Brief Life History of Elisha
When Elisha Peck was born on 24 September 1850, in Sand Lake, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Daniel Peck, was 48 and his mother, Sarah Green, was 42. He lived in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1860. He died on 1 June 1877, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Elisha Peck in household of Sarah Peck, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elisha Peck, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elisha E. Peck, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"
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World Events (6)
1862 · US Naval Academy
The US Naval Academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island from its original in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9, 1862.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Speake , with loss of initial S- (or perhaps vice versa).
English: variant of Peak .
English: perhaps occasionally a variant of Petch , itself a variant of Peach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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