Marriage #1
Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950

James E Peek married Jennie C Brent Mar 05 1925 in Davidson CO TN - Divorced before 1940)

Marriage #2
Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002

J E Peek, age 43, married Ethel Perry Davenport, age 28 Apr 29 1939 in Williamson CO TN
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James Elmer Peek, 54 of Paragon Mill's rd. died yesterday in General hospital. Funeral Services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the New Hope Baptist church in Hermitage, Tenn.
The Rev. E. L. Miller will officiate, assisted by the Rev. W. P. Young. Burial will be in New Hope cemetery.
Mr. Peek died after a long Illness.
A Native of Hermitage, he was the son of Mrs. Georgia Benson Peek of Hermitage, and the late Tom Peek. He was educated there and at the Montgomery Bell academy in Nashville.
He entered the dairy business in Davidson county after being an employee of the Standard Oil Co. for 15 years.
He was a member of the Mill Creek Baptist church, and a veteran of World War I.
Other survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ethel Peek, Nashville; four sons, Jerry, of Antioch, Tenn, and James, Tom, and Bob of Nashville; two daughters Shirley Peek, Antioch, and Martha Peek, Nashville; a step-daughter, Mrs. Walter Ward, and a stepson; James Davenport, both of Nashville; four sisters, Mrs. A. L. Jerdan, Knoxville, Mrs. J. T. Sullivan, Hermitage, Mrs. Russell Donegan, Madison, Tenn, and Mrs. J. B. Goode Jr., Hermitage; and three brothers, W. P. Peek, Donelson, Tenn, T. H. and G. C. Peek, Hermitage.

The Tennessean Wed Jan 11 1950


Martha, James, Robert and Tom are sons of James Peek's first wife Jennie C Brent Peek
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Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958

Name: James Elmer Peek
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1895
Birth Place: Tennessee
Martial Status: Married
Age: 54
Death Date: 10 Jan 1950
Death Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
Father's Name:T A Peek
Mother's Name:Georgia E Benson
Occupation: Dairyman
Cemetery: New Hope
Informant: Mrs. J.T. Sullivan
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963

Name: James E Peek
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1896
Death Date: 10 Jan 1950
Cemetery: New Hope Church Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Hermitage, Tennessee
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1900 Dist 4 Davidson CO TN, Confederate Soldiers Home, Thomaas Peck(sp), age 23 *Margie, age 22, James E, age 4, Thomas H(Hilton), age 2, William P(Perry), age 8 mo. Married 5 years, 3 children born, 3 children living. Thomas is a farmer. *Image shows Georgie, but hard to read unless you know.
1910 Dist 4 Davidson CO TN, Thomas I Peek, age 34, Georgie E, age 32, James E, age 14, Hilton T, age 12, Perry W, age 10, Guy C, age 6, Margaret H, age 4,* Myra, age 1. Married 15 years, 7 children born, 6 children living.
1920 Dist 4 Davidson CO TN, Thomas A Park(sp), age 44, Georgia E, age 42, James E, page 24, Thomas H, age 22, William P, age 19, Guy, age 16, Margrett, age 13, Mirano, age 11, Ivy B, age 6, Nina, age 4

Sister, Myra Peek, married Buford F Taylor, married Russell Donegan (Signed Delayed Birth Cert, May 1953 as Myra P Donegan)Myra Taylor 1930- 1940 Census. Myra Donegan died Nov 28 1981 in Davidson CO TN
Sister, Ivy Peek, married Arlandus Leon Jerdan Dec 1941 in Morgan AL - Marriage record give Jordan as name, names her father and mother. Ivye P Jerdan died Apr 26 1993 in Davidson CO TN Widow (SSI - names Parents-marriage record - Tenn Death Index)
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1930 Dist 3 Davidson CO TN, James E Peek, age 34, Jennie B, age 25, Martha L, age 2. James is a dairyman for dairy farm
1940 Davidson CO TN, James E Peek, age 44, Ethel, age 29, Grace Lee Davenport, step-daughter, age 8, James G. Davenport, step-son, age 7. James Peek is distributor for dairy products.

First wife and children
1940, Jennie Peak(sp), head, divorced, age 35, Martha, age 12, James, age 7, Robert, age 6, Tom, age 2. Jennie is a stenographer for medicine co.