Biography of W. Shad Peck - Summers Co. WV


The History of West Virginia, Old and New 
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume III, 
pg. 597 


W. SHAD PECK, has been for the past ten years the 
progressive and successful local agent for the Ford auto- 
mobiles at Hinton, the judicial center of Summers County, 
and here, in 1918, he erected his modern garage, with an 
attractive sales and display room and well equipped repair 
department, this building occupying the site of the home 
in which Mr. Peck was born, the date of his nativity having 
been June 1, 1892. He is a son of Dewitt Harry and 
Emma (Morefield) Peck, who still maintain their residence 
in this place, the father being sixty-two and the mother 
fifty-eight years of age at the time of this writing, in 
the spring of 1922. The Peek family name has been long 
and worthily identified with the history of this part of 
West Virginia, and the late Dr. Shannon Peck, brother 
of Dewitt H., built the first water and electric-light plants 
at Hinton. Dewitt H. Peck was formerly, and for a long 
period of years, in service as an engineer on the Chesapeake 
& Ohio Railroad, and he is now living virtually retired.
The public schools of Hinton afforded W. Shad Peck 
his youthful education, and at the age of eighteen years 
he here engaged in business, as a dealer in electrical sup- 
plies. He owned the first bicycle in Hinton, later the first- 
motorcycle in the town, and finally the second automobile 
and the first and only aeroplane. His progressiveness has 
been shown not only in this line but also in his business 
activities, the scope and importance of which now mark him 
as one of the substantial and representative young busi- 
ness men of his native city and county. Four of his 
brothers were in the nation's service in connection with 
the World war: Dr. Robert S., of Hinton, was a member of 
the medical corps of the United States Army; Leo M. was 
in the motor-transport service, as a member of Company B, 
One Hundred and Sixteenth Supply Train; Dr. Clemmer 
M. was in the dental corps; and Oliver L. received his 
military training at Morgantown, this state.
Mr. Peck circulated the subscription list through the 
medium of which was purchased and paid for the first 
fire-department truck at Hinton, and he served as chief of 
the fire department for some time. He is affiliated with the 
Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevo- 
lent and Protective Order of Elks, is one of the vital members 
of the local Rotary Club and he is a member of the Presby- 
terian Church, while his wife belongs to the Baptist 
Church.
In 1915 Mr. Peck wedded Miss Lucile Settle, whose father 
was one of the leading members of the bar of Fayette 
County, where he had given service as prosecuting attorney. 
Mr. and Mrs. Peck have a fine little son, Billy Shad.


Submitted by Valerie F. Crook <vfcrook@earthlink.net> 

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