David Porter Peary

1822 - 1901  (79 years)

• Name	David Porter Peary
  Born	4 Sep 1822	Denmark, Oxford Co, Maine, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Sep 1901
  Person ID	I8705	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Moses Peary
  Mother	Huldah Kimball
  Family ID	F11985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah Hoar,   b. 23 May 1831, ,   d. 11 Feb 1923,  (Age 91 years)
  Children	1. Earnest David Peary,   b. 8 Sep 1880, Rangeley, Franklin Co, Maine, USA
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F3873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  David Porter Peary (also spelled Peavey) was the son of War of 1812 veteran Moses Peary, and was born in 1822 in Denmark, Oxford County. In September, 1850, he was a Sandy River farmer who owned $50 in real estate and lived with the family of David and Betsy Hoar. He married their daughter Deborah later that year and in 1860 was a farm laborer in Rangeley with two daughters. Peary enlisted from Rangeley in Company E, 13th Maine Infantry, on December 10, 1861. He re-enlisted on February 29, 1864, and was transferred to Company B, 30th Maine Infantry, on January 5, 1865, when the 13th was mustered out. He was mustered out with the 30th Maine on August 20, 1865, at Savannah, Georgia.. In 1870, Peary was a farmer in Rangeley with three children, real estate worth $600, and other assets valued at $160. He and his wife lived in Rangeley in 1880 with their four daughters and an infant grandson, David. Peary applied for a pension in 1883. In 1900, he and his wife, who had been married for 50 years, were living in Greenvale Plantation, which soon became part of Sandy River. He died on September 19, 1901. His widow applied for a pension that year and died in 1916. They are buried in Evergreen Cemetery; stones for them and their daughter Florence are at the Schoolhouse Cemetery.