Austin
Peay
IV
Born in Christian, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Austin Peay
and Cornelia Frances (Leavell) Peay
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 51
in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jun 2015
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| Preceded by 34th Governor Alfred A. Taylor |
Austin Peay 35th Governor of Tennessee  |
Succeeded by 36th Governor Henry Hollis Horton |
Biography
Austin Peay IV is Notable.
Austin Peay IV was the 35th Governor of the State of Tennessee from 1923 to 1927.
He was born 1 Jun 1876 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky to farmer Austin "Buggy" Peay (1844-1898) and Cornelia Frances Leavell (1846-1880). He married Sallie Hurst and they had two children: Amaryllis Peay and Austin Peay V.[1]
He died on 2 Oct 1927 while at the Governor's Residence in Nashville, Tennessee due to a brain hemorrhage, the first Governor to die in office. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville, Tennessee.[1]
Legacy
The four year university Austin Peay State University (APSU) in Clarksville, Tennessee is named for him. Incidentally the mascot of APSU is the Governor.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #6009365
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCZ-Z15 : 14 January 2022), Austin Peay in household of Austin Peay, Garrettsburg, Christian, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- Austin Peay on Wikipedia.
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