JOHN B. PEFLEY
The Peffley, Peffly, Pefley Families in America, A historical and
genealogical record of the Peffley, Peffly and Pefley families from
1729-1938; Published in 1938, By May Miller Frost and Clarence Earl Frost
Call Number: R929.2 P375
1324--JOHN B. PEFLEY (son of No. 1065 ) married Sept. 4th, 1834, in
Botetourt Co., Va., SARAH (Sally) MANGUS, born Dec. 10th, 1816,
Botetourt Co., Va., died Oct. 7th, 1896, Ladoga, Ind. (dau. of GEORGE
and SUSAN (Graybill) MANGUS, see No. 520). Both are
buried in the John
B. Pefley private cemetery on his old homestead, east
of
Issue: All born near Ladoga.
1--DANIEL PEFLEY, b. 6-24-1838, d. 4-9- 1883.
2--ISAAC PEFLEY, b. 12-14-1839, d. 5-12-1900.
3--DAVID FRANKLIN PEFLEY, b. 7-30-1841, d. 4- 24-1919.
4--ANNA PEFLEY, b. 9-28-1843, d. 6-28-1933.
5--SAMUEL T. PEFLEY, b. 3-26-1845, d. 1931.
6--GEORGE MANGUS PEFLEY, b. 12-9-1846, d. 1-20- 1935, Parsons,
7--MARY FRANCES PEFLEY, b. 11-1-1848, d. 7-29- 1851.
8--ESTHER ELLEN PEFLEY, b. 11-18-1851, d. 4-17- 1870. From an interview
with John B. Pefley, by Howard Henry Keim, of
his diary, Aug. 20th, 1901.
"We moved to Mont. Co.,
road in wagons from Salem, Botetourt Co.,
two horse wagon, and a one horse 'carryall' comprised the train. 'Rock,'
lead horse in the four horse wagon, and 'Fox' a mare, were my first
team. We came on the
mud-holes. We went through where Wallace Peffley's
house now stands.
Dave Fisher lived on what was later the McCreary place in a log cabin.
He was my brother-in-law. McCreary came next spring and bought the
homestead. My brother Samuel came here a year before us. Joseph Stover
was another brother-in- law. He died in
"My 160 acre farm was in the woods with a 'deadenin'
of 20 odd acres and
a log cabin sixteen by sixteen feet, one room, made of split poplar
logs. We built a story and a half house of logs with two rooms a few
years later. We built the brick house in 1845. My wife and I lived
together sixty-two years, one month, three days till Sally died Oct.
7th, 1896."
BECKWITH'S HISTORY OF MONT.
B. Pefley's father and mother and his own family.
John B. made two trips back to
and again to bring some relatives back.
Some of the oldest Pefleys living remember him as a
devout 'Dunkard,' an
impressive figure as he drove his fine team of blacks to church.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harshbarger, the former a grandson
of John B., owned
his white wedding vest, made for him by his mother.
Not sure which child this is of Claude's but i
think it is this one.
*John B. Pefley*
Submitter: Brooke Mercedes <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 15
Jul 2001
Surnames: Pefley, Harshbarger,
Mangus, Stover Classification: Obituary
THE GRIM REAPER HAS CLAIMED SIX VICTIMS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS COUNTY
THREE ARE OLD SETTLERS
One Each for Clark, Ripley and Wayne, All of Them Well and Favorably Known.
(John B. Pefley)
John B. Peffley (sic), a nonagenarian, died at 5
o'clock this morning at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs. William Harshbarger,
three miles
east of Ladoga, of senility. He had passed the ninety-one mile post in
his life's journey, having been born in Boneparte county,
He came to this county with his parents and has ever since lived in its
limits. He married Mrs. Sallie Mangus September 4,
1834. One daughter,
Mrs. William Harshbarger and three sons, David Peffley, of Ladoga;
George Peffley, of
united with the
enough to see his children's children of the fourth generation. The
funeral ceremony will take place at the residence of William Harshbarger
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and will be in charge of Rev. Ezra
Gonhorn and Rev. Samuel Stover. His remains will be
laid to rest in the
family Cemetery. (The article continues with the other deaths.)
--Crawfordsville Daily Journal (IN), Saturday, 24 September 1904
--
Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG
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