tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725017188671782123.post7373510133811756853..comments2024-01-29T15:54:33.166-05:00Comments on Albany Rural Cemetery - Beyond The Graves: Orange PeckPaula Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00108241292727988806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725017188671782123.post-44349374433804166572013-09-27T13:58:07.469-04:002013-09-27T13:58:07.469-04:00Hope to see some more posts from you!
I found a M...Hope to see some more posts from you!<br /><br />I found a Mrs. Orange F. Elliott (1817-1846) at Old Mount Ida Cemetery in Troy. Where Mr. Orange F. Elliott is, I'm not sure. htp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117629722Toffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08364412551838971575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725017188671782123.post-73349223215415632292013-08-05T19:31:43.309-04:002013-08-05T19:31:43.309-04:00He's on several family trees on Ancestry, at l...He's on several family trees on Ancestry, at least one of which identifies his parents as:<br /><br />Stephen Peck (1811-1886) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25531940<br />Julia Peck (1823-1900) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25531887<br /><br />US Census Records seem to back that up; there's also other men named Orange Peck - must have been a family name of some kind. I don't know why he was buried in Albany rather than in Gouverneur.Toffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08364412551838971575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8725017188671782123.post-75235734994690401602013-08-02T18:47:02.695-04:002013-08-02T18:47:02.695-04:00A good name. I like Lemon Lyon too http://www.fin...A good name. I like Lemon Lyon too http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102345035<br /><br />Orange Peck's name is listed in the following article, an impressively thorough bit of local newspaper reporting:<br /><br />"To-Day's Floral Tribute; Decorating the Graves of Albany's Heroes; An Immense Concourse and Impressive Ceremony; Detailed Report of Exercises; Address by Post-Commander Kimberly-The Hymns and Dirges Performed-Oration by Rufus W. Clark, D.D., &c.; List of Those Buried in the Soldier's Lot, and also the Roll of Honor for Albany County." Albany Evening Journal. May 30, 1876.<br />http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%20Disk3/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201870.pdf/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201870%20-%200511.pdfToffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08364412551838971575noreply@blogger.com