Iroquois County IL Archives Obituaries.....Peacock, William 1890
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Morris Herald, June 13, 1890
Wm. Peacock, son of Mrs. Mary Peacock, of this city, who resides near Sheldon, 
Iroquois county, Ill., was murdered on Thursday night, May 20th, by his son, a 
man about 18 years old. The information at hand is very meager. The Sheldon 
News of last week contained the following: William Peacock, a farmer living on 
the west side of the county, was murdered last Thursday night. His son, a man 
about 18 years of age, is now in the county jail, and confesses to have 
committed the awful crime. He says his mother, who was divorced from his 
father some twelve years ago, persuaded him to commit the act. Since the 
divorce she has married again and lives in Kensington. The sons says the crime 
was committed for the purpose of securing property supposed to have been 
gained by the father in a law suit recently pending in the circuit court of 
this county. Deceased was married to Miss Mary Youman, who resided in the 
southern part of Kendall county, some time during the war. They moved to 
Iroquois county in 1865, where for a time Mr. Peacock was successful in 
business as a farmer, or rather as a land speculator, but later in life he met 
with reverses. To them were born two children, a boy and a girl. Some twelve 
years ago the father and mother separated, the wife securing a divorce and 
afterwards marrying and moved with her husband to Kensington, near Chicago, 
she taking with her the girl, while the boy remained with his father. While 
the boy makes confession of the murder, stating that the deed was committed at 
the instance of his mother, his story is doubted by many who are acquainted 
with the parties, and believe the boy was prompted to the deed by abuse 
received at the hands of the father.

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