Who was Dennis Peebles?
He was an old Civil War
soldier and a resident of the
Town of Plover who died in 1912
at the age of 84.
Peebles is buried in the
McDill Cemetery, west of
Whiting on County Trunk HH.
Nothing out of the ordinary
there. Many Civil War veterans
lie in the cemeteries of Portage
County, with flags fluttering
over their graves as Memorial
Day approaches.
But Dennis Peebles was
black, and black Civil War
veterans are a rarity in the
cemeteries of Wisconsin.
"Death of Colored Veteran,"
said the headline in the Stevens
Point Journal of Tuesday, June
11, 1912, calling him "perhaps
the only colored resident of
this city," the story said he had
died the day before.
"Those who knew him have
nothing but words of praise as
to his character," said the
newspaper article.
A later article, describing his
funeral, said, "The number in
attendance was very large and
the floral offerings beautiful."
The funeral was held at the
Charles Parkhill residence,
where Peebles had lived for 13
years...
"Everyone respected him
highly,"...
His enlistment form, which
Peebles apparently filled
out himself, says he was born in
Bristol, Vt.*, was a farmer, and
was 36 years old when he joined
the Army at Ft. Ann, N.Y., in
September 1864....
When Dennis Peebles died,
his survivors include his two
daughters, who lived in St.
Paul....
--excerpt from Stevens Point Daily Journal; May 22, 1975
*Possibly Peebles was an
escaped slave who gave Ver-
mont as his birthplace to prove
he was freeborn...
___
According to census and military records, Dennis Peebles was born in 1827 in Bristol, Vermont. He is credited to Bristol in Civil War records. In addition to serving as a teamster in the 1st US CCav he had previously served in the 6th US CInf and the 31st US CInf. --courtesy 47035535
Wife Betsy; children Fanny and Abby.
He was an old Civil War
soldier and a resident of the
Town of Plover who died in 1912
at the age of 84.
Peebles is buried in the
McDill Cemetery, west of
Whiting on County Trunk HH.
Nothing out of the ordinary
there. Many Civil War veterans
lie in the cemeteries of Portage
County, with flags fluttering
over their graves as Memorial
Day approaches.
But Dennis Peebles was
black, and black Civil War
veterans are a rarity in the
cemeteries of Wisconsin.
"Death of Colored Veteran,"
said the headline in the Stevens
Point Journal of Tuesday, June
11, 1912, calling him "perhaps
the only colored resident of
this city," the story said he had
died the day before.
"Those who knew him have
nothing but words of praise as
to his character," said the
newspaper article.
A later article, describing his
funeral, said, "The number in
attendance was very large and
the floral offerings beautiful."
The funeral was held at the
Charles Parkhill residence,
where Peebles had lived for 13
years...
"Everyone respected him
highly,"...
His enlistment form, which
Peebles apparently filled
out himself, says he was born in
Bristol, Vt.*, was a farmer, and
was 36 years old when he joined
the Army at Ft. Ann, N.Y., in
September 1864....
When Dennis Peebles died,
his survivors include his two
daughters, who lived in St.
Paul....
--excerpt from Stevens Point Daily Journal; May 22, 1975
*Possibly Peebles was an
escaped slave who gave Ver-
mont as his birthplace to prove
he was freeborn...
___
According to census and military records, Dennis Peebles was born in 1827 in Bristol, Vermont. He is credited to Bristol in Civil War records. In addition to serving as a teamster in the 1st US CCav he had previously served in the 6th US CInf and the 31st US CInf. --courtesy 47035535
Wife Betsy; children Fanny and Abby.
Who was Dennis Peebles?
He was an old Civil War
soldier and a resident of the
Town of Plover who died in 1912
at the age of 84.
Peebles is buried in the
McDill Cemetery, west of
Whiting on County Trunk HH.
Nothing out of the ordinary
there. Many Civil War veterans
lie in the cemeteries of Portage
County, with flags fluttering
over their graves as Memorial
Day approaches.
But Dennis Peebles was
black, and black Civil War
veterans are a rarity in the
cemeteries of Wisconsin.
"Death of Colored Veteran,"
said the headline in the Stevens
Point Journal of Tuesday, June
11, 1912, calling him "perhaps
the only colored resident of
this city," the story said he had
died the day before.
"Those who knew him have
nothing but words of praise as
to his character," said the
newspaper article.
A later article, describing his
funeral, said, "The number in
attendance was very large and
the floral offerings beautiful."
The funeral was held at the
Charles Parkhill residence,
where Peebles had lived for 13
years...
"Everyone respected him
highly,"...
His enlistment form, which
Peebles apparently filled
out himself, says he was born in
Bristol, Vt.*, was a farmer, and
was 36 years old when he joined
the Army at Ft. Ann, N.Y., in
September 1864....
When Dennis Peebles died,
his survivors include his two
daughters, who lived in St.
Paul....
--excerpt from Stevens Point Daily Journal; May 22, 1975
*Possibly Peebles was an
escaped slave who gave Ver-
mont as his birthplace to prove
he was freeborn...
___
According to census and military records, Dennis Peebles was born in 1827 in Bristol, Vermont. He is credited to Bristol in Civil War records. In addition to serving as a teamster in the 1st US CCav he had previously served in the 6th US CInf and the 31st US CInf. --courtesy 47035535
Wife Betsy; children Fanny and Abby.
He was an old Civil War
soldier and a resident of the
Town of Plover who died in 1912
at the age of 84.
Peebles is buried in the
McDill Cemetery, west of
Whiting on County Trunk HH.
Nothing out of the ordinary
there. Many Civil War veterans
lie in the cemeteries of Portage
County, with flags fluttering
over their graves as Memorial
Day approaches.
But Dennis Peebles was
black, and black Civil War
veterans are a rarity in the
cemeteries of Wisconsin.
"Death of Colored Veteran,"
said the headline in the Stevens
Point Journal of Tuesday, June
11, 1912, calling him "perhaps
the only colored resident of
this city," the story said he had
died the day before.
"Those who knew him have
nothing but words of praise as
to his character," said the
newspaper article.
A later article, describing his
funeral, said, "The number in
attendance was very large and
the floral offerings beautiful."
The funeral was held at the
Charles Parkhill residence,
where Peebles had lived for 13
years...
"Everyone respected him
highly,"...
His enlistment form, which
Peebles apparently filled
out himself, says he was born in
Bristol, Vt.*, was a farmer, and
was 36 years old when he joined
the Army at Ft. Ann, N.Y., in
September 1864....
When Dennis Peebles died,
his survivors include his two
daughters, who lived in St.
Paul....
--excerpt from Stevens Point Daily Journal; May 22, 1975
*Possibly Peebles was an
escaped slave who gave Ver-
mont as his birthplace to prove
he was freeborn...
___
According to census and military records, Dennis Peebles was born in 1827 in Bristol, Vermont. He is credited to Bristol in Civil War records. In addition to serving as a teamster in the 1st US CCav he had previously served in the 6th US CInf and the 31st US CInf. --courtesy 47035535
Wife Betsy; children Fanny and Abby.
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