Maria is the daughter of Zaccheus Peaslee and the wife of William Wolcott Turner, an instructor and 3rd principal of the American School for the Deaf. They were married on 1-1-1823 and had at least six children. The first of the children were twins Elizabeth and Maria. Maria died at the age of 5 and Elizabeth lived to adulthood. For a time Elizabeth taught at the School for the Deaf, and later married a minister and merchant. Their next child, Charles, became a physician. Their fourth child (also named Maria) died at the age of 2 and their next child, Mary Ann, died when she was a month old. Their youngest, Helen, grew to adulthood and married a Civil War Army Major from Pennsylvania who later became a merchant.
Maria is the daughter of Zaccheus Peaslee and the wife of William Wolcott Turner, an instructor and 3rd principal of the American School for the Deaf. They were married on 1-1-1823 and had at least six children. The first of the children were twins Elizabeth and Maria. Maria died at the age of 5 and Elizabeth lived to adulthood. For a time Elizabeth taught at the School for the Deaf, and later married a minister and merchant. Their next child, Charles, became a physician. Their fourth child (also named Maria) died at the age of 2 and their next child, Mary Ann, died when she was a month old. Their youngest, Helen, grew to adulthood and married a Civil War Army Major from Pennsylvania who later became a merchant.
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Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
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Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
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North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970
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