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  • Name: John Messer PEABODY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 25 Aug 1835 in Methuen, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 2 Oct 1878 in Memphis, Tennessee d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Ephraim PEABODY Birth: 1788 in Methuen, Massachusetts Death: 17 Apr 1837 in Methuen, Massachusetts
  • Mother:
  • Abiah MESSER Birth: Abt 1801 Death: 7 Mar 1842 in Methuen, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Edwin Augustus PEABODY Birth: 26 Dec 1865 in Memphis, Tennessee Death: 2 Jun 1867
  2. George Merriman PEABODY Birth: 27 May 1870 in Memphis, Tennessee Death: 23 Sep 1878
  3. Ida Dickson PEABODY Birth: 2 Nov 1874 in Memphis, Tennessee
  4. John Milton PEABODY Birth: 9 Jan 1878 in Memphis, Tennessee Death: 17 Sep 1880

Bibliography
  1. 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 p137],
place:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p137],
parents:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p137]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p269],
place:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p269]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary Elizabeth SHELL
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p269],
place:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p269],
child:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p269]
Research Notes:
Oct 5 1863: served in US Navy as acting carpenter, until honorable discharge Jan 4 1866 [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p269]

1873-8: Superintendent of the Leath Orphan Asylum at Memphis [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p269]



Pedigree of John Messer PEABODY
                                                       /-----John PAYBODY
                                              /-----Francis PAYBODY
                                             |         \-----Isabell (PAYBODY)
                                     /-----William PAYBODY
                                    |         \-----Lydia (PAYBODY)
                            /-----Ephraim PEABODY
                           |        |         /-----Thomas HALE
                           |         \-----Hannah HALE
                           |                  \-----Mary HUCHINSON
                   /-----Nathaniel PEABODY
                  |         \-----Hannah REDINGTON
          /-----Ephraim PEABODY
         |         \-----Hepzibah BARKER
 /-----Ephraim PEABODY
|         \-----Betsey GAGE
John Messer PEABODY
 \-----Abiah MESSER



Descendants of John Messer PEABODY
1. John Messer PEABODY m. Mary Elizabeth SHELL
m. Mary Elizabeth SHELL