| Emilia "Milly" LeCroy | ||
| Although family
Bible records (combined with later Census records) indicate that Milly
LeCroy was born on March 17, 1851, she appears, as Emilia, on the 1850
US Census in the household of Priestly LeCroy in Franklin Co., GA at the
age of four (4). This places her actual birth around 1846.
She was married to James A. Peek, the son of Jackson Peek and Sarah Ann Bridges of Franklin Co., GA on April 27, 1866 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., TN. On her marriage record, she is listed as "Millia Leroy" Her father, Priestly LeCroy married Elizabeth Peek in Franklin Co., GA on February 4, 1849, but, for a number of reasons, Elizabeth Peek is believed to be the mother of Milly as well as her sister Mary who was born around 1848. (The fact that she was likely an illegitimate birth helps to explain the birth year being wrong.) One reason for this belief is her name, Emilia. The name (or variations) is common in the Peek family (Milly had a daughter named Emily E. Peek.). Elizabeth Peek's grandmother was Amelia Dodson, the daughter of Hightower Dodson of Amelia Co., VA. Also, Miss Clussie Thomas, the granddaughter of Milly, provided information that James A. Peek and Milly LeCroy were cousins. This would be true if Elizabeth Peek were the mother of Milly LeCroy. Milly LeCroy Peek died on January 30, 1922 and is buried beside her husband in an unmarked grave at Bluff Cemetery in Jackson Co., AL.
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Milly LeCroy ca 1912 |
Photo #1 was taken ca 1912 apparently at the home of James A. Peek. It contains a number of family members and is positively identified as Milly LeCroy.
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Milly LeCroy ca 1917 |
Photo #2 was taken in GA in 1917 and is a part of a family photo of Priestly LeCroy and a number of his children. | |
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Photo #3 was taken about 1920 and is a part of a portrait of James A. Peek and his wife Milly LeCroy | |
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Photo #4 is Milly LeCroy's daughter Ada Peek. It was taken in 1907. | |
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Photo #5 is Ada Peek taken about 1912 and is a part of the larger family photo from which photo #1 was taken. |
