*Martha Davie, great great grandmother 
 

"Rufus Wiley Peacock, M.D., N.Y. University, 1875, died February 7, at his home in Jersey City, N.J., where he had lived since 1875. He was born at Goldsborough, N.C., June 18, 1827, and practiced in the South for eighteen years. His father was a wealthy planter and his grandfather an aid-de-camp on General Washington's staff." 

This obit brings to light several new items: 

1 - It shows a death date of 7 Feb 1899, the same as records at Arlington Cemetery, Kearny, N.J., where he is buried. His official "Report of Death" that I received from NJ has his death date as 7 July 1899. 

2 - He was born in Goldsborough - I knew he was born in Wayne Co., N.C., but this is the first I've seen Goldsborough specifically mentioned. 

3- He practiced medicine in the South for 18 years - I knew he was referred to as Dr. Peacock when in TN, and family legend has it that he served as a surgeon in the Civil War (although to date I haven't been able to find him among North or South Civil War records). If he practiced in the South for 18 years, and moved to NJ about 1870, then he'd have been practicing since about 1852, the time of his first marriage to Mary Jane Woodson in Gibson Co., TN. 

4 - His father was a wealthy planter - I know nothing much of his father Wiley other than his service in the War of 1812 and his move to TN between 1832 - 1836, when I lose track of him. Here I discover that he was a "wealthy" planter. 

5- His grandfather was an aid-de-camp on General Washington's staff. This is exciting because it confirms family legend  that claimed someone in my father's line was an aid-de-camp to General Washington. This was probably Rufus' grandfather Jesse Peacock, although I suppose it could have been the father of his mother Lefa (last name unknown). 
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