Much of my focus of late has been on the patriarch of my maternal father's family tree: Reverend Tump Peeler.
Two PEELER brothers married two TEMPLE sisters and settled in Washington County Georgia where they both raised their families.
The PEELERS are known as doctors of the herbs, and a spiritual family. Tump preaches for Mt. Sinai, Beaulah and Pleasant Grove. His wife Sussie is a midwife. Her name-sake and grand-daughter Sussie PEELER-JONES recalls her being called on by white folk to wait on them during time of labor. She was so proud, Cousin Sussie tells me, "She would stroll around the house say'n, I'm a doctor!"
Soloman (Sol) and Mariah had 8 children, while Tump and Caddie had 11--9 of which survived into their own birthing years. Their oldest was Walter.
Walter PEELER (1879-1921) married Rosa DIXON on November 2, 1902 by the blessings of Rev. James Veal in Washington County, GA. The children began with Izora (1902-1965), then came Isadore (1903-1985), Douglas (1910-1984), and finally Amos James (1914-1985) Walter would move to Dauphin County, PA and work on a steel mill. Like hundreds of thousands of blacks during the era of the great migration. Arriving as early as 1915, my great-grandfather never appears to have a place of his own with no mention of him in the area directores. However he registers for WWI in 1918 from Swatarta, PA, and is listed in the 1920 census as a boarder of the home of Adam and Annie MCKINNEY.
In March of 1921, two days before good Friday, my great-great grandfather is killed third degree burns and internal injuries when an explosion of furnace #7 at Bethleham Steel pins 6 men for 6 hours under firey rubble and ash. His body along with the others is found. And apparently by way of rail is sent back home to Sandersville. There his youngest son, A.J. sees his father for the first time to his own memory, and remarks that "his father is dark, like himself" Recalls Aunt Eve when I spoke to her last-- Uncle A.J.'s wife.
Walter Peeler is laid to rest probably in the county cemetery.
Please if you should have any information concerning the lineage of the PEELER Boys, leave a comment or e-mail me!
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