SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF PEACOCKS BURIED HERE AT PETERSBURG.
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Suggested edit: J.W. Peacock died at his home in Peacock Monday. A.C. Browning of the Penick-Hughes funeral home was called to prepare the body for burial. Body was carried overland Tuesday to Petersburg, for burial on Wednesday.

The Stamford American
Friday, September 27, 1929
Vol. 6, Number 24
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BORN IN SULPHER FORK, ARKANSAS.
One of the brothers who founded the town of Peacock in Stonewall County. Land speculator/Farmer/Grocer and was first postmaster in the town of Peacock. Wife was Margaret "Maggie" Roden Wilson. Also carried mail on a rural route back in the 1920's.
His father, John E. Peacock and his grandfather Alfred Peacock are in the Larramore Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnston, TX. His family came to Texas at the close of the Civil War.

Bill and Maggie had 12 children:
Minnie, Lafayette, Alfred Lee, Wilmer Porter, Ella Peacock CARDELL, and her twin sister Della Peacock (buried here at Petersburg) Matha Jane, John Erwin, William Victor, Otis Green, Elva Verga, and Morgan.
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Bill Peacock and two of his brothers, Brack and Morgan were the founders of the small town of Peacock, Stonewall County, Texas. There is a historical marker there at the town square telling the story.

Bill Peacock had no children by any marriage, except for Maggie
Bill's 2nd marriage to Nancy Hanks was a very short one. She ran off
with her sisters husband, and the sister, Susan (C. A.) Whisenant, was
the third wife of Bill Peacock. There are marriage records for this last
marriage, Feb. 29, 1928 at Brownwood, Tx. He was married to Susan at the time of his death. We were told that she had 2 daughters from her
previous marriage. Buddy Peacock related some of this to me at the 1986 Peacock, Texas Reunion. More on Bill Peacock and his life will be added to this at a later time.

He was known as "Bill"
Death certificate says Anjina Pectoris.....
Records state that J. W. Bill Peacock died very suddenly, at 9:am. The
family says "under suspicious circumstances." He had come home to take a nap, (more likely he came home for lunch or breakfast) while drinking his coffee, suddenly became sick. The doctor was called, and even tho he thought Bill would be ok, Susan had her daughters brought home from school, "because Bill is going to die." That he was buried in a borrowed suit of clothes. He had promisory notes out for $2300.00, and land in Petersburg, and Peacock valued at $9500. Bill, it seems, was a little too generous and good hearted. Bill Peacock, being one of the first merchants in the area, was one of the first postmasters for Peacock.
He also was a mailman in the Petersburg area. Earnest Herring was his
lawyer, and had filed claims on behalf of Bill before he died. Herring
was to get half of what was collected, after expenses.
I was told by Boug Peacock (who was there) that his widow, Susan E. , shed no tears when he died, and that she and that her two daughters from a previous marriage had longed to return to their hometown of Brownwood, Tx., and at the funeral, did not even try to hide their joy at being able to return to Brownwood. (If I am conveying the feeling that Susan and her daughters were not well thought of by the Peacock family, well, so be it.)
I was also told by one of Bill's son's that Susan E., (third wife) and
Bill's first wife, Nancy were sisters ( Hanks) , and that Nancy ran off
with Susan's husband C. A. Whisenant.
The family group, The Western Division of the Peacock Family Association placed a beautiful marker on his and his daughter, Della's graves there in Petersburg, Texas. They also enclosed the Peacock plot with a cement curb.
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1870 On census with parents age 8, Grandview, Johnson Co., TX.
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1880 Johnson Co., TX. with parents, age 18
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1900 Census Pct 6 Comanche Co., TX.
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1910 Pct 5 Stonewall County, Texas
J. W. Peacock 47
Maggie 40
Ella 17
Della 17
Mallie (Mattie) 14
John 13
Victor 11
Odas 7 (Otis Green)
Elva 4
Morgan 2
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1920 Pct 2, Hale County, Texas
John W Peacock 57
Maggie Peacock 54
William V Peacock 20
Otus Peacock 18
Della Peacock 27
Elva V Peacock 14
Morgan Peacock 11
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1930 DECEASED

His Estate:
After Bill Peacock's death his estate went into probate court since he died without a will being produced. This upset many of his children because they were certain that he had one drawn up. His wife of less then a year, Mrs. Sue E Peacock was appointed by the court to be administratrix of Bill Peacock's estate.
Text of Probate Will: No. 249 In County Court, Estate of J.W. Peacock Stonewall Co., Texas Deceased March 18, 1930 The following is the testimony of Mrs. Sue E. Peacock, witness, taken in open court, after being duly sworn to testify, to-wit: My name is Mrs. Sue E. Peacock. I am a widow, the surviving wife of J.W. Peacock, who died, leaving no will, 23 Sept. 1929, at Peacock, in Stonewall County, Texas. J.W. Peacock and I were married, in Brownwood, Texas Feb. 29, 1928. I know my husband, J.W. Peacock, during his lifetime, after our marriage, employed Ernest Herring, attorney at Aspermont, Texas, two collect two judgments. One judgment was in the County of Crosby, Texas, against A.C. Johnson. The other judgment was in the District Court of Stonewall County, Texas and against L.H. Matthews. Nothing had been paid on either of them against the persons named.
Inventory, Appraisement, & List of Claims No. 249Estate of J.W. Peacock deceased-In County Court, Stonewall Co. Texas February Term, 1930 To the Honorable County Court in and for said Stonewall County Hon. C.E. Brannen the Judge thereof: Inventory and appraisement of the estate of J.W. Peacock deceased produced before the undersigned appraisers by Sue E. Peacock, Administratrix this the 17th day of March A.D. 1930
I. Separate Property: none
II. Real Estate: The West Eighty (80) Acres off the South one half section No. 17 in Block CL, Hale County, Texas-the land conveyed to J.W. Peacock by G.H, Thomason and wife by deed dated 28 June 1924, recorded in Vol. 67 page 502 of Hale County Deed Records. We value at $50.00 per acre- total value $4000.00. The West One Hundred Ten Acres of the Northwest One-Fourth of Section No. 17 in Block CL Hale County, Texas which we value at $50.00 per Acre-Total Value $5500.00
III. Community property -None
IV. Personal property -None We the under signed appraisers do solemnly swear that the foregoing is a full and fair appraisement of the property belonging to the estate of J.W. Peacock, Deceased, produced before us by Mrs. Sue E. Peacock, Administratrix J.W. Matthews, C.O. Hughes Appraisers Sworn to and subscribed before me this March 17, 1930 W.H. McKenzie Notary Public, Stonewall, Texas C.E. Brannan Co. Judge Stonewall County, Texas
(I find it extremely hard to believe that Bill didn't have personal property including clothing when he died . HE WAS AFTER ALL A BUISNESSMAN AND HAD TO HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO HIS NAME)
March 18, 1930- The foregoing Inventory, Appraisement, and List of Claims, and the Report thereof this Day by me examined, considered, in all things approved, and the clerk of this Court is ordered to file and record the same in the Minutes of this Court for Matters on probate. C.E. Brannan, Judge, County Court (In Matters Probate) Stonewall County, Texas

The children of John William Peacock and Margaret Roden Wilson continued to live in the west Texas towns of Paducah, Plainview, Petersburg and east New Mexico communities of Casey and Lingo for many years. During World War II however many of the Peacocks left Texas for Northern California settling mostly around Sacramento and Citrus Heights.

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Odis Green Peacock is here: 3619313