{"id":296,"date":"2012-06-23T01:37:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/?p=296"},"modified":"2012-06-23T01:37:19","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:37:19","slug":"peyton-presley-ross-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/peyton-presley-ross-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"PEYTON, Presley Ross (Biography)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presley Ross Peyton\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cP.R.,\u201d 20 years old,\u00a0<\/strong>lived with his 45 year old, widowed mother, Sarah Peyton, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee by 1850 (5th<\/sup>\u00a0District).\u00a0(<\/em>The 1840 Shelby County, Tennessee Census lists Sarah Peyton with several children.)<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Presley was born 14 Nov 1828 in Kentucky and died bef. 1870 Shelby County, Tennessee. He married (1) Indiana Leake and (2) Martha Brooks, both daughters of early settlers to Shelby County.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Presley Ross Peyton married (1)\u00a0Indiana Herodine Leake\u00a0<\/strong>31 Jan 1854. She was born ca. 1823 in Goochland Co., Virginia to Richard Leake\u00a0(ca. 1794 VA \u2013 July 1850 Shelby Co., TN)<\/em>\u00a0and Sophie T. Anderson\u00a0(24 Jan 1797 – 27 Oct 1830)<\/em>. Richard, his second wife\/sister-in-law, Mary T. Anderson, and his brother, Col. Samuel Leake, migrated to Shelby County ca. 1833. Indiana died bef. 1867 in the Morning Grove (Richard\u2019s property) \/ Morning Sun area (Col. Sam\u2019s property).\u00a0Issue:<\/em>\u00a0Ellen S. Peyton\u00a0<\/strong>(1857 Shelby, TN – 12\/30\/1931 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0India Leake Peyton\u00a0<\/strong>(b. ca. 1859 Shelby, TN)<\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Indiana H. Leake married (1)\u00a0James W. Lenow<\/strong>\u00a0(25 Oct 1809 Southampton County, VA \u2013 1850, Louisville, KY)\u00a0<\/em>ca. 1842.\u00a0Issue<\/em>:\u00a0Josephine Lenow<\/strong>\u00a0(b. ca. 1844 Shelby, TN)\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0James Horace Lenow<\/strong>\u00a0(b. ca. 1850 Shelby, TN)<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0James W. Lenow<\/strong>\u00a0married (1) a Virginian,Elizabeth Babb,\u00a0<\/strong>bef. 1837.\u00a0Issue:<\/em>\u00a0Frances Louisa Lenow<\/strong>\u00a0(b. ca. 1837 VA) and\u00a0John Henry Lenow<\/strong>\u00a0(b. ca. 1839 TN)<\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Presley R. Peyton married (2)\u00a0Martha<\/strong>\u00a0A. Brooks\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cMattie\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>(6 Jan 1847 Memphis \u2013 15 Aug 1940 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0bef. Nov 1867 and died shortly after their marriage. Mattie was the oldest daughter of James Monroe Brooks and Mary Ann Kingston of Memphis and Fisherville, TN. She attended St. Agnes Academy and Calvary Episcopal Church. Widowed early in marriage, Mattie lived with her parent\u2019s family from 1870 to 1920 and never re-married. In 1863 she witnessed the property confiscation by Union soldiers on the Brooks\u2019 plantation and testified to the Southern Claims Commission in 1872 in Memphis. She is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis.\u00a0(See Brooks)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Issue of Martha Brooks and Presley Peyton<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Walter R. Peyton<\/strong>\u00a0(18 Nov 1867 \u2013 22 Apr 1938 Memphis)<\/em>. A produce merchant for George Bloom Produce Co., he was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr.\u00a0May L. Peyton<\/strong>\u00a0(22 January 1869 Fisherville, Shelby, TN \u2013 23 July 1948 in Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0was the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0woman dentist to practice in the city of Memphis (1903-1938). She married Dr. William Wyatt Brooks before 1897 in Memphis and entered dental school after their marriage. She graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago with 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0honors in a class of 300 men. She was a lifetime member of the State Dental Society and the American Dental Association. \u201cAunt May\u201d was described small woman who always wore black. Fiercely independent, assertive, and demanding respect, those who visited her dental chair remained quiet and compliant. She and her husband, Wyatt, divorced after which time May lived at the luxurious Gayoso hotel with her parents and remained there after their deaths. They are buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

May\u2019s husband, Dr. William Wyatt Brooks (3 May 1859 \u2013 18 March 1927)<\/em>, son of John H. Brooks and Margaret J. Wright, was the foremost pyorrhea specialist in the south. Wyatt\u2019s step-father, Dr. Shelton Hinson, one of Memphis\u2019 first dentists, inspired Wyatt, May and others to enter the field of dentistry. May mentored her younger cousin, Dr. Ardenne Hinson, who, in turn mentored her nephew, Dr. Robert Black, in shared dental practices. Their only child, Dr.\u00a0Ruth<\/strong>\u00a0Brooks\u00a0<\/strong>(ca. 6 Jan 1897 Memphis \u2013 ca. 15 Dec 1971 CA)<\/em>, attended Randolph Macon, the University of Chicago, and the University of Tennessee to become a dentist. She met Dr.\u00a0John H. A. Campbell<\/strong>, D.D.S., Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and married in Memphis. They moved to Los Angeles and had a daughter,\u00a0Mary L. Campbell<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0(See Wright and Hinson)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

PEYTON ANCESTRY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This line descends from Capt. Valentine Peyton of Virginia\u00a0(1687-1751)<\/em>\u00a0and Henry Peyton of Lincoln’s Inn, London\u00a0(1590-1656)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Presley Ross Peyton was the son of\u00a0Craven Peyton<\/strong>\u00a0(1794 Jefferson Co., KY – 1833)<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Sarah<\/strong>\u00a0Fleming<\/strong>\u00a0Payne<\/strong>\u00a0(1795 VA \u2013 1853 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0who married in Shelby County, KY in 1813.\u00a0 Craven Peyton\u2019s\u00a0(1794)<\/em>\u00a0parents were\u00a0William<\/strong>\u00a0Peyton<\/strong>\u00a0(1753 Loudoun Co., VA – 18 Aug 1811 Bullitt Co., KY)<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Mary<\/strong>\u00a0Ross<\/strong>\u00a0(21 Nov 1769 Loudoun Co., VA – 25 Dec 1841 Hartford, Ohio Co., KY)<\/em>.\u00a0 William Peyton\u2019s parents were\u00a0Craven Peyton<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 1732 Aquia Creek, Stafford Co., VA)<\/em>\u00a0and Ann West.\u00a0 Mary Ross\u2019 parents were\u00a0Lawrence<\/strong>\u00a0Ross<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Susannah<\/strong>\u00a0Oldham.<\/strong>\u00a0Craven Peyton\u2019s (1732) parents were Col. Valentine Peyton and\u00a0Frances<\/strong>\u00a0Linton<\/strong>. Sarah Fleming Payne\u2019s parents were\u00a0Dennis Payne<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Nancy Combs<\/strong>.\u00a0 Dennis Payne\u2019s parents were\u00a0Cuthbert Combs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Sarah Evans<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Presley Ross Peyton\u2019s older brothers were\u00a0Dr.<\/strong>\u00a0William Peyton<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 1817),<\/em>\u00a0Dr. Craven Peyton<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 1821)<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<\/em>Dr.<\/strong>\u00a0Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0Fleming<\/strong>\u00a0Peyton<\/strong>\u00a0(10 May 1823 Mount Vernon, KY – 14 Feb 1878 Shelby, TN)<\/em>. Thomas married\u00a0Martha<\/strong>\u00a0Custis<\/strong>\u00a0Woolsey<\/strong>\u00a0(1832 Brunswick County, Virginia \u2013 1892 Shelby, TN)\u00a0<\/em>and lived in Shelby County. The 1860 Shelby, TN Census lists Thomas F., 37, b. in KY, Martha, 27, b. in VA, Emma, 4, b. in TN, James, 24, attorney, b. in VA, and Virginia, 20, b. in MS.\u00a0 By 1870 the children listed were: Emma, 12, Fanny, 9, Sally, 6, Anna, 4, and Ashby, 2. \u201cDuring the Civil War when medicine was so scarce, Martha Woolsey Peyton slipped through the Yankee lines in Memphis to secure some badly needed quinine for her husband\u2019s patients. She was able to get the medicine which she put in the hem of her petticoat but was caught by the Yankees and put in jail. Martha was forced to pledge allegiance to the U.S. Army before they would release her.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Edna Barney, \u201cPeytons Along the Aquia Genealogy\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Shirley Sigler Chamberlin, \u201cA History of Cuba, Tennessee with Family Accounts and Genealogy,\u201d Millington, TN<\/span><\/p>\n

The Peyton Society of Virginia, \u201cThe Peytons of Virginia II\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Submitted by\u00a0Brenda B. Watson<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Presley Ross Peyton\u00a0\u201cP.R.,\u201d 20 years old,\u00a0lived with his 45 year old, widowed mother, Sarah Peyton, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee by 1850 (5th\u00a0District).\u00a0(The 1840 Shelby County, Tennessee Census lists Sarah Peyton with several children.)\u00a0\u00a0Presley was born 14 Nov 1828 in Kentucky and died bef. 1870 Shelby County, Tennessee. He married (1) Indiana Leake and (2) Martha … Continue reading “PEYTON, Presley Ross (Biography)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[108,83,107,104,101,103,111,109,97,99,110,100],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","tag-babb","tag-brooks","tag-campbell","tag-combs","tag-leake","tag-lenow","tag-linton","tag-oldham","tag-payne","tag-peyton","tag-ross","tag-woolsey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}