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Pefley - John B.


Source: 1881 HW Beckwith History. Chicago: HH Hill, p. 454

PEFLEY, J.B., farmer, Ladoga, was b. in Botetourt Co, Va March 19, 1813 and is the s/o Samuel and Annie Pefley, the father being a native of Pa. They removed to Montgomery Co, Indiana 1835 and settled on the farm where Mr. P. now lives. Here they lived till their death, he dying May 10, 1860 in his 85th year; she died Aug 5, 1864, in her 82 year. Mr. P. married, in 1834, to Miss Sally MANGUS, a native of Botetourt Co, Va who was b. Dec 10, 1816. Their family are: Daniel; Isaac; David F; Anna, w/o WR HARSHBARGER: Samuel J and George M; 3 deceased; Mary F; Esther E and one in infancy.

Source:                  The Peffley, Peffly, Pefley Families in America, A historical                  and genealogical record of the Peffley, Peffly and Pefley families                  from 1729-1938; Published in 1938, By May Miller Frost and Clarence                  Earl Frost Call Number: R929.2 P375

               
#1324--JOHN                  B. PEFLEY (son of No. 1065 ) married Sept. 4th, 1834, in Botetourt                  Co., Va., SARAH (Sally) MANGUS, born Dec. 10th, 1816, Botetourt                  Co., Va., died Oct. 7th, 1896, Ladoga, Ind. (dau. of GEORGE                  and SUSAN (Graybill) MANGUS, see No. 520). Both are buried in                  the John B. Pefley private Cemetery on his old homestead, east                  of Ladoga, Ind.

               
Issue:                  All born near Ladoga.
               
1--DANIEL                  PEFLEY, b. 6-24-1838, d. 4-9- 1883.
               
2--ISAAC                  PEFLEY, b. 12-14-1839, d. 5-12-1900.
               
3--DAVID                  FRANKLIN PEFLEY, b. 7-30-1841, d.
               
4- 24-1919.                  4--ANNA PEFLEY, b. 9-28-1843, d. 6-28-1933.
               
5--SAMUEL                  T. PEFLEY, b. 3-26-1845, d. 1931
               
. 6--GEORGE                  MANGUS PEFLEY, b. 12-9-1846, d. 1-20- 1935, Parsons, Kan.
               
7--MARY                  FRANCES PEFLEY, b. 11-1-1848, d. 7-29- 1851.
               
8--ESTHER                  ELLEN PEFLEY, b. 11-18-1851, d. 4-17- 1870.

               
From                  an interview with John B. Pefley, by Howard Henry Keim, of Nampa,                  Idaho. Written in his diary, Aug. 20th, 1901. "We moved to Mont.                  Co., Ind., in October, 1835. Were six weeks on the road in wagons                  from Salem, Botetourt Co., Va. One four horse wagon, one two                  horse wagon, and a one horse 'carryall' comprised the train.                  'Rock,' lead horse in the four horse wagon, and 'Fox' a mare,                  were my first team. We came on the National Road from Harper's                  Ferry to near Danville, Ind. Then on the Crawfordsville Road,                  which had plenty of stumps and mud-holes. We went through where                  Wallace Peffley's house now stands. Dave Fisher lived on what                  was later the McCreary place in a log cabin. He was my brother-in-law.                  McCreary came next spring and bought the homestead. My brother                  Samuel came here a year before us. Joseph Stover was another                  brother-in- law. He died in Kansas. "My 160 acre farm was in                  the woods with a 'deadenin' of 20 odd acres and a log cabin                  sixteen by sixteen feet, one room, made of split poplar logs.                  We built a story and a half house of logs with two rooms a few                  years later. We built the brick house in 1845. My wife and I                  lived together sixty-two years, one month, three days till Sally                  died Oct. 7th, 1896."

Source:                  Beckwith, H.W. History of Montgomery County, Indiana. Chicago:                  HH Hill, 1881 gives a sketch of John B. Pefley's father and                  mother and his own family. John B. made two trips back to Virginia                  in a wagon, once for a visit, and again to bring some relatives                  back. Some of the oldest Pefleys living remember him as a devout                  'Dunkard,' an impressive figure as he drove his fine team of                  blacks to church. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harshbarger, the former                  a grandson of John B., owned his white wedding vest, made for                  him by his mother. Not sure which child this is of Claude's                  but i think it is this one. John B. Pefley

Source:                  Crawfordsville Daily Journal (IN), Saturday, 24 September 1904                  
               
Submitter:                  Brooke Mercedes Date: 15 Jul 2001
               
Surnames:                  Pefley, Harshbarger, Mangus, Stover

               
THE                  GRIM REAPER HAS CLAIMED SIX VICTIMS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS                  COUNTY THREE ARE OLD SETTLERS One Each for Clark, Ripley and                  Wayne, All of Them Well and Favorably Known. (John B. Pefley)                  John B. Peffley (sic), a nonagenarian, died at 5 o'clock this                  morning at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. William Harshbarger,                  three miles east of Ladoga, of senility. He had passed the ninety-one                  mile post in his life's journey, having been born in Boneparte                  county, Va., in 1813. He came to this county with his parents                  and has ever since lived in its limits. He married Mrs. Sallie                  Mangus September 4, 1834. One daughter, Mrs. William Harshbarger                  and three sons, David Peffley, of Ladoga; George Peffley, of                  Kansas, and Sam Peffley, of Idaho, survive him. He united with                  the Brethren church fifty-eight years ago and has lived long                  enough to see his children's children of the fourth generation.                  The funeral ceremony will take place at the residence of William                  Harshbarger Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and will be in charge                  of Rev. Ezra Gonhorn and Rev. Samuel Stover. His remains will                  be laid to rest in the family Cemetery. (The article continues                  with the other deaths.)
               


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