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Jacob Pea

20 Jan 1831 – 6 Apr 1927

Birth	20 Jan 1831
Death	6 Apr 1927
Cemetery	Pea Cemetery Sullivan , Moultrie County , Illinois , USA
Added by	Sheryl Edwards Blanford on 19 Jun 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21703487

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SULLIVAN PROGRESS FRIDAY APRIL 8 1927 DEATHS CALL COMES TO JACOB PEA, OLDEST MOULTRIE RESIDENT BORN IN THIS COUNTRY 96 YEARS AGO AND SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE TIME HERE. FUNERAL SERVICES THIS AFTERNOON. JACOB PEA, WHO ON JANUARY 20TH OBSERVED HIS 96TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY DIED WEDNESDAY AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. W. T. RHODES, SOUTH OF KIRKSVILLE. MR. PEA WAS PERHAPS THE OLDEST PERSON IN MOULTRIE COUNTY. HE CERTAINLY WAS THE OLDEST NATIVE OF THE COUNTY, HAVING BEEN BORN HERE JANUARY 20 1831 AND SPENT THE GREATER PART OF HIS LIFE HERE. UP UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH MR. PEA WAS ACTIVE AND TOOK AN INTEREST IN ALL THAT TRANSPIRED. THE PICTURE OF HIM PRESENT HERE-WITHIN WAS TAKEN ON HIS 93RD BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY AND WAS A GOOD LIKENESS OF THE AGED PIONEER. MRS. PEA DIED MANY YEARS AGO. HE LEAVES SIX CHILDREN, MACK PEA OF SULLIVAN, ERIC PEA OF LOVINGTON, MRS. W. F. WRIGHT OF DECATUR, PETE PEA OF HINTON, ILLINOIS, TOM PEA OF OKLAHOMA, AND MRS. W. T. RHODES. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE RHODES HOME TODAY(FRIDAY) AT 1:30 O'CLOCK AND WILL BE IN CHARGE OF REV. ANDERSON, BURIAL WILL BE IN PEA CEMETERY. PALLBEARERS WERE LOREN RHODES, GLEN RHODES, TOM PEA, HERSCHEL WRIGHT, OWEN WRIGHT, AND LOUIS WRIGHT.

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Family

Parents

• Daniel Pea 1795–1860
• Elizabeth Lett Pea 1801–1847

Spouse

• Mary B. Hastings Pea 1833–1912

Siblings

• Sylvester Pea 1823–1896
• William Pea 1824–1874
• Jeremiah S. Pea 1827–1848
• Nancy Ann Pea Alexander 1829–1854
• Martha J. Pea 1834–1850
• Susanah Pea Criswell 1836–1895

Children

• Thomas Clinton Pea 1857–1934
• Lorenzo Eric Pea 1868–1951
• Mary Etta Pea Rhodes 1870–1963
• Peter Jacob Pea 1872–1960

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