Lucy Frances (Knight) Peasley (1867 - 1929)

Born 30 Oct 1867 in Smith, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Henry Harlin Knight and Luvica Catherine (Cardwell) Gibbs

Wife of Granville Peasley — married 30 Oct 1887 in McLean, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1929 at age 61 in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Lucy was born Lucy Frances Knight on the 30th of October 1867 in Smith County, Tennessee.. She was the eldest daughter and second oldest child of Henry Harlin and Luvica Knight.^[1] She was known as “Fannie” for most of her life. Her parents divorced when she was four years old. It is not fully known if she stayed in Tennessee or not, but her mother moved to central Illinois. Some time before 1880, Lucy was adopted by Letta and Jinks Kemp, her grandaunt and granduncle.^[2] Some time before 1887, she had moved to central Illinois as well.

On her twentieth birthday (30th of October 1887), Lucy married Granville Peasley in McLean county, Illinois.^[3] The couple had five children together and remained married the rest of their lives.

Following 1903, Lucy had multiple affairs with a man by the name of James Arthur Johnson. These affairs resulted in the birth of at least three of the last four of Lucy’s children. These children were born and raised as Peasley.^[4]

Lucy was a housewife to a farmer her whole life, living in Downs Township alongside her husband her whole life.^[5][6][7] She died on the 8th of February 1929 in Bloomington, Illinois.^[8] She was buried in the Heyworth Cemetery.^[9]

DNA Confirmation

• Relationship to both parents can be confirmed by a AncestryDNA positive test match between a living Armstrong (Maiden name Peasley) relative and a living Parker relative, 2nd cousins once removed. Their closest common ancestors are Henry Harlin Knight and Luvica Gibbs (née Cardwell), their great grandparents and great great grandparents respectively. Estimated DNA shared is 28cM across 2 segments.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD87-TMN : 29 May 2021), Lucy Knight in entry for Henry Knight, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWX-KMQ : 15 January 2022), Lucy Night in household of Jinks Kemp, District 5, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS82-7HN2 : 22 July 2021), Lucy F Knight in entry for Granville Peasley, 1887.
4. ↑ DNA evidence involving the descendants of Earl Peasley, Mabel Folks, and Woodrow Peasley as well as the descendants of Herman Johnson
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4Z-95Z : 11 March 2022), Fannie Peasley in entry for Granville Peasley, 1900.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6C-YD4 : accessed 25 June 2022), Lucy F Peasley in household of Granville Peasley, Downs, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 6B, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 305; FHL microfilm 1,374,318.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJH4-858 : 1 February 2021), Fannie Peasley in entry for Granville Peasley, 1920.
8. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQR2-T1C : 25 April 2022), Lucy F. Peasley, 1929.
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV27-DBV5 : 15 July 2020), Fannie, 1929; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.