Amos Peck (1820 - 1865)

Born 1820 in Hampshire, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Jan 1865 at about age 45 in Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Amos was born in 1820. He was the son of Jesse Peck and Christina Carr. He passed away in January of 1865.^[1]

He married Nancy Hathaway in either 1840 or 1841; two different sources list different years:

• Amos Peck: Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
• Name: Amos Peck
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 31 Dec 1840
• Event Place (Original): Pickaway, Ohio, United States
• Sex: Male
• Spouse's Name: Nancy Hathaway
• Spouse's Sex: Female
  • Source^[2]

• Amos Peck: Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
• Name: Amos Peck
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 31 Dec 1841
• Event Place: Pickaway, Ohio, United States
• Event Place (Original): Pickaway, Ohio, United States
• Sex: Male
• Spouse's Name: Nancy Hathaway
• Spouse's Sex: Female
  • Source^[3]

Amos is listed with Nancy and five children on the 1850 Census^[4] and the couple are listed with nine children on the 1860 Census.^[5]

Research Notes: Military Service

Amos was a soldier in the 107th Illinois Infantry:

• Amos Peck: United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865
• Name: Amos Peck
• Event Type: Military Service
• Event Date: from 1861 to 1865
• Event Place: Illinois, United States
• Event Place (Original): Illinois
• State or Military Term (Original): Illinois
• Military Side: Union
• Military Company: K
• Military Unit: 107th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
• Military Beginning Rank: Private
• Military Final Rank: Private
• Note: _
• Note (Original): _
• Affiliate Publication Number (Original): M539
• Affiliate Publication Title (Original): Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Illinois.
• Affiliate Film Number (Original): 70
  • Source^[6]

• Amos Peck: Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974
• Name: Amos Peck
• Event Type: Burial
• Event Place: Cerro Gordo Twp, Piatt, Illinois, United States
• Sex: Male
• Military Regiment: 107 Ill Inf
• Death Date: 26 Jan 1865
• Cemetery: Cerro Gordo
  • Source^[7]

Research Notes: Children

Children listed on Census Reports ~only four are linked on Find-a-Grave

• 1. Rebecca Peck (1842–after 1860)
  • Listed on the 1850 Census and the 1860 Census
• 2. Ellen Peck (1844–after 1870)
  • Listed on the 1850 Census and the 1860 Census
• 3. Jerome Peck (1845–1899)
  • Listed on the 1850 Census and the 1860 Census
  • Linked by his marriage record to Mary Hayes in 1878^[8]
  • Linked by his marriage record to Fannie Priddie in 1886^[9]
  • Linked on Find-a-Grave
• 4. George Washington Peck (1847–1937)
  • Listed on the 1850 Census and the 1860 Census
  • Linked by his marriage record in 1883 to Sarah Milligan Porter^[10]
  • Linked by his marriage record in 1893 to Alice Shell^[11]
  • Linked by his record of death on Feb 28, 1937^[12]
  • Linked on Find-a-Grave
• 5. Allison Peck (1849–1931)
  • Listed on the 1850 Census and the 1860 Census
  • Linked by his marriage record in 1899^[13]
  • Linked by his record of death on Nov 10, 1931^[14]
  • Linked on Find-a-Grave
• 6. Benton Peck (1851–1912)
  • Listed on the 1860 Census
  • Linked on Find-a-Grave
• 7. Lina Peck (1855–after 1860)
  • Listed on the 1860 Census
• 8. Etson Peck (1857–after 1860)
  • Listed on the 1860 Census
• 9. Nancy Peck (1860–Deceased)
  • Listed on the 1860 Census
• 10. Cyrena/Sarina (Peck) Hughes (1860–1898)
  • Listed on the 1870 Census with her widowed mother
  • Linked by her marriage record to John Hughes in 1886^[15]
• 11. Amos Peck (1863–after 1880)
  • Listed on the 1870 Census with his widowed mother

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29869030/amos-peck : accessed 23 April 2022), memorial page for Amos Peck (1820–26 Jan 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29869030, citing Cerro Gordo Cemetery, Cerro Gordo, Piatt County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by missbud24 (contributor 46620965) .
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ29-M7X : 29 September 2021), Amos Peck and Nancy Hathaway, 1840.
3. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDVS-YMN : 20 June 2020), Amos Peck, 1841.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQB-V2R : 21 December 2020), Amos Peck, Deer Creek Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH8-T2S : 18 February 2021), Amos Peck, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9P3-34S : 25 August 2021), Amos Peck, 1861-1865.
7. ↑ "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY9-9RV4 : 10 September 2019), Amos Peck, ; citing Burial, Cerro Gordo Twp, Piatt, Illinois, United States, Cerro Gordo Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,196.
8. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-LZG3 : 19 February 2021), Amos Peck in entry for Jerome Peck and Mary C Hayes, 21 Jan 1878; citing Piatt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 988,100.
9. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-G92G : 19 February 2021), Amos Peck in entry for Jerome Peck and Fannie Priddie, 12 Oct 1886; citing Piatt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 988,100.
10. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-L1QY : 19 February 2021), Amos Peck in entry for Geo Peck and Sarah M Milligan Porter, 16 Jan 1883; citing Piatt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 988,100.
11. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-GJFW : 19 February 2021), Amos Peck in entry for George Peck and Alice Brailler Shell, 22 Jun 1893; citing Piatt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 988,100.
12. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQMZ-5BV : 8 March 2018), Amos Peck in entry for Geroge Washington Peck, 28 Feb 1937; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,786,727.
13. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-LKYF : 19 February 2021), Amos Peck in entry for Allison Peck and Sarah E Hockenburry, 08 Oct 1899; citing Piatt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 988,100.
14. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3LM-YMT : 8 March 2018), Amos Peck in entry for Alison Peck, 10 Nov 1931; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,684,269.
15. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSVK-W42M : 22 July 2021), Amos Peck in entry for John H Hughes, 1886.

No sources on family search for Amos Peck Aug 26 2018

CITING THIS RECORD The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWSG-143 : accessed 26 August 2018), entry for Amos PECK (1C86-C5C); submitted by jlcarr2493826 [identity withheld for privacy]. Family Search