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    Person Info
  • Name: Augustus Adolphus PEABODY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 11 Sep 1802 in Rochester, New York b
  • Death: 31 Jan 1881 in Lagro, Indiana d
  • Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lagro, Indiana u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Stephen PEABODY Birth: 22 Jul 1753 in Boxford, Massachusetts Death: 6 Feb 1838 in Vevay, Indiana
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth CLARK Birth: 1 Nov 1760 in Rochester, New York Death: 8 Jul 1816 in Scottsville, New York

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. David PEABODY Birth: 11 Oct 1833 in Jacksonville, Indiana
  2. Sarah PEABODY Birth: 11 Oct 1833 in Jacksonville, Switzerland Co, Indiana Death: 20 Feb 1915
  3. Hiram PEABODY Birth: 21 Oct 1835 in La Gro, Indiana Death: 17 Aug 1885 in St Joseph, Illinois
  4. Edward PEABODY Birth: 11 Nov 1837 in La Gro, Indiana Death: 1929
  5. Cyrus Samuel PEABODY Birth: 21 Feb 1839 in Lagro, Wabash Co, Indiana Death: 24 Mar 1926 in Wabash Co, Indiana
  6. Mary PEABODY Birth: 1841
  7. William Augustus PEABODY Birth: 28 Oct 1853 in La Gro, Indiana

Bibliography
  1. Jacobs, Marilyn, Augustus A Peabody, private email, 4/6/2000. Author address jakesjag at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000].
  2. Peabody, Selim Hobart, Peabody Genealogy. Boston, MA: Charles Pope, 1909. UMI #G350. Available at http://archive.org/details/peabodypaybodypa00peab. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/8295. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p56],
place:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p56],
parents:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p56]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
11 Sep 1803 [Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000],
place:
Orleans Co, New York [Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p118],
place:
[Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000, PeabodySH PEABODY p118]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
29 Jan 1881 [Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000]
Sources with Information about marriage to Pennelia LESTER
date:
[Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000]
1830 [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p118],
place:
Jacksonville, Indiana [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p118]
Switzerland Co, Indiana [Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000],
child:
[Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000, PeabodySH PEABODY p118, PeabodySH PEABODY p119]
Research Notes:
IOOF Cemetery in Lagro, IN, tombstone says "Augustus A Peabody, 1803-1/31/1881 Born Orleans County New York" [Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000]

moved to Switzerland County, IN [Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000]

abt 1834: moved to Lagro, Wabash County, by ox team and covered wagon. Took about 18 days. When they reached the Wabash River at Lagro, it took a while day to get everything across; a hollowed out canoe used to move the futniture a few pieces at a time [Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000]

ran a stop on the underground railroad [Ref: Marilyn Jacobs 4/6/2000]



Pedigree of Augustus Adolphus PEABODY
                                              /-----John PAYBODY
                                     /-----Francis PAYBODY
                                    |         \-----Isabell (PAYBODY)
                            /-----William PAYBODY
                           |         \-----Lydia (PAYBODY)
                   /-----Stephen PEABODY
                  |        |         /-----Thomas HALE
                  |         \-----Hannah HALE
                  |                  \-----Mary HUCHINSON
          /-----Francis PEABODY
         |        |         /-----Richard SWAN
         |         \-----Hannah SWAN
         |                 |         /-----William STORY
         |                  \-----Hannah STORY
         |                          |         /-----Renold FOSTER
         |                           \-----Sarah FOSTER
         |                                    \-----Judith WIGNOL
 /-----Stephen PEABODY
|         \-----Mary BROWN
Augustus Adolphus PEABODY
 \-----Elizabeth CLARK



Descendants of Augustus Adolphus PEABODY
1. Augustus Adolphus PEABODY m. Pennelia LESTER
m. Pennelia LESTER

2nd generation

2. David PEABODY m. Anna HILLEGAR
m. Anna HILLEGAR father: Jonathan HILLEGAR mother: Mary E BROSIUS
3. Sarah PEABODY m. Joseph L PRATT
m. Joseph L PRATT
4. Hiram PEABODY m. Hester A BRODRICK
m. Hester A BRODRICK
5. Edward PEABODY m. Matilda BROWN
m. Matilda BROWN
6. Cyrus Samuel PEABODY m. Alice HARTER
m. Alice HARTER father: Lewis HARTER mother: Mary HORNADAY
8. William Augustus PEABODY m. Clara BARTHOLOMEW
m. Clara BARTHOLOMEW

3rd generation

15. Cyrus Augustus PEABODY m. Anna B METCALF
m. Anna B METCALF
25. Edward Harter PEABODY m. Cora Alice MILLER
m. Cora Alice MILLER father: Isaac MILLER mother: Martha NORRIS