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John Thomas Peery, M.D.

John Thomas Peery, M.D.

Male 1876 - 1937  (61 years)

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  • Name John Thomas Peery 
    Suffix M.D. 
    Birth 2 Apr 1876  Burkes Garden, Tazewell Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Sep 1937  Corcoran, Kings Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7060  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Family Lillie May Johnson,   b. 28 Feb 1885, Waxahachie, Ellis Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1969, Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jun 1903  Sapulpa, Creek Co., OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elmer Joseph Peery,   b. 25 Mar 1904, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1978, Camp Yenis Hante, Kern Co., CA; burial: Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. John Thomas Peery, Jr.,   b. 3 Mar 1910, probably CA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 2002, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F2808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

  • Photos
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D. (1876-1937)
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D. (1876-1937)
    Individual photo of John Thomas Peery, M.D., was taken in the 1890s to the early 1900s, and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble.
    Peery, John Thomas, M. D. (1876-1937)
    Peery, John Thomas, M. D. (1876-1937)
    Individual/ Enhanced photo of John Thomas Peery, M.D., was taken in the 1890s to the early 1900s, and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble. Enhancement was done by Gerry Weeth Trimble.
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D. (1876-1937) & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969)
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D. (1876-1937) & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969)
    2-Persons/ Wedding photo of (L-R) John Thomas Peery, M.D., & Lillie May Johnson Peery was taken in 1903 and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble.
    Johnson, William Henry Harrison “Billie” 'Will' Patterson (1887-1923) & John Thomas (M.D.) Peery (1876-1937) & Martin Sheldon Van Dusen (1827-1909) & Albert Harrison 'California Johnson' Johnson (1856-1923) & Luthera May Van Dusen (1861-1923)  & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969) & Elmer Joseph Peery (1904-1978) & Estella Leona 'Stella' Johnson (1892-1947)
    Johnson, William Henry Harrison “Billie” "Will" Patterson (1887-1923) & John Thomas (M.D.) Peery (1876-1937) & Martin Sheldon Van Dusen (1827-1909) & Albert Harrison "California Johnson" Johnson (1856-1923) & Luthera May Van Dusen (1861-1923) & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969) & Elmer Joseph Peery (1904-1978) & Estella Leona "Stella" Johnson (1892-1947)
    Group/ Residence photo was taken at the Peery home in Tulsa, OK, in the summer of 1904, and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble. Included (L-R) on the balcony are Luthera May Van Dusen Johnson & Lillie May Johnson Peery (holding Elmer Joseph Peery) & Estella Leona "Stella" Johnson McCrary. At ground level, the adults (L-R) are William “Billie” “Will” Johnson & John Thomas (M.D.) Peery & Martin Sheldon Van Dusen & Albert Harrison "California Johnson" Johnson.
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D. (1876-1937) & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969)
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D. (1876-1937) & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969)
    2-Persons photo of (L-R) John Thomas Peery, M.D., & Lillie May Johnson Peery was taken about 1912-1916 and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble.
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D. (1876-1937) & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969)
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D. (1876-1937) & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969)
    2-Persons/ Enhanced photo of (L-R) John Thomas Peery, M.D., & Lillie May Johnson Peery was taken about 1912-1916 and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble. Enhancement by Gerry Weeth Trimble.
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D (1876-1937) & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969) & Elmer Joseph Peery (1904-1978) & John Thomas Peery, Jr. (1910-2002)
    Peery, John Thomas, M.D (1876-1937) & Lillie May Johnson (1885-1969) & Elmer Joseph Peery (1904-1978) & John Thomas Peery, Jr. (1910-2002)
    Group photo of (L-R, back row) Lillie May Johnson Peery & Elmer Joseph Peery & John Thomas Peery, M.D., & (in front) John Thomas Peery, Jr. was taken about 1919 and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble.

    Documents
    Van Dusen, Luthera May (1861-1923)
    Van Dusen, Luthera May (1861-1923)
    Last Will and Testament of Luthera May Van Dusen Johnson came from Phil Johnson. A forty-six page Probate Document, which is not shown on this website, accompanied this Will.

    Histories
    Johnson, Myrtle May: THE HISTORY OF FATHER'S LIFE-ALBERT HARRISON JOHNSON by Myrtle May Johnson Weeth (1879-1968)
    Johnson, Myrtle May: THE HISTORY OF FATHER'S LIFE-ALBERT HARRISON JOHNSON by Myrtle May Johnson Weeth (1879-1968)
    THE HISTORY OF FATHER'S LIFE-ALBERT HARRISON JOHNSON was written in 1955 by Myrtle May Johnson Weeth and came from the Johnson/ Weeth Archives by Gerry Weeth Trimble.

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      SEE HAROLD CRAIG'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1464306&id=I64811243
      Me Harold:
      Harold Craig:
      ID: I64811243
      Name: John Thomas PEERY
      Given Name: John Thomas
      Surname: Peery
      Sex: M
      Birth: 2 Apr 1876 in Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia 1
      Death: 27 Sep 1937 in Corcoran, Kings, California 1
      Note:
      [Savage.FTW]
      !son of Thomas Peery & Margaret Sprecher; He was a MD
      Marriage 1 Lillie May JOHNSON b: 28 Feb 1885 in Waxahachie, Texas
      Married: 26 Jun 1903 in Salpulpa, Oklahoma 1
      Children
      Elmer Joseph PEERY b: 25 Mar 1904 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
      Living PEERY
      Harold Craig's sources:
      Title: Savage.FTW
      Repository:

      SEE PAUL DAVIS PEERY'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://www.cc.utah.edu/~pdp7277/index.html
      http://www.cc.utah.edu/~pdp7277/jtp-1.html
      Peery Family History Home Page:
      Paul Davis Peery:
      History of John Thomas Peery, M.D.
      (Thomas J. Peery, )
      History of Kings County, by Robert R. Brown (Editor, Hanford Morning Journal), J.E. Richmond, Supervising Editor (Hanford, California: A.H. Cawston, Managing Editor and Publisher, 1940), pp 234, 237.
      1940
      Part 1
      The pioneer physician and surgeon of Corcoran was the late Dr. John Thomas Peery, who practiced in this community from 1906 until his death on September 27, 1937. During these many years in Corcoran he enjoyed the respect and confidence of the entire community, and on his passing one of the most useful and most beloved citizens was lost.
      He was born in a log house on a small mountain farm in Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia, on April 2, 1876, the son of Thomas J. and Margaret Spangler Sprecher Mahood Peery. His mother and father were separated when he was quite young and he lived with his mother and two half brothers and half sister during boyhood. He attended the local school of his community and had two years at Wartburg Seminary, one term at Pearisburg, Virginia, High School, and one and a half years at Burkes Garden Academy. At the age of eighteen he began teaching school, continuing for three terms, at the end of which time he decided to study medicine and went to Kansas City, Missouri, where he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, now the University of Kansas. He worked his way through school by waiting on table in restaurants, as a newsboy, and working in the fields during vacation. He completed his course in March, 1901, and began practice in Woods County, Indian Territory. Two years later he moved to Tulsa.
      Dr. Peery was married to Miss Lillie May Johnson in Salpulpa, Indian Territory, on June 29, 1903. To this union two sons were born, Elmer Joseph Peery, who is a teacher in the high school at Bakersfield, and John Thomas Peery, Jr., who at present resides in San Diego. Both sons are married; Elmer has one child, Diane; and John has three daughters, Gloria May, Ivy Louise and Lillie May. In connection with the family history, it is of interest to mention that Mrs. Peery is the daughter of the late A.H. Johnson, of Corcoran, who was an early resident in this community and an able member of the Board of County Supervisors.
      It was in August, 1905, that Dr. Peery, with his wife and small son, Elmer, came to California, locating first in Hanford. Leaving his family there, he went to San Francisco and took a six-weeks post-graduate course at the San Francisco Polyclinic. Learning that the State Board required a four-year medical course, he entered the University of Southern California where he spent a year, graduating in June, 1906, and in August of the same year he passed the required examination for practice, and almost immediately thereafter settled with his family in Corcoran, which was then a very small community.
      In addition to carrying on a very large private practice, Dr. Peery served as local surgeon for the Santa Fe Hospital Association at Corcoran for thirty years. For a long time he was a trustee of the grammar schools in Corcoran. His church was the Presbyterian, and his fraternal affiliations were with the Modern Woodmen of America in Hanford, F. & A.M., No. 490, Corcoran, and Eastern Star, Chapter No. 390, Corcoran.



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