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  • Name: Selim Hobart PEABODY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 20 Aug 1829 in Rockingham, Vermont b
  • Death: 26 May 1903 in St Louis, Missouri d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Charles Hobart PEABODY Birth: 12 Jun 1799 in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire Death: 22 Apr 1842 in Randolph, Massachusetts
  • Mother:
  • Grace Stone IDE Birth: 20 Aug 1804 in Newfane, Vermont Death: 31 Dec 1891 in Randolph, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Grace PEABODY Birth: 30 May 1853 in Burlington, Vermont Death: 26 Oct 1907
  2. Cecil Hobart PEABODY Birth: 9 Aug 1855 in Burlington, Vermont
  3. Arthur PEABODY Birth: 16 Nov 1858 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  4. Kate Flemming PEABODY Birth: 12 Jan 1861 in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

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 p230],
place:
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parents:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p230]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p390],
place:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p390]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary Elizabeth PANGBORN
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387],
place:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387],
child:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p390]
Research Notes:
compiler of [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387]

1852: graduated college at Burlington, VT [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387]

1853: became professor of Mathematics at a collegiate institution in Fairfax, VT [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387]

1857: moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387]

1859: principal of High School of Fond du lac, Wisconsin [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387]

1862: superintendent of schoold in Racine, Wisconsin [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387]

1871: chair of Physics and Civil Engineering at Amherst Agricultural College [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387]

1878: chair of Mechanical Engineering and Physics in University of Illinois [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387]

1881-91: President of University of Illinois [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p387]



Pedigree of Selim Hobart PEABODY
                                                                /-----John PAYBODY
                                                       /-----Francis PAYBODY
                                                      |         \-----Isabell (PAYBODY)
                                              /-----William PAYBODY
                                             |         \-----Lydia (PAYBODY)
                                     /-----Stephen PEABODY
                                    |        |         /-----Thomas HALE
                                    |         \-----Hannah HALE
                                    |                  \-----Mary HUCHINSON
                            /-----William PEABODY
                           |        |         /-----Richard SWAN
                           |         \-----Hannah SWAN
                           |                 |         /-----William STORY
                           |                  \-----Hannah STORY
                           |                          |         /-----Renold FOSTER
                           |                           \-----Sarah FOSTER
                           |                                    \-----Judith WIGNOL
                   /-----Stephen PEABODY
                  |        |         /-----Samuel SMITH
                  |         \-----Rebecca SMITH
                  |                  \-----Sarah CURTIS
          /-----John PEABODY
         |        |         /-----Thomas CHANDLER
         |         \-----Hannah CHANDLER
         |                  \-----Hannah GOFFE
 /-----Charles Hobart PEABODY
|        |         /-----Daniel HOBART
|         \-----Kezia HOBART
|                  \-----Kezia WESTON
Selim Hobart PEABODY
|         /-----Lemuel IDE
 \-----Grace Stone IDE
          \-----Sarah STONE



Descendants of Selim Hobart PEABODY
1. Selim Hobart PEABODY m. Mary Elizabeth PANGBORN
m. Mary Elizabeth PANGBORN father: David Knight PANGBORN mother: Betsey FARRINGTON

2nd generation

4. Arthur PEABODY m. Agnes Langdon COCHRANE
m. Agnes Langdon COCHRANE father: Silas Morris COCHRANE mother: Charlotte Clark ROCKWOOD