Person:Susan Peckham (2)
Susan Peckham
b.28 Apr 1799 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
d.5 Jul 1873 Lewis, Cass, Iowa, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Rebecca Peckham1785 - 1859
  2. Elizabeth Peckham1788 - 1872
  3. Sarah Peckham1797 - 1872
  4. Susan Peckham1799 - 1873
Spouse and Children
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m. 17 Jul 1820
  1. Gardner Saunders1824 - 1895
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Facts and Events
Name Susan Peckham
Gender Female
Birth? 28 Apr 1799 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 17 Jul 1820 New Yorkto Russel Saunders
Death? 5 Jul 1873 Lewis, Cass, Iowa, United States
Burial? Lewis, Cass, Iowa, United States
Religion? Seventh-Day Baptist

Census: 1850 Adams, Jefferson Co., New York

Cause of death: Dropsy

Susan was born in 1799 in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Her family moved to Petersburgh, Rensselaer Co., New York about 1802. Her mother died in 1803 and her father married her younger sister.In 1820 Susan married Russel Saunders and they moved to Verona, Oneida Co., New York, where they farmed. Susan's older sister,Elizabeth, and her husband Isaac Scriven also moved to the Verona area, as did her older brother Daniel and his wife Elizabeth, as did her younger brother Lodowick.

Russel and Susan had four children, all boys between 1821 and 1829.

Sometime after her husband Russel died in 1834, Susan moved from Verona, Oneida Co., New York to Adams, Jefferson Co., New York where Russel's older brother Isaac and her older sister Esther were living. In May 1842 Esther passed away and in November ofthat year Susan married Esther's widower, David Maxson, a deacon in the church.

Susan's third son, Gardner is documented as marrying in Jefferson Co. in March of 1844 and moving to Wisconsin from Adams Center in the spring of 1846.

Susan's youngest son, Alexander, died and was buried in Adams Center in March of 1848.

After the death of David Maxson in 1865, Susan moved to live with her oldest son William in Iowa.

"Sabbath Recorder". At my residence, in Lewis, Cass county, Iowa, on the 5th day of July, 1873, at thirty minutes past four o'clock P.M., my mother Susan Maxson, who was the widow of Dea. David Maxson, formerly of Adams, N. Y., died of dropsy, after a lingering illness of over five months. Mother was born April 28th, 1799, and during most of the time since my earliest recollections, has been a member of some Seventh-day Baptist Church. Deacon Maxson was well known, as was my mother as his second wife. Wm. R. Saunders

Her tombstone at the Oakwood Cemetery in Lewis, Cass Co., Iowa,reads "At Rest, Susan P., Relict of David Maxson, Died July 51873, aged 74 Ys, 2 Ms, & 8Ds., In memory of a dear mother. Byher son Wm. R. Saunders"

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