|
Peebles, George Albert
|
|
| LAST: Peebles
|
FIRST: George
|
MID: Albert
|
|
| GENDER: M
|
MAIDEN NAME:
|
TITLE:
|
|
| BORN: 2 Mar 1854
|
DIED: 15 Nov 1908
|
BURIED: 17 Nov 1908
|
|
|
OCCUPATION: Educator; Superintendent of Schools
|
|
| BIRTH PLACE: Clackamas Co., Oregon
|
|
| DEATH PLACE: Waldo Hills, Marion Co., Oregon
|
|
NOTES:
OSBH DC (Marion County 1908) #8398 - George Albert Peebles, male, occupation educator, b. 2 Mar 1854 in Marion Co., Oregon, d. 15 Nov 1908 in Marion Co., Oregon (L. C. Griffith farm east of Salem) at the age of 54 y's 8 m's 13 d's, name of father John C. Peebles (b. West Moreland Co., Pennsylvania), maiden name of mother Eliza J. Mark (b. Kentucky), interment 17 Nov, informant Virginia G. Peebles of Macleay, Oregon.
BIOGRAPHCIAL:
George A. Peebles was born in Clackamas County in 1854. His father, John C. Peebles, was born in Pennsylvania in 1826, and when 14 years old moved with his parents to Indiana. He crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850, and became associated with Ben Simpson in a store at Fairfield. He bought a farm, on which the town of Fairfield was later located. He was married November 27, 1851, to Eliza Jane Mark of Clackamas County. They had six children. George A. was the oldest.
Eliza Jane Mark was born in Kentucky in 1836. Her parents had come from Virginia. They moved to Missouri in 1845 and in 1847 crossed the plains to Oregon.
J.C. Peebles, father of George A. Peebles, was a member of the state constitutional convention, which met at Salem in 1857. Later he served several terms in the Oregon territorial legislature. He was state librarian one term, and in 1862 was elected county judge of Marion County and served three terms.
George A. Peebles was a well known educator…”
Oregon Journal 28 Sep 1938
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Prof. George A. Peebles, principal of the McMinnville Public Schools, a native son of Oregon, and a son of a well-known pioneer of this state, was born in Clackamas County, March 2, 1854. His father, Hon. John Cannon Peebles of Marion County, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1826… On November 27, 1851, a little more than a year after arriving in Oregon, he was married to Eliza Jane Mark, a daughter of a well-known pioneer of Clackamas County, Oregon, John Mark…
Prof. George A. Peebles received his elementary education in the public schools of Salem, Oregon, and subsequently completed his education at Willamette University at Salem, graduating from that institution in 1877. For several years prior to entering the university he taught in the public schools of Marion County, and after finishing his collegiate studies again devoted himself to teaching. In 1879 was elected to a principalship in the Salem public schools and after a period of seven years’ continuous service as principal and city superintendent of the public schools of that city he resigned his city superintendency to accept the county superintendency of Marion County, which position he held for four years. In 1888, at the expiration of his term of office as County Superintendent of Schools, he accepted a position with D. Appleton & Company, of New York, to represent their interests in Oregon, which position he held until the summer of 1889, when he was tendered the position of principal of the public schools of McMinnville, Oregon. He is now [1893] completing his fourth year as principal of these schools. During his administration in these schools, he has successfully established an excellent system of graded schools that rank with the leading public schools of the State.
On the 29th of June 1882, the subject of our sketch was married to Miss Virginia A. Griffith of Salem, a daughter of L. C. Griffith, one of Marion County’s representative men, a successful farmer, and one of the pioneers of the early 50’s. Two daughters, Lois and Alice, age 9 and 7 years, both living, are two beautiful and lovely children of whom any father and mother might justly be proud, are the fruitage of their marriage. (Excerpted from: Illustrated History of the State of Oregon by H. K. Hines, pgs 756-757)
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Supt. Geo. A. Peebles has visited more schools during the past two years than any of his predecessors, and by his presence in remote district has inspired teacher and scholars in the work of study and general advancement. His examinations are uniform and dignified and each applicant gets his or her certificate on simple merit, no favoritism being shown to anyone. As a Supt. Mr. Peebles has made a success and will be reelected.
Silverton Appeal 15 May 1886 3:3.
NOTE: Photo of George Peebles, courtesy of Barbara Giesy;
|
|
OBITUARY:
Prof. Peebles Passes Away – One of leading Oregon Educators Dies in the Waldo Hills – George A. Peebles, one of the best known of educators in Western Oregon, for 30 years a prominent figure in school work in Salem and one of the most highly respected men in the community, died Sunday at the residence of L. D. Griffith in the Waldo Hills.
Born near Salem in 1854, educated at Willamette University, graduating from there in 1877, starting as principal in the Salem schools in 1879 and being admitted to the bar in 1881, he devoted the greater portion of his life to Salem and to her children.
For 10 years he was principal in one of the schools here and for seven years city superintendent. For two terms he was county superintendent and from 1889 to 1892 was superintendent of the McMinnville schools. From 1899 to 1905 he was professor of English literature at Weston normal school. When he retired last June he was principal of the Grant School in Salem.
In addition to the other many duties of his active career, for over 10 years he was a member of the state board of teachers’ examiners.
Mr. Peebles left a widow, Virginia Griffith Peebles, and two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Junk, of Berkeley, Cal. and Miss Alice Peebles, a teacher in the Portland schools. The funeral will be conducted from the First M. E. Church in this city, Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. under the auspices of the Order of Odd Fellows. Rev. P. S. Knight and Rev. W. M. Sellack will conduct the service.
The remains will lie in state at the Rigdon undertaking parlors until 1 o’clock, where friends of the deceased can view them.
Source - Chapman Scrapbook [article dated Nov. 17, 1908]in Marion County Historical Society Library.
|
|
INSCRIPTION:
George Albert
Peebles
1854 - 1908
|
|
SOURCES:
Hellie, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
OSBH DC (Marion County 1908) #8398
Chapman Scrapbook
Hines, pgs 756-757
SA 15 May 1886 3:3
OJ 28 Sep 1938
|
|
| SECTION: E
|
LOT:
|
|
|
IMAGES:
|
|
