Octa (McGowan) Peek
& husband
John Urey Peek
(1887-1980) - - - - - (1889-1963)
[ Lineage: Octa 6, Amos 5, Bryant 4, Joseph, Jr. 3, Joseph, Sr. 2, William, Sr. 1]
Octa McGowan, daughter of Amos M. McGowan and Sarah Frances (Smiley) McGowan, was born in July, 1889. About 1905, she married John Urey Peek, a Caldwell County farmer. Urey was born Mar. 17, 1887 in Kentucky. Octa died in 1963 and Urey died on Jan.18, 1980. They were the parents of eleven children: John Cecil, Essie, Vida, Chester, Talmage, Doyle, Verna, Vera, Hayden, John Mark and Patrick Peek.
(Photos and information submitted by Myrle Peek Phelps and John McGowan.)
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2003
William Magowne Descendants Project