Sheldon PeckAge: 70 years1797–1868
- Name
- Sheldon Peck
Birth | August 26, 1797 41 36 Source: 1850 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 80; Image: 162. |
Marriage | Harriet Corey — View this family September 15, 1824 (Age 27 years) |
Marriage status | Harriet Corey — View this family MARRIED |
Birth of a son #1 | John Peck October 18, 1825 (Age 28 years) |
Birth of a son #2 | Charles Peck May 10, 1827 (Age 29 years) |
Birth of a son #3 | George Peck March 1, 1829 (Age 31 years) Source: 1850 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 80; Image: 162. |
Birth of a daughter #4 | Abigail Peck August 24, 1831 (Age 33 years) |
Birth of a son #5 | Alanson Peck March 2, 1833 (Age 35 years) |
Birth of a son #6 | Watson Walter Peck 1836 (Age 38 years) Source: 1850 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 80; Image: 162. Source: 1860 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M653_175; Page: 276; Image: 277. |
Birth of a daughter #7 | Martha Peck May 20, 1837 (Age 39 years) Source: 1850 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 80; Image: 162. Source: 1860 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M653_175; Page: 276; Image: 277. |
Death of a father | Jacob Peck February 11, 1838 (Age 40 years) |
Birth of a son #8 | Henry Peck April 17, 1839 (Age 41 years) Source: 1850 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 80; Image: 162. Source: 1860 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M653_175; Page: 276; Image: 277. |
Birth of a daughter #9 | Susan Sue Peck January 18, 1843 (Age 45 years) Source: 1850 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 80; Image: 162. Source: 1860 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M653_175; Page: 276; Image: 277. Note: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T9_194; Family History Film: 1254194; Page: 387.2000; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 0516. |
Death of a mother | Elizabeth Gibbs April 29, 1843 (Age 45 years) |
Birth of a daughter #10 | Abigail Abbie Peck January 10, 1846 (Age 48 years) Source: 1850 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 80; Image: 162. Source: 1860 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M653_175; Page: 276; Image: 277. Note: York, Du Page, Illinois; Roll: T9_204; Family History Film: 1254204; Page: 292.3000; Enumeration District: 250; Image: 0164. Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: T623 298; Page: 8B |
Birth of a son #11 | Sanford Peck August 13, 1848 (Age 50 years) Note: Yorkville, Kendall, Illinois; Roll: T9_219; Family History Film: 1254219; Page: 341.1000; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 0685. Source: 1860 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M653_175; Page: 276; Image: 277. |
Birth of a son #12 | Frank Peck March 19, 1853 (Age 55 years) Source: 1860 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M653_175; Page: 276; Image: 277. |
Marriage of a child | Homer Ingles — Martha Peck — View this family 1860 (Age 62 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Estella Gobel about 1862 (Age 64 years) Note: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T9_194; Family History Film: 1254194; Page: 387.2000; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 0516. |
Marriage of a child | Elias F Gobel — Susan Sue Peck — View this family July 2, 1863 (Age 65 years) |
Marriage of a child | Henry Peck — Janice Minkler — View this family about 1864 (Age 66 years) Source: International Genealogical index |
Marriage of a child | Levi Castleman — Abigail Abbie Peck — View this family about 1865 (Age 67 years) |
Birth of a granddaughter #2 | May Castleman about 1867 (Age 69 years) Note: York, Du Page, Illinois; Roll: T9_204; Family History Film: 1254204; Page: 292.3000; Enumeration District: 250; Image: 0164. |
Death | March 19, 1868 (Age 70 years) |
Family with parents |
father |
Jacob Peck Birth: June 19, 1756 — Harwinton, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut Death: February 11, 1838 — Cornwall, Vermont |
mother |
Elizabeth Gibbs Birth: December 2, 1760 — Litchfield, , Illinois Death: April 29, 1843 — Cornwall, Vermont |
Marriage: 1781 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut |
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17 years himself |
Sheldon Peck Birth: August 26, 1797 41 36 — Vermont Death: March 19, 1868 — Lombard, , Illinois |
Family with Harriet Corey |
himself |
Sheldon Peck Birth: August 26, 1797 41 36 — Vermont Death: March 19, 1868 — Lombard, , Illinois |
wife |
Harriet Corey Birth: January 1, 1806 — Vermont Death: April 19, 1887 — Illinois |
Marriage: September 15, 1824 — Vermont |
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13 months son |
John Peck Birth: October 18, 1825 28 19 — New York |
19 months son |
Charles Peck Birth: May 10, 1827 29 21 — New York Death: October 12, 1900 |
22 months son |
George Peck Birth: March 1, 1829 31 23 — Chateaugay, Franklin, New York |
3 years daughter |
Abigail Peck Birth: August 24, 1831 33 25 — New York |
18 months son |
Alanson Peck Birth: March 2, 1833 35 27 — New York |
4 years son |
Watson Walter Peck Birth: 1836 38 30 — New York |
17 months daughter |
Martha Peck Birth: May 20, 1837 39 31 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois Death: April 15, 1915 — Illinois |
23 months son |
Henry Peck Birth: April 17, 1839 41 33 — Lombard, DuPage, Illinois Death: March 30, 1914 — Lombard, DuPage, Illinois |
4 years daughter |
Susan Sue Peck Birth: January 18, 1843 45 37 — Illinois |
3 years daughter |
Abigail Abbie Peck Birth: January 10, 1846 48 40 — Illinois |
3 years son |
Sanford Peck Birth: August 13, 1848 50 42 — Illinois Death: September 23, 1923 — Elgin, Kane, Illinois |
5 years son |
Frank Peck Birth: March 19, 1853 55 47 — Illinois |
Birth | 1850 Federal Census Note: York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 80; Image: 162. |
Birth | York, Dupage, Illinois; Roll: M432_105; Page: 80; Image: 162. |
Note | Sheldon Peck, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Peck, was born in Cornwall, Vermont, on August 26, 1797. He married Harriet Corey on September 15, 1824.
In 1828, the Peck family moved to Jordan, New York, where Sheldon became active as a portraitist and bought a fifty acre plot of land.
In 1836, Sheldon moved to Chicago. It was here that Sheldon tried to find success as a portraitist.
However, the economic panic of 1837 left few clients for Peck. It was then that the Peck family sold their Chicago property for a wagon and a team of oxen and moved twenty miles west of Chicago to a town called Babcock's Grove, the former name of Lombard . The family pre-empted approximately 80 acres of land, eventually gaining a land grant signed by President John Tyler in 1843, having purchased it for $1.25 an acre.
An 1840 census listed Sheldon Peck's occupation as farmer. The 1850 census recorded his occupation as a portrait painter. Harriet Peck, his wife, was known to produce cheese for the local market and would likely have been involved in processing wool into cloth.
By 1853 the family had grown to ten children.
Sheldon lived on the farm until he died of pneumonia on March 19, 1868. http://www.lombardhistory.org/peck.htm
history of Lombard
Sheldon Peck, 1797-1868. Born in Cornwall, Vermont. Family lived in a covered wagon for two years while the home which still stands at the southwest comer of Grace Street and Parkside Drive was built (the oldest home remaining in Lombard). He was a portrait painter with an art studio in Chicago shared by his son, Charles (a founder of the forerunner of the Art Institute of Chicago). He also maintained a studio in St. Louis, Missouri and was an artist for the medical groups performing surgery. With ten children, the Pecks early established a school in the community on their eighty-acre farm.
Sheldon Peck began painting as a young man in Vermont and continued to work as a farmer and painter as he moved westward, first to New York and later to Illinois in 1836. His austere portraits evolved from the simplest, sober images on a dark background to include greater detail andd a brigter palette. In the years he lived in Illinois, Peck established himself as a leading citizen of the area and supported the anti-slavery movement by harboring runaway slaves as a station on the Underground railroad.http://www.davidwheatcroftantiques.com/artists.cfm?artistid=849 |