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

POSSIBLE ADDITIONS TO BIO

James H Peery was born on 26 Nov 1826 in Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia to James Peery and Martha Mattie Brown Peery.[1]

On 18 Dec 1849 he married Elizabeth Jane Fudge in Tazewell County, Virginia.[2]

They had seven children.

In 1859 they moved to Gentry County, Missouri.[3]

James died on 11Jul 1888 in London, Nemaha, Nebraska and is buried in the London Cemetery there.[4]

Sources

1.     ↑ U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 for James H Peery

2.     ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for James H Peery

3.     ↑ Andreas, A.T., History of the State of Nebraska, (Chicago, Illinois, The Western Historical Company, 1882), Accessed at Nemaha Valley Genealogical Society 23 Sep 2019 - actual book

4.     ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62018726/james_h-peery: accessed March 29, 2024), memorial page for James H Peery (26 Nov 1826–11 Jul 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62018726, citing London Cemetery, Peru, Nemaha County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Katwoman76 (contributor 47004275).

·       1850 United States Federal Census for Jas H Pery