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Transcribed records below from the Research of Kevin Everingham of MI 2012-2014:
From the book; The History of Lee County, Iowa, Volume II, S.J. Clarke Publishing, Chicago, 1914... "James D. Peebler accompanied his parents to Iowa, being about eleven years of age at the time of arrival of the family in Lee county. He was thereafer reared here to the time of his majority and continued to make his home in the state throughout his life. His family were Dunkards, as are many of their descendants. James D. Peebler served in some local offices and was regarded as one of the citizens of most worth in his community. In 1851 he wedded Mary Everingham, who was born July 29, 1829 in Beaconsfield, England and died February 4, 1907. She was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Everingham. Her father came to West Point in 1839 and purchased a stock of goods, after which he returned to England for his family, bringing his wife and children to the new world in 1840. Her brother Richard Everingham saw the confederate flag raised in Kansas City and attended the first cross-continent railroad meeting."
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