Hiram Peavy was born 4 February 1854 in Georgia, son of Abram Y. Peavey (d. 1864) and Priscilla Jane Layfield. In 1879, Hiram married Laura McCormick (1858-1925). She was a daughter of Thomas Franklin McCormick (1828-1893) and Eliza J. Bass (1838-1913). (Pine Ridge Cemetery at Pinehurst, Dooly County, Georgia) Vienna Progress (Georgia) 19 March 1896 IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE Of A Dear Husband. Mr. Hiram Peavy died at our home near Pinehurst, Feb. 5th 1896 after a painful illness of eight days. He was born in Dooly county, Feb. 4th 1856, married Jan. 2nd 1879 and baptized into the fellowship of Pinehurst Baptist church July 22nd 1892 by Rev. J. J. Hyman. God in his wisdom has taken him from us, but we feel that our loss is his eternal gain. I asked him a few minutes before he died if he did not feel better. He said that he felt better in spirit and was prepared to die. Oh! how hard it is for me to realize that he is gone and we can never see his dear face nor hear his kind voice again....
Telling the Tales of Tombstones