When James Ferrin Peek was born on 24 December 1855, in Red River, Texas, United States, his father, Thomas Randolph Peek, was 43 and his mother, Elizabeth Wright, was 37. He married Lula May Crayton on 27 April 1885, in Kaufman, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 1, McLennan, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 3 October 1948, in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1858: Taylor, Texas, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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’.
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