This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PECKHAM Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/6298 Message Board Post: *Note: Courtesy posting only - poster is not connected to this family and has no other information.* From: THE DEMOCRAT newspaper, Olean, NY Nov 24, 1881 GONE TO HIS REWARD CYRUS PECKHAM, aged 87 years, died Friday at his home in Clarksville (Allegany County NY). He was a pensioner of the war of 1812, in which he served as a musician. Mr. Peckham came to Allegany county in the year 1836, from Stonnington, Vermont, and since his arrival he has raised up a family of seven children, six sons and one daughter, all but two of whom survive him, as does his wife, who is but one year his junior. Mr. Peckham was a kind father, a faithful husband, neighbor and friend, and his demise will be widely mourned. His remains were consigned to the cemetary at Clarksville yesterday, whither they were followed by a large concourse of bereaved relatives and friends. Requiescat en pace.