The Peffley, Peffly, Pefley Families in America, A historical and genealogical record of the Peffley, Peffly and Pefley families from 1729-1938; Published in 1938, By May Miller Frost and Clarence Earl Frost

Call Number: R929.2 P375

202 - DAVID FRANKLIN PEFFLEY (son of No.189) married at Fort Scott, Kan., Mar. 13th, 1883, SUSAN JANE MARTIN, born in Ill., Jan. 5th, 1864, died in Calif., in 1923 (dau. of SAMUEL MARTIN and SUSAN JANE SPROUSE). Both are buried at Wilbur, Wash.

Mr. Peffley received his early education in Putnam Co., Ind. The last school he attended was the Cairo School, located on one corner of his Uncle Abraham Peffley's farm. When his parents moved to Pettis Co., Mo., he remained in Indiana to finish grade school and taught the Cairo school for a time before joining his parents in Missouri. Later he went to Fort Scott, Kansas, where he was graduated from the State Normal School. He taught for a time and did newspaper work. At one time in New Mexico he edited a paper printed in Spanish. In 1899 he went to Wilbur, Wash., where he taught for one year. In 1900 he was principal of the Creston School. In 1901 he established the Creston News which he published for twenty years, when he retired and made his home at Valleyford, Wash. He was long a contributor to Masonic Journals and keenly interested in Masonic history and research. He was a Charter Member of the Masonic Blue Lodge at Creston and a member of Oriental Consistory, Scottish Rite, Spokane, Wash. He wrote and published a booKnights of Pythiasoems, entitled "Desert Sands." He died as he lived, reaching for a book. He was given the Rose Croix Funeral Service by the Masonic Lodge, before interment at Creston.

Issue:

1 - LOUISE MARTIN PEFFLEY, b. 3-9-1884, Fort Scott, Kan.
2 - SARA FRANCES PEFFLEY (Sadie), b. 12-26-1885, Fort Scott, Kan.