Pefley - John B.
Source: 1881 HW Beckwith History. Chicago: HH Hill, p. 454
PEFLEY, J.B., farmer, Ladoga, was b. in Botetourt Co, Va March 19, 1813 and is the s/o Samuel and Annie Pefley, the father being a native of Pa. They removed to Montgomery Co, Indiana 1835 and settled on the farm where Mr. P. now lives. Here they lived till their death, he dying May 10, 1860 in his 85th year; she died Aug 5, 1864, in her 82 year. Mr. P. married, in 1834, to Miss Sally MANGUS, a native of Botetourt Co, Va who was b. Dec 10, 1816. Their family are: Daniel; Isaac; David F; Anna, w/o WR HARSHBARGER: Samuel J and George M; 3 deceased; Mary F; Esther E and one in infancy.
Source:
The Peffley, Peffly, Pefley Families in America, A historical
and genealogical record of the Peffley, Peffly and Pefley families
from 1729-1938; Published in 1938, By May Miller Frost and Clarence
Earl Frost Call Number: R929.2 P375
#1324--JOHN
B. PEFLEY (son of No. 1065 ) married Sept. 4th, 1834, in Botetourt
Co., Va., SARAH (Sally) MANGUS, born Dec. 10th, 1816, Botetourt
Co., Va., died Oct. 7th, 1896, Ladoga, Ind. (dau. of GEORGE
and SUSAN (Graybill) MANGUS, see No. 520). Both are buried in
the John B. Pefley private Cemetery on his old homestead, east
of Ladoga, Ind.
Issue:
All born near Ladoga.
1--DANIEL
PEFLEY, b. 6-24-1838, d. 4-9- 1883.
2--ISAAC
PEFLEY, b. 12-14-1839, d. 5-12-1900.
3--DAVID
FRANKLIN PEFLEY, b. 7-30-1841, d.
4- 24-1919.
4--ANNA PEFLEY, b. 9-28-1843, d. 6-28-1933.
5--SAMUEL
T. PEFLEY, b. 3-26-1845, d. 1931
. 6--GEORGE
MANGUS PEFLEY, b. 12-9-1846, d. 1-20- 1935, Parsons, Kan.
7--MARY
FRANCES PEFLEY, b. 11-1-1848, d. 7-29- 1851.
8--ESTHER
ELLEN PEFLEY, b. 11-18-1851, d. 4-17- 1870.
From
an interview with John B. Pefley, by Howard Henry Keim, of Nampa,
Idaho. Written in his diary, Aug. 20th, 1901. "We moved to Mont.
Co., Ind., in October, 1835. Were six weeks on the road in wagons
from Salem, Botetourt Co., Va. One four horse wagon, one two
horse wagon, and a one horse 'carryall' comprised the train.
'Rock,' lead horse in the four horse wagon, and 'Fox' a mare,
were my first team. We came on the National Road from Harper's
Ferry to near Danville, Ind. Then on the Crawfordsville Road,
which had plenty of stumps and mud-holes. We went through where
Wallace Peffley's house now stands. Dave Fisher lived on what
was later the McCreary place in a log cabin. He was my brother-in-law.
McCreary came next spring and bought the homestead. My brother
Samuel came here a year before us. Joseph Stover was another
brother-in- law. He died in Kansas. "My 160 acre farm was in
the woods with a 'deadenin' of 20 odd acres and a log cabin
sixteen by sixteen feet, one room, made of split poplar logs.
We built a story and a half house of logs with two rooms a few
years later. We built the brick house in 1845. My wife and I
lived together sixty-two years, one month, three days till Sally
died Oct. 7th, 1896."
Source:
Beckwith, H.W. History of Montgomery County, Indiana. Chicago:
HH Hill, 1881 gives a sketch of John B. Pefley's father and
mother and his own family. John B. made two trips back to Virginia
in a wagon, once for a visit, and again to bring some relatives
back. Some of the oldest Pefleys living remember him as a devout
'Dunkard,' an impressive figure as he drove his fine team of
blacks to church. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harshbarger, the former
a grandson of John B., owned his white wedding vest, made for
him by his mother. Not sure which child this is of Claude's
but i think it is this one. John B. Pefley
Source:
Crawfordsville Daily Journal (IN), Saturday, 24 September 1904
Submitter:
Brooke Mercedes Date: 15 Jul 2001
Surnames:
Pefley, Harshbarger, Mangus, Stover
THE
GRIM REAPER HAS CLAIMED SIX VICTIMS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS
COUNTY THREE ARE OLD SETTLERS One Each for Clark, Ripley and
Wayne, All of Them Well and Favorably Known. (John B. Pefley)
John B. Peffley (sic), a nonagenarian, died at 5 o'clock this
morning at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. William Harshbarger,
three miles east of Ladoga, of senility. He had passed the ninety-one
mile post in his life's journey, having been born in Boneparte
county, Va., in 1813. He came to this county with his parents
and has ever since lived in its limits. He married Mrs. Sallie
Mangus September 4, 1834. One daughter, Mrs. William Harshbarger
and three sons, David Peffley, of Ladoga; George Peffley, of
Kansas, and Sam Peffley, of Idaho, survive him. He united with
the Brethren church fifty-eight years ago and has lived long
enough to see his children's children of the fourth generation.
The funeral ceremony will take place at the residence of William
Harshbarger Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and will be in charge
of Rev. Ezra Gonhorn and Rev. Samuel Stover. His remains will
be laid to rest in the family Cemetery. (The article continues
with the other deaths.)