JAMES D. PEEBLER

PEEBLER, EVENINGHAM

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/21/2020 at 09:53:06

JAMES D. PEEBLER, the first son of J. M. and Jane B. Peebler, was born in Simpson County, Kentucky, June 3d, 1825. When but a few months old, his parents, moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, and in 1837, he came to West Point, where he now resides. In 1871 his father died in Washington County, in this State. His mother is still living, and enjoys good health, at the ripe old age of eighty-five. Mr. Peebler, like most of our prominent men, was educated in the common schools. Unlike the custom at the present day of going to school and working at his leisure, he worked on the farm and spent his spare hours in school.

In 1851, Mr. Peebler was joined in marriage to Mary Eveningham, a native of London, England. By this union, five children have been born, only two of whom are living. Clarence L. is engaged in the telegraph office at Fort Madison, and Lizzie M., aged three years, is with her parents.

In politics, Mr. Peebler is a radical Democrat; not a radical member of the party, but a radical supporter of its grand old principles. He may be ranked amongst those who take a silent but a zealous interest in politics. At present he is engaged in the real estate business, in West Point, where he resides in a good home, and with a loving family.

Source:
Illustrated Historical ATLAS of Lee County, IOWA
A. T. Andreas
Chicago, ILL.
1874

Transcription by Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer