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     Hannah E. Holcombe was born in June 1883 at WV.¹ She was the daughter of Zachary Thomas Holcombe and Eunice Neal Osborne.¹

     Lydia F. Holcombe was born in May 1888 at WV.¹ She was the daughter of Zachary Thomas Holcombe and Eunice Neal Osborne.¹

     Loma Holcombe was born circa 1841. She was the daughter of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.

     Cyrus Holcombe was born circa 1859 at WV.² He was the son of Franklin Holcombe and Margaret Norris.¹

     Martha J. Holcombe was born circa 1843. She was the daughter of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.

     Ellis Holcombe was born circa 1860 at WV.¹ He was the son of Franklin Holcombe and Margaret Norris.¹

     Rosanna Holcombe was born in February 1844. She was the daughter of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.

     Sarah Holcombe was born circa 1846. She was the daughter of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.

     Osbert Burr Loomis was born on 30 July 1813.¹ He was the son of Col. James Loomis and Abigail Sherwood Chaffee.¹ Osbert Burr Loomis died on 30 April 1886 at age 72.¹ He was buried at Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.¹

     Caroline Holcombe was born circa 1847. She was the daughter of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.

     Hezekiah Bradley Loomis was born on 27 February 1809 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Col. James Loomis and Abigail Sherwood Chaffee.¹ Hezekiah Bradley Loomis died on 19 June 1878 at age 69.¹ He was buried at Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.¹

     Susan Holcombe was born circa 1853. She was the daughter of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.

     Col. John Mason Loomis was born on 5 January 1825 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Col. James Loomis and Abigail Sherwood Chaffee.¹ Col. John Mason Loomis died on 2 August 1900 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL, at age 75.¹ He was buried at Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.¹

     Mary Holcombe was born circa 1858. She was the daughter of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.

     Holcombe Granger was born on 28 December 1764.¹ He was the son of George Granger III and Lucy Campbell.¹ Holcombe Granger married Lydia Baker in January 1786.² Holcombe Granger died in May 1832 at age 67.¹

     Margaret E. Holcombe was born circa 1860. She was the daughter of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.

     Willaim Granger was born on 10 May 1763 at Southwick, Hampden Co., MA.² He was the son of George Granger III and Lucy Campbell.¹ Willaim Granger married Matilda Moore in 1782.³ Willaim Granger died on 29 November 1807 at Southwick, Hampden Co., MA, at age 44.³

     Abby Holcombe was born circa 1863. She was the daughter of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.

     George Granger was born on 29 April 1769.¹ He was the son of George Granger III and Lucy Campbell.¹ George Granger died in February 1841 at age 71.¹

     Mary Adaline Sizemore was born on 4 April 1858 at Nicholas Co., WV.¹ She married James Andrew Holcombe, son of John B. Holcombe and Jane Smith.¹ Mary Adaline Sizemore died on 24 April 1922 at age 64.

     Launcelot Granger was born at England.¹ He married Joanna Adams on 4 January 1653/54.¹ Launcelot Granger died on 3 September 1689 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.¹

     Dorothy F. Smith was born in 1889. She was the daughter of George Campbell Smith. Dorothy F. Smith married Artemas H. Holmes Jr. Dorothy F. Smith died in 1975.

     Capt. Abraham Granger was born on 5 January 1719/20 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Abraham Granger and Hannah (?)² Capt. Abraham Granger married Elizabeth Old on 4 April 1751.¹ Capt. Abraham Granger died on 19 January 1810 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT, at age 90.¹

     Mary Jellett Duff was born circa 1824. She married Francis Shubael Smith, son of Moses Rogers Smith and Mary Reed. Mary Jellett Duff died circa 1885.

     Isaac Newton Granger was born on 9 June 1849.¹ He was the son of Oliver Sheldon Granger and Maria S. Gillett.² Isaac Newton Granger married Asenath Gaylord on 28 February 1867.¹

     Mary Reed was born in 1781. She married Moses Rogers Smith, son of Shubael Smith and Freelove Rogers. Mary Reed died in 1864.

     Freelove Rogers married Shubael Smith, son of Shubael Smith and Prudence FitzRandolph.

     Asahel Granger was the son of George Granger and Lydia Martin.^2,3 Asahel Granger married Bethia Palmer say 1800.¹

     Fannie Peabody was born in 1860. She was the daughter of Francis Peabody Jr. and Helen Bloodgood. Fannie Peabody married Rev. Endicott Peabody, son of Samuel Endicott Peabody and Marianne Cabot Lee, on 18 June 1885 at Salem, Essex Co., MA. Fannie Peabody died in 1946.

     Abraham Granger was born on 17 April 1673 at Newbury, MA.¹ He was the son of Launcelot Granger and Joanna Adams.² Abraham Granger married Hannah (?)¹ Abraham Granger died at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.¹

     Marianne Cabot Lee was born in 1828. She married Samuel Endicott Peabody, son of Francis Peabody and Martha Endicott. Marianne Cabot Lee died in 1911.

     Abraham Granger was born on 10 November 1752 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Capt. Abraham Granger and Elizabeth Old.² Abraham Granger married Belinda Loomis, daughter of Graves Loomis and Elizabeth Smith, on 25 November 1779.¹ Abraham Granger died on 24 October 1830 at Granville, Hampden Co., MA, at age 77.¹

     Helen Bloodgood was born in 1834. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Bloodgood and Eliza Antoinette Crocker. Helen Bloodgood married Francis Peabody Jr., son of Francis Peabody and Martha Endicott. Helen Bloodgood died in 1911.

     Launcelot Granger was born on 23 March 1792 at Tolland, Hampden Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Abraham Granger and Belinda Loomis.² Launcelot Granger married Anna Hull on 19 May 1819.¹ Launcelot Granger died on 3 May 1869 at Tolland, Hampden Co., MA, at age 77.¹

     Martha Endicott was born in 1799. She married Francis Peabody. Martha Endicott died in 1891.

     Samuel Dawlson Bonnell was born on 17 October 1860 at Akron, Summit Co., OH.² He was the son of Emanuel Bonnell and Catherine (?) Samuel Dawlson Bonnell married Mary Jane Holcombe, daughter of Linus Noble Holcombe and Julia Ann Pitts, in 1882.¹ Samuel Dawlson Bonnell died on 17 April 1932 at IL at age 71.²

     Eliza Antoinette Crocker was born in 1812. She was the daughter of Nathan Bourne Crocker and Eliza Antoinette Senter. Eliza Antoinette Crocker married Nathaniel Bloodgood. Eliza Antoinette Crocker died in 1891.

     William Jones was born in 1846.¹ He married Mary A. Griffiths.¹

     Eliza Antoinette Senter was born in 1792. She married Nathan Bourne Crocker, son of Ebenezer Crocker and Mary Bourne. Eliza Antoinette Senter died in 1859.

     Dyer Loomis was born on 20 April 1727.¹ He was the son of Deacon Nathaniel Loomis and Mary Dyer.¹ Dyer Loomis died on 23 August 1766 at age 39.¹

     Mary Bourne was born circa 1762. She married Ebenezer Crocker, son of Ebenezer Crocker and Zerviah Winslow. Mary Bourne died in 1836.

     Samuel Granger was born on 13 August 1702 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Samuel Granger and Esther Hanchett.² Samuel Granger married Mary Kent on 14 November 1723.¹ Samuel Granger died on 6 March 1790 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT, at age 87.¹

     Zerviah Winslow was born in 1723. She married Ebenezer Crocker, son of Ebenezer Crocker and Hannah Hall. Zerviah Winslow died in 1810.

     Roderick Granger was born on 12 January 1780 at Catlin, NY.¹ He was the son of Elijah Granger and Mary King.² Roderick Granger married Amanda Dunlap say 1806.¹ Roderick Granger died on 7 November 1848 at North Towanda, PA, at age 68.¹

     Hannah Hall was born circa 1691. She married Ebenezer Crocker, son of Josiah Crocker and Melatiah Hinckley. Hannah Hall died in 1775.

     Rev. Endicott Peabody was born on 30 May 1857 at Salem, Essex Co., MA. He was the son of Samuel Endicott Peabody and Marianne Cabot Lee. Rev. Endicott Peabody married Fannie Peabody, daughter of Francis Peabody Jr. and Helen Bloodgood, on 18 June 1885 at Salem, Essex Co., MA. Rev. Endicott Peabody died on 17 November 1944 at age 87. He was buried at Groton Cemetery, Groton, Middlesex Co., MA.

His father, Samuel Endicott Peabody, was a Boston merchant and a partner in the London banking firm of J. S. Morgan and Company (later known as J.P. Morgan & Company). When Endicott Peabody was 13, the family moved to England. He prepared for university at Cheltenham College, a secondary school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, finishing in 1876 at the age of 19. He was graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1880 with an LL.B. degree. He married his first cousin, Fannie Peabody, daughter of Francis and Helen (Bloodgood) Peabody of Salem, Massachusetts on June 18, 1885 in Salem. His father, Samuel, and her father, Francis, were brothers. They had six children.

His great-grandfather was Salem ship owner and privateer Joseph Peabody, who made a fortune importing pepper from Sumatra as well as opium from East-Asia. Joseph Peabody was one of the wealthiest men in the United States at the time of his death in 1844. Another of his ancestors was Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Endecott, who ordered the hanging of non-conformist Quakers, but who nonetheless was a friend of Roger Williams.

In 1882, after his first semester at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts (now the Episcopal Divinity School), Peabody was invited to take charge of a little Episcopal congregation in Tombstone, Arizona. After a long seven-day train ride from Boston, he arrived in Benson, Arizona, and took the Sandy Bob stagecoach to Tombstone, arriving on January 29, 1882, three months after the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral".

The previous church had burned down six months previously, and the reverend whom Peabody was replacing had left after only two months. Peabody held his first services in the Miner's Exchange Building on February 5, 1882. Though he felt unqualified, with less than a year of seminary to his credit, he was successful in attracting a considerable congregation. Part of his success was his outreach, sometimes visiting up to 15 homes a day.

Over a few months, he succeeded in getting St. Paul's Episcopal Church built for approximately $5,000. (It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.) The first services were held there June 18, 1882.

Peabody was able to raise the funds during a short amount of time because he was not afraid to go door-to-door for donations, including asking at the town's saloons. This outgoing manner helped him make many friends, including Wyatt Earp, whose family donated the altar rail for the new church.

He also was impressive physically, never losing a boxing match. He began a baseball team in Tombstone. Town newspaper Epitaph wrote of him, "Well, we've got a parson who doesn't flirt with girls, who doesn't drink behind the door and when it comes to baseball, he's a daisy."

Though he was warmly embraced in Tombstone, he wrote of his homesickness in his diaries. He left Tombstone after only six months, and many were saddened that he had to go. George Whitwell Parson noted in his diary that day, "We will not easily fill Peabody's place." He returned to the East Coast and completed his studies at the Episcopalian Theological School, graduating in the spring of 1884.

Following the 125th anniversary of the building of the church, he was named the patron saint of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona. A Peabody Feast Day is held each year on the anniversary of his death.

Peabody's primary mission was to replicate for American schoolboys the type of education he had experienced in England. He considered Rugby School a particular model for its dual emphases on sports and classics. The curriculum was targeted specifically at boys from upper-class families, whom Peabody wished to steer toward moral leadership and philanthropy, and emphasized moral development over intellectual. His school received early support from the Roosevelt family, including future U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, and filled quickly.

The school opened in 1884, and Peabody served as its headmaster until 1940. Its students included Theodore Roosevelt's four sons as well as his cousin, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Peabody was a strict master; despite many of the students being from wealthy families, he refused to allow any student to receive more than 25 cents per week in allowance.

Franklin Roosevelt said of Peabody, "As long as I live his influence will mean more to me than that of any other people next to my father and mother."