Nancy M. Peet (b.1819)

PEET, WALTON

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/24/2005 at 22:57:22

Peet, Nancy W., Section 13; PO Eden; widow of Edgar Peet, who was born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, in 1818, and married the subject of this sketch, Nancy W. Walton in 1845; she was born in Essex Co., New York in 1819; have three children living --- Mary L., Florence G. and Alice L.; lost one child -- Edgar W. Mr. P. first settled in Cook Co., Illinois in 1834 and was one of the early pioneers of that state, where he lived until he came to this county in 1854 and settled on their present estate of 160 acres, valued at $4,000; he died April 19, 1864, and was one of the early settlers of this town and county, and during his life interested in the welfare of the county and beloved by all who knew him.

Page 631, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"
Eden Township