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Alexander McPeek
and Octavia Ratliff

Alexander McPeek b 31 Jan 1859 Shelby Gap, Pike Co KY d 30 Nov 1931 Virgie Pike Co KY buried 1 Dec 1931 Belcher Cemetery, Blaze Branch, Dorton, KY s/o James McPeek Jr and Elizabeth Moore. Alexander McPeek m. 3 Apr 1884 Clintwood, Dickenson Co VA to Octavia Ratliff b between 18 May 11 Jun 1866 Pike Co KY d 27 Oct 1933 Pikeville, Pike Co KY of pneumonia buried 28 Oct 1933 Belcher Cemetery, Blaze Branch, Dorton, KY d/o Thompson Ratliff and Alice Abigail White. Children of Alexander McPeek and Octavia McPeek;

1. Unknown McPeek

2. Hannah Letha McPeek b 1 Mar 1884 Pike Co KY d 21 Mar 1932 PIkeville, KY of hemmorage of the uterus 4 hours following delivery of last stillborn child; m. 14 Jan 1910 Elkhorn City KY to Charles Aldon Wilson b 5 Sept 1887 Draffin, Pike Co KY d 8 Dec 1963 East Detroit, Wayne Co Michigan buried Wilson Cemetery, Draffin, KY s/o Phillip Wilson.

3. Tabitha Bitha McPeek b 5 Feb 1887 Clintwood, Dickenson Co VA d 19 Jan 1972 Pikeville, KY of urenia and kidney failure; buried 22 Jan 1972 Belcher Cemetery, Blaze Branch, Dorton KY; m. 6 Jun 1907 Clintwood Dickenson Co VA to William Lee Belcher b 30 Dec 1887 Shelby Gap KY d 7 Dec 1937 Dorton, KY of massive stroke followed by paralysis; buried 9 Dec 1937 Belcher Cemetery, Blaze Branch, Dorton KY; on of his occupations listed as Deputy Sheriff Pike Co KY, s/o George H Belcher and Dove E Bentley.

4. Hillard Nelson McPeek b 11 Apr 1888 Pike Co KY d 30 Oct 1981 Pikeville, Pike Co KY of septicemia bronchopneumonia; buried 2 Nov 1981 McCarthy Cemetery, Ashcamp KY m. 20 Jan 1910 Ashcamp KY to Draxie Sanders b 4 Feb 1895 Ashcamp, KY d 14 Jan 1967 Ashcamp KY d/o Hiram Hillard Sanders and Winnie Childers. 

Note: Draxie Sander's sister, Linda Ellen Sanders married George Wilson McPeek. Her father, Hiram Hillard Sanders had the middle name of Hillard same as her husband. Child raised by Hillard Nelson McPeek and Draxie Sanders;

i. Draxie June Sanders (biological d/o Draxie Sander's brother Tremble Sanders and wife, Nannie Anderson but raised by Hillard Nelson McPeek and Draxie Sanders above) b 12 Oct 1922 Pike Co KY d 16 Jun 1997 Ashcamp, KY m. John LeRoy McCarthy b 17 Nov 1921 Boyd Co KY d 3 Oct 1997 Ashcamp, KY s/o John M McCarthy and Beulah Clay.

5. Sarah McPeek b 25 Jun 1890 Grundy, Buchanan Co VA d 15 Nov 1963 Long Acre Fayette Co WV of pulmonary edema, arteriosclerotic heart disease; buried 17 Nov 1963 Montgomery Memorial Park, London, Fayette Co WV; lost leg due to effects of diabetes; m. 31 May 1915 Praise, Pike Co KY to Brownlowe Fleming b 21 Mar 1893 Georges Fork, Dickenson Co VA d 9 Feb 1947 Harewood, Fayette Co WV buried Montgomery Memorial Park, London, Fayette Co WV, s/o Melvin Fleming and Cynthia Phillips.

6. Thomas William McPeek b 15 Jul 1893 Clintwood Dickenson Co VA d 9 Jun 1966 Pikeville KY of asthma, emphysema, arteriosclerotic heart failure bronchitis; black lung; buried 11 Jun 1966 Belcher Cemetery, Blaze Branch, Dorton, KY m. 20 Oct 1914 Virgie KY to Lillie Mae Gibson b 6 Nov 1896 Virgie KY d 21 Oct 1973 Virgie KY buried 24 Oct 1973 Belcher Cemetery, Blaze Branch, Dorton, KY d/o Jacob Monterville Gibson and Leery Reece.

7. George Harding McPeek b 12 Aug 1895 Dorton Pike Co KY d 18 Sept 1976 Chillicothe, Ross Co OH of carcinoma of prostate with metastasis and bronchopneumonia buried 21 Sept 1976 Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co OH. George was the only member of his family who fought in World War I. His profession, during his years in the army was a cook, which was a lifelong passion for him. He lost one eye and part of one finger due to the hazards of working in coal mines as a young man. He died in a Veteran's hospital in Chillicothe, Ohio. George Harding McPeek m. Fannie Blair b 25 Feb 1902 Pike Co KY d 13 Nov 1972 Williamson, Mingo Co WV buried 15 Nov 1972 Potter Cemetery, Yeager, Pike Co KY. George Harding McPeek m. 12 Jun 1917 Hellier KY to Virginia Francis Deboard b 30 May 1900 Wise, Wise Co VA d 26 Nov 1959 Columbus, Franklin Co OH buried 29 Nov 1959 Rosehill Cemetery, Ashland, Boyd Co KY d/o Andy Deboard and Emaline Densmore. Virginia Francis Deboard m. 16 Dec 1946 Catlettsburg, Boyd Co KY to Henry Eugene Smith b 17 Jul 1883 Prince Edward Co VA d 28 Apr 1950 Ashland Boyd Co KY buried 30 Apr 1950 Rosehill Cemetery, Ashland, Boyd Co KY s/o Samuel Eugene Smith and Josephine Ransom.

8. Milton Jeptha Jennings Bryan McPeek b 8 Aug 1896 Pike Co KY d 23 May 1947 Myra KY decapitated from a rock fall in an accident in the mines. buried 26 May 1947 Belcher Cemetery, Blaze Branch, Dorton, KY m. 15 May 1919 Dorton KY to Dessie Mullins b 19 Jul 1904 Dorton KY d 31 Oct 1979 South Point, Lawrence Co OH buried Highland Memorial Gardens, Pecks Mill, Logan Co WV d/o Greenberry Mullins and Hayse Tackett; Dessie Mullins m. 1st to Unknown Early. Milton Jeptha Jennings Bryan McPeek m. 17 Jun 1935 Pikeville, KY to Amanda Nichols b 22 Apr 1891 VA d 3 May 1954 Jenkins, Letcher Co KY buried 6 May 1954 Belcher Cemetery, Blaze Branch, Dorton, KY d/o Dock Nichols and Mary Moore.

9. Beldon Arthur McPeek b 25 Mar 1900 Pike Co KY d 26 Feb 1972 Pikeville, KY of pneumonia, acute bronchitis and a stroke; buried 1 Mar 1972 Annie Young Cemetery, Shelbianna, Pike Co KY, m. 19 May 1926 Pikeville, KY to Elsie Pearl Johnson b 4 Dec 1905 Dorton KY d 10 Dec 2001 Dorton, KY buried 12 Dec 2001 Annie Young Cemetery, Shelbianna KY d/o Uriah Johnson and Rebecca Ison.

10. Flossie Elizabeth McPeek b 10 Aug 1904 Clintwood, Dickenson Co VA d 13 Jan 1969 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH of cardiac arrest and brain stem hemorrhage buried 17 Jan 1969 Blaze Branch Cemetery, Dorton KY m. 23 Dec 1922 Dorton KY to Milton Wright b 1902 Pike Co KY d 1933 Dorton KY buried Blaze Branch Cemetery, Dorton KY s/o James Wright and Mary Holbrook.

11. Alice Marie McPeek b 21 Nov 1906 Clintwood Dickenson Co VA d 30 Jun 1989 Jackhorn, Letcher Co KY of congestive heart failure buried 2 Jul 1989 Haven of Rest Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co KY m. 25 Jul 1925 Myra KY to Isaac Franklin Belcher b 8 Dec 1906 Shelby Creek, Pike Co KY d 14 Dec 1971 Pikeville, KY buried 17 Dec 1971 Blaze Branch Cemetery, Dorton, KY s/o George H Belcher and Dove E Bentley. Alice Marie McPeek m. 15 Nov 1947 Neon, Letcher Co KY to Curtis Potter b 1 Jun 1917 Haymond, Letcher Co KY d 8 Mar 1986 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY buried Haven of Rest Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co KY, s/o King Potter and Matilda Mullins. Curtis C Potter m. 1st to Ellen Bartley

12. Lettie McPeek b 21 Jun 1911 Hellier KY d 21 Jun 1911 Hellier KY.


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