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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 476-477]

    ROBERT H. PEAVEY was born in Liberty, Waldo County, Maine, July 5,
    1846, and is the son of Captain THOMAS and ABBIE (RUNNELS) PEAVEY,
    also natives of the State of Maine.  His father, Captain THOMAS
    PEAVEY, served in the late war with distinction; he was a brave
    soldier and a gallant officer.  Our subject is one of a family of
    four children: LLOYD, ALLARD, and a daughter who died in infancy.
    ROBERT is the eldest, and grew to manhood in his native State, in
    the city of Bangor.  He spent his time in assisting his father in
    the gun shop, his father being a gun-smith by trade, and in attend-
    ing public schools.  When he had attained his majority the family
    came West, and settled in Dubuque County, Iowa.  There ROBERT H.
    spent four years, and there he met and married Miss CATHARINE BRIGGS,
    a daughter of OTIS and ESTHER BRIGGS.  Mrs. PEAVEY'S mother's maiden
    name was SMITH, and she was born in Dubuque County, Iowa, October 12,
    1849.  They were married December 31, 1868, and have a family of four
    children: CARRIE was born November 2, 1869, and died November 20,
    1876; ALLARD H. was born August 18, 1873; ARMINTA E., was born Oct-
    ober 15, 1877; and GEORGE O. was born February 2, 1887.  In March,
    1871, Mr. PEAVEY removed with his family to Cherokee County, and
    located on a farm of eighty acres in Tilden Township, and there
    established a home.  He has a good frame residence and a barn for
    stock and grain; he has added much to the beauty of his place by
    planting an acre and a half in grove, and has set out a small
    orchard.  The family had to undergo all the hardships incident to
    pioneer life, but they faced them unflinchingly, and are now enjoying
    the fruits of their labors.  Mr. PEAVEY has been one of the main
    factors in building up and developing that part of the county, and
    well deserves the respect and esteem in which he is held.  Politically
    he is identified with the Republican party, and has represented his
    township officially as clerk, and as road supervisor; he has been
    prominently connected with the public schools of the township, having
    been school treasurer, and secretary of the School Board.  He has
    always taken an active interest in any measures tending to advance
    the general welfare, and has never failed in lending a generous sup-
    port to such efforts.  Mrs. PEAVEY and ALLARD H. are members of the
    Methodist Episcopal Church.

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