Winnie Davis Camp No. 108 UCV Records from Membership Register   Capt. W. W. Peevey Waxahachie Enterprise - Jan. 12, 1894 Capt. W. W. Peevey, one of the best known citizens of Ellis County died at his home near Sardis at 5 this morning and will be buried in the Sardis cemetery at 2 o'clock Friday evening.  He was in many respects a remarkable man.  His life has been an active one and he was possessed of more than ordinary vitality. He came to Texas long before the war and settled on his place at Sardis where he has since lived.  He has always had profound reverence for religion and the church, although he was not a church member.  All the argument of skeptics could not shake his confidence in the religion which sustained his wife who died several years ago. In all the public enterprises in the community Capt. Peevey took a leading part.  He was foremost at arranging for all picnics, camp meetings or other undertakings.  In all things his advice and cooperation were sought after.  He was an honorable, upright man, and never turned a deaf ear to the appeals of the needy or distressed.  He served through the war as captain of company "A" 19th Texas Cavalry, Parson's Brigade, C. S. A.  He was a brave soldier and his comrades in arms say of him that no more gallant officer ever moved in defense of the Southern cause.  He loved his country and took special interest [illegible] rights.  In later years it has given him pleasure to talk over the stirring times and recount the incidents of the war in which he and his men took active part. In his death the county has lost a good citizen and the Sardis community has suffered a loss that will be hard to fill. Waxahachie Enterprise - Jan. 19, 1894 The funeral of Capt. W. W. Peevey of Sardis yesterday was attended by a very large crowd of personal friends.  wenty-six members of camp Winnie Davis, of which the deceased had been an honored member, attended in a body. One touching scene was the manifestation of intense grief by old aunt Arbell, the faithful colored servant who refused to leave her master when the slaves were emancipated.  She has continued to stay there and serve the family with the same fidelity characteristic of the ante-bellum servant.  The bereft family have the sympathies of a large number of friends. Note:  In a previous article, Jan. 5, 1894, a notice about Capt. Peevey stated he had been in feeble health for several months and was reported to be nearing the end of life's journey.  Besides his son, George W. and Mrs. Middleton, who had been with him all the while, his daughter, Mrs. Root of Corsicana, had arrived at his bedside that week.   Copyright © 2002-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:19:13 MDT