George 1808-1882, son of George Hazard Peckham Jr and Nancy
Lawton
Cynthia M Osgood, 1807-1890, daughter of Luther & Lucy
Osgood
They married in Verona, Oneida, NY in 1827 and by 1850 were in Oswego
County where George was a tanner.
1830-1897 Robert
Taylor married sisters Valeria & Jenny Peck
merchant
in MN, CW soldier, moved to Chicago, 2 children
1832-1879 Erasmus
Whaley married Kittie Price, then Nancy Wooster
tanner,
CW soldier, 2 children who survived
1836-1896 Emily
Marie married John S Dunham, candy manufacturer
moved
to St Louis, 6 children
She
died of typhoid fever in 1896
Her
mother lived with them in St Louis and died there 1890
1841-1935 Ellen “Nellie”x,
married Rev William H Bates
lived
in NY, St Louis, DC and Colorado, 4
children
1844-1920 Osgood
Hazard, married Julia F Sherwood, Susie Hartson
Candy
manufacturer in St Louis, 3 children with “Fannie”
1846-1927 Florence married
Albert Betts, Clothing Merchant
remained
in Oswego County, 2 children
1850-1934 Marion not
married,
lived
for some years in Colorado with sister Nellie
died in auto
accident in VA
1854-1856 Frank C died as a child
The two oldest sons served in the Civil War and that service
perhaps was responsible for Erasmus’ first marriage in Kentucky.
George had lived to be 73 and Cynthia 83. Of their 7
children who lived to adulthood, their average lifespan was 72.5 years with
Erasmus only 47 and Nellie 94. Only 2 of 7 remained in NY State, the others
disbursed to Chicago, St Louis, Colorado. Nineteen grandchildren lived beyond
their first year.
