Brief Life History of William Otis
When William Otis Peebles was born on 24 September 1887, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, his father, John Canidy Peebles, was 37 and his mother, Mary Blanch Pitchford, was 20. He married Beulah Grace Aubrey on 28 September 1910, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 29 June 1928, in Venice, Venice Township, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States.
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- Otis W Peebles, "United States Census, 1920"
- Wm. Otis Peebles, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Otis W Peebles, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched
On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from either Peebles on the river Tweed in southeastern Scotland, or from lands so called near Saint Vigeans, Angus. Both placenames are cognate with Welsh pebyll ‘tent, pavilion’, to which the English plural -s has been added.
History: This name has been made famous in upstate NY by Peebles Island, where the Mohawk River empties into the Hudson. The island was acquired by marriage by a Scots Peebles family in the late 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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