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Robert Holmes Peyton

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Robert Holmes Peyton

Birth
Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Death
9 Oct 1851 (aged 59)
Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE
Thursday
October 9, 1851

An affray took place near Gallatin, Tennessee., this morning , between Messrs. Mc Etrath and Robert P. Peyton, brother to Hon. Bailie Peyton. Peyton struck McEtrath with a cane, when the latter stabbed Peyton to the heart, causing instant death. --- McEtrath has been arrested.
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE
Thursday
October 9, 1851

An affray took place near Gallatin, Tennessee., this morning , between Messrs. Mc Etrath and Robert P. Peyton, brother to Hon. Bailie Peyton. Peyton struck McEtrath with a cane, when the latter stabbed Peyton to the heart, causing instant death. --- McEtrath has been arrested.


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