Granville Everette Peek

Brief Life History of Granville Everette

When Granville Everette Peek was born on 24 November 1840, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Thomas Randolph Peek, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Wright, was 22. He married Polly McCraw Fleming on 31 October 1866, in Red River Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Red River, Texas, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 8, Red River, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 3 August 1919, in Annona, Red River, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Savannah Cemetery, Red River, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Granville Everette Peek
1840–1919
Louisa Wiley Kimbrough
1841–1912
Marriage: 29 February 1872
Laura Everett Peek
1873–1958
Nathaniel Kimbrough Peek
1875–1957
Wylie Thomas Peek
1877–1970
Charles Henry Peek
1879–1954
Fay Towers Peek
1882–1968

Sources (21)

  • Richard Peak in household of Elizabeth Peak, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Granville E Peek, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Richard Peak, "Texas, Confederate Army and Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-ca.1865"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Peak .

Irish: variant of Peak 4.

North German and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a spearmaker, from Middle Low German pēk ‘pike’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Civil War Service of Richard/Granville E. Peek

Richard Peak enlisted 12 September 1861 in Sims Texas Cavalry as a private. He mustered out as a sergeant. 9th Cavalry Regiment was organized with 1,050 men in Grayson County, Texas, during the late …

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