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Rufus Wheeler Peckham

20 Dec 1809 – 22 Nov 1873

Birth	20 Dec 1809
Death	22 Nov 1873
Cemetery	Albany Rural Cemetery Albany , Albany County , New York , USA
Added by	Lydia on 06 Mar 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10067

Bio

U.S. Congressman. Born in Albany, New York, he graduated from Union College in 1827, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced to practice law in Albany. He was District Attorney of Albany County, (1838-41) and elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress, serving (1853-55). After his term, he resumed the practice of law, was Justice of the Supreme Court for the third judicial district, (1861-69) and associate Judge of the Court of Appeals from 1870, until his death at age 63. Peckham and his wife Mary, were among 226 passengers and crew of a tour steamer lost when it collided with another ship and sank just off the coast of France in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Family

Parents

• Peleg Peckham 1762–1828
• Desire Watson Peckham 1767–1852

Spouse

• Isabella Adoline Lacey Peckham 1812–1848
• Mary Elizabeth Foote Peckham 1873–1873

Siblings

• George Williams Peckham Sr 1796–1873
• Frances "Fanny" Peckham Burdick 1799–1879
• Miranda Lucretia Peckham Livingston 1802–1879

Children

• Wheeler Hazard Peckham 1833–1905
• Joseph Henry Peckham 1835–1852
• Rufus Peckham 1838–1909

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