JAMES BERRY PEERMAN
James Berry Peerman, 96, scion of a
pioneer Posey county family and a life-long resident of the
Although he had been blind and inactive for the last ten years he
retained his mental alertness and was in every sense a "gentleman of the
old school."
He outlived his three sons, Noah, Herschel and Ralph Peerman, all of whom died in recent years.
The body is at the Short-Niehaus Funeral
Home and will remain there through the funeral service set for
Mr. Peerman's wife, nee Josephine
Johnson, also a representative of a prominent pioneer local family, died in
1915.
He is survived by three daughters-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Peerman, Evansville, Mrs. Anna Peerman,
Mt. Vernon, and Mrs. Lola McKee, North Richland, Wash; seven grandchildren, 19
great gandchildren and one great great
grandchild; two half brothers, George W. Peerman, Los
Angeles, and Jack Peerman, Idaho Falls, Ida; and two
half sisters, Mrs. Henry Miller and Mrs. Anna Emerine,
both of Mt. Vernon.
The deceased was born in Farmersville vicinity on
He farmed in the Solitude vicinity for many years prior to his
retirement, residing north of the Dawson Store there.
His lengthy,
local residence plus his keen observation and alert mind made him an authority
on local history over a wide span of years.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers