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James Addison Peel

Born: c. 1812

Father: Hunter Peel

(1805-1846)

Mother: Margaret Peggy Wilson

(1784-1830)

Married: Matilda Denard Abbott

February 13, 1837 in Lowndes, MS

Children:

  1. William H.

  2. Eli H.

  3. Mary
    b. May 16, 1842 in Chickasaw Co. MS
    m. Radford Greene Gunn on January 26, 1861
    m. Dr. William Gunn, 1866
    d. February 23, 1917 in Chickasaw Co. MS

  4. Clara
    b. 1845 in MS

  5. James Addison

  6. Jefferson Davis
    b. October 09, 1850 in MS
    m. Kittie Rowland Dillard on February 18, 1881
    d. November 26, 1905 in Schlater, Mississippi

  7. George Shackleford
    b. April 10, 1856 in Delhi, LA
    m. Mary Louise Greene on December 23, 1885
    d. August 24, 1936 in Chickasaw Co, MS
[Another son "Jacob" was listed with the family in 1850 and not in 1860; we can only conclude that this child died in the intervening decade]

Died: after 1860

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