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James H Peery

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James H Peery

Birth
Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Death
11 Jul 1888 (aged 61)
Nemaha County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Peru, Nemaha County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Section-1 Plot-48
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Father: James Peery
Mother: Martha Mattie Brown

Married: Dec. 18, 1849
Wife: Elizabeth Jane Fudge

Known children: Martha, James, Emara, Mary J., Charles, Alexander R. and Henry E. Peery.

EX-JUDGE J. H. PEERY, farmer, P. O. Brownville, was born in 1825, in Tazewell County, VA. His father, James Peery, distinguished himself in the war of 1812, as Colonel of a Virginia regiment; his son, our subject, was elected Sheriff of Tazewell County when nineteen years of age; joining the State Militia, he rose to the rank of Colonel. In 1859, he removed to Gentry County, Mo., and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1863, removed to Buchanan County, Mo.; came from there to his present 300-acre farm in 1870; was a delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1875, served as County Commissioner from 1876 to 1879; he is Independent in politics, and is a member, with his wife, of the Protestant Methodist Church. He married Elizabeth Fudge, a native of Virginia, by whom he has five children, Martha, James and Mary, born in Virginia, Alexander and Henry, born in Missouri.

Bio found on the following web-site:
http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/nemaha/nemaha-p10.html
Father: James Peery
Mother: Martha Mattie Brown

Married: Dec. 18, 1849
Wife: Elizabeth Jane Fudge

Known children: Martha, James, Emara, Mary J., Charles, Alexander R. and Henry E. Peery.

EX-JUDGE J. H. PEERY, farmer, P. O. Brownville, was born in 1825, in Tazewell County, VA. His father, James Peery, distinguished himself in the war of 1812, as Colonel of a Virginia regiment; his son, our subject, was elected Sheriff of Tazewell County when nineteen years of age; joining the State Militia, he rose to the rank of Colonel. In 1859, he removed to Gentry County, Mo., and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1863, removed to Buchanan County, Mo.; came from there to his present 300-acre farm in 1870; was a delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1875, served as County Commissioner from 1876 to 1879; he is Independent in politics, and is a member, with his wife, of the Protestant Methodist Church. He married Elizabeth Fudge, a native of Virginia, by whom he has five children, Martha, James and Mary, born in Virginia, Alexander and Henry, born in Missouri.

Bio found on the following web-site:
http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/nemaha/nemaha-p10.html

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