obits: Hannah Sharp Peacock, Indiana County, PA SUBJECT: Hannah Sharp Peacock Obit. SUBMITTER: Amy Timmerman-Sheehan EMAIL: antique3rd@aol.com DATE: Oct 17, 1999 PASSWORD> SURNAMES: Sharp, Peacock (d. August 04, 1890, Jasper Co. Indiana) Death of Grandmother Peacock Mrs. Hannah Peacock, wife of Jonathan Peacock, died Monday, at 10:15 after an illness of about a week at her home on River Street, in this place. The sickness which caused her death was the result of mainly of the weakness of old age. Her maiden name was Sharp and she was born in Indiana county Penn., May 2, 1808, her age thus being 82 years, 3 months, and 21 days. She was married to Jonathan Peacock, who still survives her, August 6th, 1829. her wedded life thus extending over the remarkably long period of 61 years, lacking only 2 days. She was the mother of nine children, eight of whom, five sons and three daughters, still survive her. She became a member of the M. E. Church in 1840 and was a faithful christian to the end-a period of over fifty years. She became a resident of Jasper County in 1857. The funeral was held at the M.E. Church yesterday afternoon; Rev. T. F. Drake preaching the funeral sermon. Interment in Weston cemetery. Her children were all present at the funeral, except her son Alexander, who lives in Kansas. The others who live abroad, namely James, from Galatin, Tenn., Thomas from Paxton, Ill., and Mrs. Mary Lamson, from Elm Creek Neb., all arrived in time to be present at the last rites. ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.