ohio. Her parents were born in PA
Household Record 1880 United States Census

Henry PEFLEY Self M Male W 69 b c 1809 VA Farmer GER GER
C. R. PEFLEY Wife M Female W 64 b. c 1814 OH PA PA
Racheal J. PEFLEY Dau S Female W 30 IL VA OH
A. B. PEFLEY Son S Male W 28 IL Farmer VA OH
James T. PEFLEY Son S Male W 26 IL Farmer VA OH
Joseph C. PEFLEY Son S Male W 24 IL VA OH
Abraham L. PEFLEY Son S Male W 22 IL VA OH
Otis A. BLACK GSon S Male W 13 IA ME IL
John Howard BLACK GSon S Male W 11 IA ME IL
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Source Information:
Census Place Walton, Labette, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254385
NA Film Number T9-0385
Page Number 484C

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Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG
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