James Buchanan Peebles and Jennie Duffield

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Husband James Buchanan Peebles ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Mar 1857 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Stewart C. Peebles (1828-1898) 3 4 5
         Mother: Margaret D. Alcorn (1830-1908) 1 2 3 6

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       Marriage: 12 Jun 1893 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7 8

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   Other Spouse: Ida E. Young (1857-1891/1892) 1 7 - 6 Oct 1881 7

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Wife Jennie Duffield ^{7 9}

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           Born: 31 Jul 1864 9
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           Died: 7 Dec 1900 or 1901 7 9
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         Father: William Duffield (1819-1903) 7 10 11 12
         Mother: Rachel Dickey (Abt 1835-1905) 13

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Children

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1 F Ida Edith Peebles ^{7 9}

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           Born: 1895 9
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2 M Charles Bryan Peebles ⁹

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            AKA: Charley Bryan Peebles 7
           Born: 1897 9
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3 M James Arthur Peebles ⁷

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           Born: Abt 1900
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           Died: 17 Dec 1910 7
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General Notes: Husband - James Buchanan Peebles

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He was born at the site where he resided in Cherrytree Town­ship, Venango County, PA, a few days after the inauguration of President Buchanan. His early life was spent there and on the adjoining farm to which his parents removed in 1868, his education being obtained in the public schools of the neighborhood. From youth he assisted with the agricultural work, to which he was thoroughly trained by his competent father. Later he owned the larger part of his father's 160-acre tract, and also purchased part of the George Strawbridge farm adjoining, having about 175 acres in his home place, besides a 140-acre farm a half mile distant. Though not as extensively engaged in farm­ing as his father was, he continued agri­cultural operations systematically, and he fed considerable cattle from his crops, keeping a large number and selling dairy products all the year round. He built a good-sized bank barn in 1882 and another in 1898, and erected a residence in 1905, these and other valuable improvements making the property very desirable. He was active in Grange work, belonging to the organization at Gresham, being a member in Pomona Grange. About 1881, in company with his father and brothers, he sank three wells, but the price of oil was too low to make the venture profitable. In 1908 he was a member of the Rouseville Oil Company, which sank twenty wells, twelve of them on Mr. Peebles's farm, others on the C. A. Bradley farm. In the course of four or five years, in company with F. A. Bidaux, they bought the interests of the others in the company, and they sold the Bradley lease in 1913, continuing the developments on the Peebles farm, where there was a very satisfactory production. Mr. Bidaux has charge of the practical work of drilling and pumping. Mr. Peebles has always cooperated heartily in all the plans for exploitation of the territory, taking stock in over thirty wells, and while they have had no remarkable production they have been reasonably profitable.
Though never aspiring to political power Mr. Peebles took his share of public responsibilities, and made a good record as a township official, serving his fellow citizens as treasurer, road commissioner for several years, and fifteen years as a member of the school board. He did particularly effective work in the improvement of local roads, a service greatly appreciated in the community and thoroughly indicative of his loyalty to the best interests of the people in every capacity. [CAB, 658]

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Notes: Marriage

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She was married in Aug 12, 1883. [Duffield Family, 21]

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1049.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 658.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 569.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1048.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 657, 908.

6 Earl M. Prather, Alcorn Family Genealogy (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 2003).

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 659.

8 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2371.

9 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 21.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 556.

11 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1063.

12 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 16, 21.

13 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 16.