Biographical Sketch of James W. Peacher, Greene County, Missouri,
Springfield

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Peacher is the son of Alexander and Nicy (Brightwell) Peacher, and
was born in Orange County, Virginia, September 26th, 1830, and was ed-
ucated in his native county.  He worked upon the farm, until the age of
twenty-one, and then learned the trade of plasterer.  April 11th, 1857,
he came to Springfield, Missouri, and followed his trade until the war.
During the war he remained in town selling goods as a clerk and for 
himself.  In the years 1868-9 he lived upon his farm near Springfield,
but returned to town, and for a year was in the grocery business, and
next in the dry goods trade.  In October, 1877, he opened out a stock
of boots and shoes, and has the only exclusive, and the largest, retail
boot and shoe house in Springfield.  He was married January 15th, 1865,
to Miss Juliet Ingram, daughter of S. N. Ingram.  She died in 1872, and
on the 14th of January, 1875, Mr. Peacher was married, the second time,
to Miss Jimmie, daughter of J. T. Campbell.  Their union has been blest
with two sons and one daughter.  Mr. Peacher is a member of the A. F. &
A. M., and his wife is a member of the Christian Church.  His father
died in 1865, and his mother in 1877, in Virginia.  Both were over 
eighty years of age.  They had seven children, four sons and three dau-
ghters, James W. being the third child.

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