On This Day : January 15

1713: Sarah WAITE born.  Sarah was the daughter of Peter WAITE and Sarah PIERCE.


1714: Benjamin BEESON born in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Benjamin was the son of Richard BEESON and Charity GRUBB.


1725: Simeon CRANDALL born.  Simeon was the son of Joseph CRANDALL and Ann LANGWORTHY.


1734: Pieter GROENENDYKE married Margaritta VAN IVEREN in Albany, New York.  Pieter was the son of Johannes GROENENDYKE and Delia CUYLER.


1777: Experience DAVIS married Hezekiah WEST.  Experience was the daughter of John DAVIS and Bethia ROGERS.


1778: Sarah HUNT married Nathan HARLAN.  Sarah was the daughter of Nathan HUNT and Martha RUCKMAN.


1786: Rhoda MOULTON born.  Rhoda was the daughter of John MOULTON and Avis HURLBUT.


1816: Hannah LEMASTERS born in Champaign County, Ohio.  Hannah was the daughter of Jacob LEMASTERS and Hannah ________.


1829: James CHEW married Nancy T. MILLION in St. Clair County, Illinois.  James was the son of Andrew CHEW and Anna Marie BARTHUS.


1832: Mary FAULKNER born.  Mary was the daughter of Solomon FAULKNER and Ruth BEALS.


1836: Anne Marie Louise Charlotte BOLLING born.  Anne was the daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm BOLLING and Anna Marie Louise KAHRE.


1846: Heinrich WEHRLY died in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.  Heinrich was the son of Heinrich WEHRLY and Catherine MOSER.  He was my 4x great-grandfather.


1849: Lydia MOULTON born in Bureau County, Illinois.  Lydia was the daughter of Albert MOULTON and Emeline PHILBRICK.


1849: Daniel FREEZE died.  Daniel was the son of John FRIES and Elizabeth PENCE.


1893: Sarah RICHARDS married Frederick Thomas MUSSELL.  Sarah was the daughter of John Thomas RICHARDS and Mary Jane CROCKETT.


1896: Gerald Walker LeMASTER born in Jay County, Indiana.  He was the son of Luman Cooper LeMASTERS and Barbara Isabel WEHRLY.


1901: William H. WOODS born.  William was the son of William Richard WOODS and Elizabeth Jane HILL.


1903: Percy Charles FULLER married Elle Belle DOLLAHAN in Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois.  Percy was the son of Torrence Illiff FULLER and Nettie Belle STOUT.


1916: Mary Jane KIMBLE died in Jay County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of David SHERRICK and Susan JACOBS.  She was my 2x great-grandmother.


1918: George PEOPLES died in Culver, Marshall County, Indiana.  George was the son of Hugh Allen Ballentine PEOPLES and Patsey FISHER.  He was Eileen's 2x great-grandfather.


1994: Frances Jean BRACEY died in High Shoals, Georgia.  Frances was the daughter of Malcolm Watkins SMITH and Virginia Margaret ROLFE.

Surname Saturday: Peeples

The PEEPLES surname is Eileen's maternal line.  Sometimes the name is spelled as PEOPLES.  The origins of the surname are unknown.

Stories and History:

Ahnentafel # 13: Sarah May PEEPLES (1870-1932).  Sarah was born May 3, 1870 in Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana.  She married Albert Duffey PEFLEY on October 9, 1898 in Culver, Marshall County, Indiana.  Albert was born January 12, 1867 in Wabash County, Indiana.  They had 4 chldren. They lived in Lagro Township, Wabash County, Indiana.  Sarah died April 4, 1932 in Argos, Marshall County, Indiana.

Ahnentafel # 26: George PEEPLES (1836-1918).  George was born September 24, 1836 in Miami County, Indiana.  He married Katherine McMILLEN on October 22, 1867.  George served in the Civil War.  They had 5 children.  They lived in Union Township, Marshall County, Indiana.  George died January 15, 1918 in Culver, Marshall County, Indiana.

Ahnentafel # 52: Hugh A.B. PEEPLES.  Hugh married Patsey FISHER.  

Related blog posts:

• Obituary: George Peeples (1836-1918) 

• Obituary: Sarah May (Peoples) Pefley (1870-1932) 

Obituary: Sarah May (Peoples) Pefley (1870-1932)

Source : Culver Citizen, Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, Wednesday, April 6, 1932, page 1.

Mrs. Sarah Pelfey Passes Away From Heart Attack

A second heart attack proved fatal to Mrs. Sarah Pefley, who passed away Monday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harry Dillon, near Argos. She was 61 years of age. She had been ill for several months. Mrs. Pefley had lived in Culver for about seven years, but this winter had made her home with Mrs. Dillon. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Harry Dillon and Mrs. Henry Speyer of Culver; three sons, one daughter, and many other relatives. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Culver M.E. Church, Rev. V. B. Servies officiating, assisted by Rev. W.B. Warringer. Interment will be in the Washington cemetery.

Source: Culver Citizen, Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, Wednesday, April 13, 1932, page 6.

Mrs. Sarah Pefley

Sarah May Peoples, eldest daughter of Geo. and Kathryn Peoples, was born May 3, 1870, on a farm near Maxinkuckee where she grew to womanhood. She joined the Christian Church there in the winter of 1888. She was married to Albert Pefley October 9, 1898. To this union were born four children, Lowell Leslie, Myra Christina, Homer Hanley and Sherman Stewart. She united with the Culver Methodist Church some six years ago. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. H.M. Speyer and Mrs. H.A. Dillon of near Argos, and a host of friends in this community.

These obituaries were provided by The Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver, Indiana to my mother in law. Sarah was her grandmother. The surname has been found to be spelled alternatively as Peeples in some records.

James McMillen household - Marshall Co., IN

The James McMILLEN household was enumerated in the 1850 census of Marshall Co., IN. James was my wife's maternal third great grandfather.

James was listed as 39 year old farmer, born in New York, with a real estate value of $500. His wife, Julia, was also 39 years old, but was born in Ireland. Their children were listed as being born in three different states. Millan, aged 10, James, aged 8, and William H., aged 6 were all born in Ohio. Richard, aged 3, was born in Michigan; and daughter Catherine, aged 1 was born in Indiana.

James McMILLEN b. ca. 1811 New York, d. after 1880 census, m. before 1840 to Julia ________. Julia b. ca. 1811 Ireland, d. after 1880 census.

Known children of James and Julia (_________) McMILLEN :
i. Millan McMILLEN b. ca. 1840 Ohio
ii. James McMILLEN b. ca. 1842 Ohio
iii. William H. McMILLEN b. ca. 1844 Ohio
iv. Richard McMILLEN b. ca. 1847 Michigan
v. Catherine McMILLEN b. ca. 1849 Indiana, m. George PEOPLES

Peoples v. Stanley - Indiana Supreme Court May Term 1855

May Term, 1855 : Peoples v. Stanley

Bill in chancery under the R.S. 1843. Some of the defendants were notified of the pendency of the suit, as non-residents, by publication, and a decree was taken against them by default. No affidavit of their non-residence was made. A guardian ad litem was appointed for other defendants, who were minors, and a decree was taken against them; but it was not shown that they had any notice of the suit, by service of process or otherwise. Held, that the Court had not acquired jurisdiction of the persons of the defendants mentioned, and that the decree against them was, consequently, erroneous. A Court of equity cannot appropriate choses in action of a debtor to the payment of a demand of a creditor.

Monday, June 11. ERROR to the Marshall Circuit Court.

Davison, J. - Stanley, on the 6th of June, 1850, sued Hugh A.B. Peoples, Thomas Skilman, John Fisher, John Jones, Alvin Kite, and Orange Fisher, in chancery, in the Marshall Circuit Court.

The bill states these facts :

Peoples and Skilman, as sureties for Jones and Kite, became indebted to Stanley 600 dollars. Jones, Kite and Skilman were insolvent. Peoples, with intent to defraud Stanley, and evade the payment of said debt, which was then in judgment, placed a certain amount of money in the hands of John Fisher, and directed him to lay it out in canal land, and take the title in his, Fisher's, name. In pursuance of this arrangement, Fisher went to the land office at Logansport, and purchased a quarter-section of land in Marshall county. After this, Peoples, with his family, moved upon said land, improved it, and resided thereon until the month of March, 1850, when he and Fisher left the state, with the avowed intention of going to California. When Fisher bought the land, he obtained a certificate of purchase, which, before he started to California, he assigned to Patsey Peoples, the wife of the said Hugh Peoples, and she, the said Patsey, remained in the occupancy of the land, and also in the possession of personal property belonging to her husband, worth 500 dollars. It appeared that, within a few days after their departure for California, Patsey Peoples died, leaving William, George, Daniel, Mary and Samuel Peoples, her heirs at law, they being minors and the children of the said Hugh and Patsey. These children, by amendment of the bill, were subsequently made defendants. After the death of Patsey, the property left with her was sold by the said Orange Fisher, who, in making the sale thereof, acted without authority, and took notes for the purchase-money, payable to himself at six months. The bill alleges that Hugh A.B. Peoples and John Fisher are non-residents, and prays the appropriation of the notes in the hands of Orange Fisher, and also the above land, to the payment of Stanley's claim, and for general relief, &c.

The record shows that Peoples and John Fisher were notified by publication, and defaulted; though an affidavit of their non-residency does not appear to have been made. It is alleged that the minor defendants answered by guardian ad litem; but it is not shown that they had any notice of the suit, or that any steps, by process or otherwise, were taken to notify them of the proceeding. The other defendants, (except Orange Fisher, who answered,) were served with process, and defaulted.

The Court, upon final hearing, directed the notes taken for the sale of the personal property by Orange Fisher, (which had been brought into Court,) to be collected, and the proceeds to be applied to the payment of Stanley's claim, which was adjudged to be 596 dollars; and for the payment of the balance, if any, after the application of such proceeds, the land was ordered to be sold.

This decree, in our opinion, can not be sustained -

1. Because the notice by publication against Peoples and Fisher does not appear to have been preceded by an affidavit of non-residency. Without such affidavit, we think the notice was insufficient, and, consequently, they were not properly before the Court. A provision of the R.S. 1843, in force at the time of these proceedings, points out the mode in which a non-resident party may be notified of the pendency of a suit, and expressly requires that such notice shall be upon affidavit. R.S. 1843, p. 883.

2. It is not shown that the minor defendants were served with process, or notified of the suit in any mode known to the law. This Court has repeatedly decided that process should be served on infant defendants, in chancery, in the same manner as if they were adults. Hough v. Canby, 8 Blackf. 301 - Robbins v. Robbins, 2 Ind. R. 74.

3. A Court of chancery has no power to appropriate choses in action in payment of a creditor's demand against his debtor, whether such demand be in judgment or otherwise. This point is decided in Shaw v. Aveline, 5 Ind. R 389; and also in Stewart v. English, ante, p. 176.

Per curiam. - The decree is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.

J.B. Niles and W.G. Pomeroy, for the plaintiffs.

Source : Porter, Albert G., official reporter, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Indiana, being an official continuation of Blackford's Reports, with tables of the cases and principal matters., vol. VI - containing the cases from the fifteen day of the November term, 1854, to the end of the May term, 1855, inclusive, and the case of Beebe v. the State, decided at the November term, 1855.; Indianapolis, Indiana, Merrill & Company, Publishers, 1856

Note : This information was located using Google's Book search. Hugh A.B. Peoples was Eileen's 3-great maternal grandfather. Her line is through Hugh's son, George.

Pefley Family Lineage

Here is the latest information I have on Eileen's Pefley family line, starting with her great-grandfather.

Albert Duffey PEFLEY b. January 12, 1867 Wabash Co., IN., d. April 20, 1964 Wabash Co., IN., m. 1897 Plymouth, Marshall Co., IN to Sarah May PEOPLES.

Thomas Jefferson PEFLEY b. May 24, 1840 Preble Co., OH., d. February 9, 1935 Dana, Jackson Co., IN., m. September 17, 1863 in Dora, Wabash Co., IN to Ruth Anne DUFFEY.

Solomon PEFLEY b. January 10, 1798 Botetourt Co., VA., d. June 9, 1879 Wabash Co., IN., m. before 1823 Botetourt Co., VA to Frances ROOF.

Henry PEFLEY b. ca. 1770 Bethel Twp., Lancaster Co., PA., d. 1842 Salem, Roanoke Co., VA., m. 1797 in Botetourt Co., VA to Susannah BORNDRAGAR.

Jacob PEFLEY b. ca. 1724 Germany, d. ca. 1778 Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA., m. ca. 1760 Lancaster Co., PA to Esther ________

Nicholas PEFFLEY b. ca 1700 Germany, d. ca. 1748 Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA., m. Barbara BARN

Today in my database : Ruth Anne Duffey (b. November 17, 1847)

Today's featured relative in my database is my wife's maternal 2nd-great grandmother, Ruth Anne Duffey.

Ruth was born November 17, 1847 in Logan, Hocking Co., OH, the daughter of Daniel and Susanna (Freese) Duffey. Ruth married on September 17, 1863 in Dora, Wabash Co., IN to Thomas Jefferson Pefley, son of Solomon and Francis (Roof) Pefley. Thomas was born May 24, 1840 in Eaton, Preble Co., OH and died February 9, 1935 in Dana, Jackson Co., IN. Ruth died January 9, 1942 in Dora, Wabash Co., IN.

Children of Thomas Jefferson and Ruth Anne (Duffey) Pefley are as follows :
i. Sherman John Pefley b. October 17, 1864 Wabash Co., IN, d. May 9, 1962 Wabash Co., IN., m. Rose Tucker
ii. Albert Duffey Pefley b. January 12, 1867 Wabash Co., IN., d. April 20, 1964 Wabash Co., IN., m. Sarah May Peoples
iii. Florence Belle Pefley b. October 16, 1869 Wabash Co., IN., d. 1958 Wabash Co., IN.

My wife descends from Thomas Jefferson and Ruth Anne (Duffey) Pefley through their son, Albert, as follows :
Ruth Anne Duffey and Thomas Jefferson Pefley
Albert Duffey Pefley and Sarah May Peoples (her great-grandparents)

Today in my database : Susanna Freese (b. October 7, 1820)

Today's featured relative in my database is my wife's maternal 3rd-great grandmother, Susanna Freese.

Susanna was born October 7, 1820 (probably Virginia) to unknown parents. She married Daniel Duffey circa 1840 (probably Ohio). Daniel was born February 2, 1815 in Virginia and died May 17, 1879. Susanna died June 7, 1893.

Known children of Daniel & Susanna (Freese) Duffey :
i. Isaac F. Duffey m. Della Benjamin
ii. Daniel Duffey m. Susan Leedy
iii. John W. Duffey
iv. Ruth Anne Duffey m. Thomas Jefferson Pefley

My wife descends from Daniel & Susanna as follows :

Daniel Duffey & Susanna Freese
Ruth Anne Duffey & Thomas Jefferson Pefley
Albert Duffey Pefley & Sarah May Peoples (her great-grandparents)

Today in my database : Sarah May Peoples (b. May 3, 1870)

Today's featured relative in my database is my wife's great-grandmother, Sarah May Peoples.

Sarah was born May 3, 1870 in Culver, Marshall Co., IN and died May 1932. She was the daughter of George and Katherine (McMillen) Peoples.

Sarah married Albert Duffey Pefley in 1897 in Plymouth, Marshall Co., IN. Their children were Lowell, Myra, Homer and Sherman Pefley.