Volume 9 Issue 4 ISSN # 1534-4460 October - December 2009
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Volume 9 Issue 4 ISSN # 1534-4460 October - December 2009 Those who don’t remember their ancestors don’t deserve to be remembered! From The Editor IN THIS ISSUE Merry Christmas 2009 & Happy New Year 2010! From The Editor 1 Trish and I wish you the best of everything for the coming year. Can you believe that another decade has gone? Does it continue to speed up? I am A Salute to Our Senior Citizens 2 continually amazed how time flies (or seems to) when you get older. I will be retired 16 years from Notes from Cousins 3 civil service this coming year and for 13 from the Rock Stream Cemetery, NY military. I am happy to report that my last heart Feature Article: procedure has been very beneficial. The nurse said Cave Dweller John Hollowell 3 that I now have a “Normal” heart rhythm. I asked (1766-1855) her to spell it. Family Obits - Mostly Carrie Mae Peel Williams turned 94 this quarter. Disconnected Families Carrie, I don’t recall getting an invitation to your Birthday Party but I really hope you had a great time! Katie M. Peele 7 William O. Peele Jr. I pray that you had the great Christmas seasons even Carlie C. Peele though I know that some family members lost Dr. William Peel, Jr. spouses this year. I received a letter from Harriett James Ernest Peele Peelle Terrell that she lost her husband James on Thanksgiving Day. Harriett is the nicest lady and a brilliant person. I am sorry to hear of her loss. History Moments 10 Harriett is a twelfth generation descendent from Lawrence: Harriett Pearl 12 Peelle (Walter Isaiah 11 , Charles Edward "Ed" 10 , Isaiah P. 9, William 8, John 7, Reuben 6, Josiah 5, Robert 4, Robert 3, Robert 2, Lawrence 1). Please refer to the back page for instructions on renewal of your Lawrence, Etc., subscription. I have changed the rules a little. Please read them. Thanks to those of you who have sent in articles this year, keep them coming. In this quarterly Lawrence, Etc., we highlight one of our family members by the name of John Hollowell. His is an interesting life in that he was the first white settler in what became Orange County, IN. This is a follow-on story to Peelle Related Quaker Moves published earlier. If you know any family senior citizen around 85 to 90 years young, please send their name, picture, date of birth, age, address, and how they are related to our Peele family, regardless of the surname spelling. They will be added to the newsletter list for free copies of Lawrence, Etc . Carrie Mae Peel Williams October 16, 1915, age 94 Carrie Mae Peel Williams 6805 West Riverbend Road (Sister of Patricia Peel Arick, Daughter of Dunnellon, FL 34433 John Franklin Peel and Lillian Belle Nelson, descended from Dempsey Peelle.) Robert B. Peelle Robert B. Peelle, Sr. May 26, 1919, age 90 Rydal Park 329H 1515 Fairway Rydal, PA 19046 (Son of Henry Edmund Peelle and Inez Emma Beatty, Father of R. B. Peele, Jr.) Harriett Pearl Peelle Terrell July 12, 1924, age 85 Harriett Peelle Terrell Harriett, I 290 Prairie Ave # 407 need your (Daughter of Walter Isaiah Peelle and Wilmington, OH 45177 picture! Mahalia Caroline "May" Thompson; Wife of James Terrell.) Marvin Buford Peele, Jr. August 9, 1924, age 85 Marvin B. Peele, Jr. 183 Rothwood Road (Son of Marvin B. Peele, Sr. and Annie Monroe, VA 24574-3211 Elizabeth Bullard, (Horace’s brother) and Husband of Mattie Isabelle Smith.) Geraldine "Jerry" Marsh Peel Geraldine Peel 11 Feb 1926, age 83 St John Towers 724 Greene Street Apt. #615 (Wife of Walter Lee "Buck" Peel, Jr. 1928- Augusta, GA 30901 1998, Mother of Diane Peel Walls.) Have you sent a card to our seniors lately? Lawrence, Etc. Volume 9 – Issue 4 - 2009 Page 2 of 12 Rock Stream Cemetery Note from Robert (RB) B. Peelle, Jr. (1944- ) In response to our article on maintaining the Peele Cemetery in NC in the last Lawrence, Etc., RB sends the following note addressing the Rock Stream Cemetery, Rock Stream, NY (near Watkins Glen, on a finger lake, Lake Seneca,) which he maintains: The cemetery was established 1833. It is a beautiful setting, next to a beautiful small white country church and memorial hall. The memorial hall and the church trust fund were given by the Peelle Brothers 1944. My great-grandfather John Peelle (1854-1927) is buried there along with his father-in-law Rev. Charles L. White (1829-1916) and Charles' father Rev. Samuel White (1791-1864). My grandfather Henry E. Peelle (1891- 1977) is remembered there as are four of his five brothers. My father Robert B. Peelle (1919-?) will be remembered there and I will be, and possibly my four sons (Michael Peelle 1974, Beau Peelle 1976, Christopher Peelle 1978, Evan Peelle 1983). There are 20 Peelles remembered there so far. Two of the three cemetery managers are family members. Thanks RB for telling us and maybe one day some of us shall call you to go visit the cemetery. Horace. Cave Dweller John Hollowell (1766-1855) Mary Peelle was born 02 Feb 1742 in Near Rich Square, Northampton Co., NC. She is the 4th child and 2 nd daughter of Robert Peelle (1709-1782, Patriot) and Elizabeth Edgerton (1712-1749) and also Horace’s 5th Great Grandmother. Mary was the sixth generation: (Robert 5, Robert 4, Robert 3, Robert 2, Lawrence 1). and died 11 Jan 1813 in Valeene, Orange Co., IN. On November 1 st , 1760, she married Thomas Hollowell, 5th child of John Hollowell (1695- 1752) and Sarah Rountree (Abt 1700 – 1754?) in Rich Square MH, Northampton Co., NC. Interesting enough, Mary and Thomas were the first to be married in the newly built Meeting House at Rich Square, completed in early 1760. Thomas was born 04 Dec 1739 in Norfolk, VA, and died around December 1822 in Valeene, Orange Co., IN. Both are buried in the Bluff Springs Cemetery, Valeene, IN. Mary Peelle and Thomas Hollowell had eight children and this feature centers around their third child John: 1) Abigail - born 26 Dec 1761 in Northampton Co., NC, married John Spivey, 7 children, died in unknown location. 2) Sarah - born 24 Dec 1763 in Northampton Co., NC, Raiford "Ralph" Fletcher, 6 children, died Marlboro Co., SC. 3) John - born 11 Jan 1766 in Northampton Co., NC, married Miriam Overman, 8 children, died in Orange Co., IN on 06 Feb 1855. Lawrence, Etc. Volume 9 – Issue 4 - 2009 Page 3 of 12 4) Miriam - born 17 Dec 1769 in Northampton Co., NC; married John Hobson, 4 Children, died Orange Co., IN 5) Robert - born 13 Sep 1772 in Northampton Co., NC; married Elizabeth Cox, 7 children, died Washington Co., IN 6) William - born 10 Apr 1775 in Northampton Co., NC; married Phebe Cox, one child, died Wayne Co., NC 7) Thomas - born 07 Dec 1777 in Northampton Co., NC; married Catherine Lancaster, died Wayne Co., NC 8) Josse - born 16 Aug 1780 in Northampton Co., NC; married Elizabeth Woodard, died Orange Co., IN The following articles were written about John in two publications; 1) the Olde Tyme Album, published Thursday, February 7, 1991 (The News page 8) and 2) The Paoli Republican, Paoli, Indiana, published August 3, 1950 during the centennial celebration of building the new courthouse in Paoli. These two articles are quoted verbatim. First Settler Was A Cave Dweller. Orange County history shows the first inhabitant was a cave man. True or False? The answer is true and that fact is not based on paleontology. John Hollowell was the first known white settler in the area which became Orange County and Mr. Hollowell spent some time living in a cave at Valeene exploring the area before he brought his family here. Hollowell became Orange County’s first known settler on June 30, 1807 when he purchased land. He settled on the south bank of the Patoka River, just south of Valeene in the area now the site of the Valeene Christian Church. Early sources indicate that Hollowell first came to the area in 1806. In a genealogy of The Hollowells, written by Lucy Elliott Hollowell, it states John Hollowell, exploring the area, “discovered a small cave in which A cave on the south bank of the Patoka River at Valeene a beautiful spring bubbled forth. was the temporary summer home for Orange County’s He barricaded the cave and dwelt first white settler of record, John Hollowell. Icicles hang from the ceiling. there during his sojourn…” It is believed after his initial visit to the area in 1806, Hollowell returned home to North Carolina for the winter of 1806-1807. The family genealogy indicated the Hollowells resided in the cave on the Patoka while they constructed their new home. Some accounts tell of the Hollowell daughters keeping watch for Indians while the men worked in the fields. Lawrence, Etc. Volume 9 – Issue 4 - 2009 Page 4 of 12 Robert Hollowell soon joined his brother [John] here. Robert purchased land on Nov. 30, 1809. At the same time, John Hollowell added another 30 acres of land to his original 160 acre purchase. Godspeed’s history of Orange County mentions two other early settlers, John Hobson and Robert Breeze. They, however, were apparently ‘squatters’ on government land, or purchased land from the Hollowells, for no purchase transaction in their names was ever entered. In addition to John and Robert Hollowell’s purchase of land in what would become Southeast Township, other early settlers were James Maxedon, who bought land in Orleans in 1809; Jesse Hollowell, Paoli, 1810; and Thomas Hopper, Stampers Creek, 1810.