When Charles Benton Peasley was born on 11 August 1873, in Randolph Township, Ohio, Indiana, United States, his father, John Hannah Peasley, was 41 and his mother, Eunice Lavonia Birdzell, was 37. He married Eliza Jane Bailey on 24 July 1898, in Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Center Township, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 May 1922, at the age of 48.
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During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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English: habitational name from Peasley, a lost place in Hailes (Gloucestershire). The placename derives from Old English pise ‘pea’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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