Samuel West Peel

Samuel West Peel

Birth
Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas, USA
Death 18 Dec 1924 (aged 93)
Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Memorial ID 7121797 · View Source
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US Congressman. Born in Batesville, Arkansas, with the start of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army as a Private in 1861 and went one to be Colonel in command of the 4th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. After the war, he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Bentonville, Arkansas. He was prosecuting attorney of the fourth judicial circuit of Arkansas, (1873-76) and elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress and to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving (1883-93). An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law and died at age 93 in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Find A Grave Memorial 7121797
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for Samuel West Peel (13 Sep 1831–18 Dec 1924), Find A Grave Memorial no. 7121797, citing Bentonville Cemetery, Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .