Doddridge County Roots


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First Name Last Name
Jirah PEABODY

Jirah PEABODY

Male 1777 - 1854  (~ 77 years)


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  • Name Jirah PEABODY
    Birth CA 1777  Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1820, 1840, 1850  Cortland Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 6 Aug 1854  [2] 
    Burial Forest Hill Cemetery, Blodgett Mills (Cortland), Cortland Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I77343  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2011

    Family Thankful BROWN,   b. 21 Dec 1774, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1868 (Age 93 years)
    Notes 
    • No record of Thankful Brown's birth or marriage has been found.

      1850 Census, Cortland Co, New York (town of Cortlandville), enumerated on Aug 14 1850:
      Harvey Spencer, 27, b. NY, farmer; Lydia J. Spencer, 23, b. NY; Fayette Spencer, 4, b. NY; Jirah Peabody, 73, b. Vermont, farmer; Thankful Peabody, 74, b. Connecticut.
      (Note: Dr. Harvey Spencer, 1823-1886, Lydia J. Price Spencer, 1826-1881, and Fayette Spencer, 1846-1916, are buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa. Their relationship, if any, to Jirah and Thankful, is not known.)

      1860 Census, Cortland Co, New York (town of Marathon), enumerated on Jun 26 1860:
      Thankful Peabody, 84, b. Connecticut; Mary Hammond, 77, b. Vermont; Eliza A. Hammond, 49, b. NY, milliner.

      In the 1820 Census of Cortland Co, NY (Virgil Twp), the household of Jirah Peabody consisted of himself and six others (not named).

      In the 1840 Census of Cortland Co, NY, the household of Jirah (Israh ?) Peabody consisted of himself and four others (not named). The two adjoining households were those of Bial Brown, elder and younger.
    Children 
     1. Jirah PEABODY,   b. 3 Jul 1807   d. 6 Jun 1827 (Age 19 years)
    Family ID F33058  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S184] 1850 Census.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S2527] Interment.net, (http://www.interment.net), http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/cortland/forest_hill/forest_lz.htm.