Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Peacock, Leander Alexander 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

PEACOCK, Leander Alexander (deceased). – One of the well-cultivated and 
valuable farms of Grundy County, Ill., is that known as Pleasant View, located 
in Erienna Township, on Morris Rural Route No. 3, which for many years has 
been the home of the Peacock family. Here resided for a long period the late 
Leander Alexander Peacock, whose skill as an agriculturalist and activities as 
a citizen made him a valuable and valued man in his community, and whose 
death, which occurred February 27, 1902, was widely mourned. Mr. Peacock was 
born in Erienna Township, Grundy County, Ill., June 17, 1851, and was a son of 
Alexander R. and Mary (Stewart) Peacock.

Alexander R. Peacock was born in England, and as a young man emigrated to 
Canada, where, at Leperara, he was married to Mary Stewart, a native of the 
Dominion. In 1837,
after the birth of their first child, they came by wagon to the United States, 
locating first at Morris, Ill., but subsequently moving to a farm in Saratoga 
Township. Later they bought a property of 240 acres, located in Erienna 
Township, and another tract of 160 acres in Nettle Creek Township. Mr. Peacock 
died on the Erienna Township farm, January 18, 1855, while his widow survived 
many years, passing away at the home of a daughter in Iowa.

Leander A. Peacock received a public school education, and was reared to 
agricultural pursuits, the early death of his father making it necessary that 
he start to aid in the family support when he was still but a lad. He was 
married November 1, 1876, to Miss Emma D. Towsley, who was born July 8, 1858, 
a daughter of George and Sophia (Shipman) Towsley, of Ontario, Canada, and 
grandfather of Harmon Towsley, of Vermont, and Ezra and Mary Ann (Gallop) 
Shipman, of Canada. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Alling of 
Morris, Ill. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Peacock resided with the 
former’s mother until the following spring, when they moved to a farm owned by 
Mr. Peacock in Nettle Creek Township, a tract of 160 acres, where they 
remained and farmed until January, 1885. At that time they moved to Mr. 
Peacock’s father’s old place, Pleasant View Farm, which he had purchased from 
the heirs and here he owned all 400 acres. He was known as a skilled and 
progressive farmer, alert to the progress made in his calling, and as a public 
spirited citizen and desirable neighbor. A stalwart Republican, he took a deep 
interest in public affairs, and at various times served as road commissioner, 
supervisor, township treasurer, school director and justice of the peace. His 
fraternal connection was with the Knights of Pythias of Morris, Ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Peacock were the parents of the following children: Iva E., born 
August 11, 1877, now Mrs. Daniel Hohenshell, who has three children, Russell, 
Ethel and Alta; Alfred A., born September 25, 1878, who married May Clark, and 
lives in Morris, Ill., has one daughter, Lois; Ada L., born January 7, 1880, 
now Mrs. Albert Hoge, of Nettle Creek Township, who has three sons, Gordon, 
Chester and Earnest; Lila A., born August 18, 1881, now Mrs. Fred Dix, of 
Morris, Ill.; George Adelbert, born March 23, 1883, a resident of Nettle Creek 
Township, married Grace Morrall, to whom were born two daughters, Hazel and 
Alberta; Chester D., born October 24, 1885, who died October 11, 1906; Irvin 
D., born September 26, 1887, a resident of Nettle Creek Township, married Ella 
Caldwell; Herman Ray, born April 3, 1889, living at home with his mother; 
Charles A., born September 28, 1891 at home; Clifford H., born February 2, 
1893, also at home; and Gladys Grace, born September 23, 1894, also living at 
Pleasant View Farm. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Peacock has managed 
the operation of the home place, and has made a decided success both in 
general farming and in the raising of thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey hogs. She is a 
consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is widely known and 
highly esteemed in the township in which she has made her home for so many 
years.

pages 880-881

Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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