Robert S. Peacock
Robert S. Peacock, produce, grain and coal merchant, Ravenna, was born February 13, 1827, in Camden County, N. J., where he was brought up on his father's farm, and received his education in the schools of the home district. His parents, William and Margaret Peacock, of Scotch and English descent, but natives of New Jersey through several generations, resided on their farm in that State until their death. Our subject learned the trade of glass cutter, and came to Kent (Franklin Mills), this county, when twenty-one years of age. He married, June 23, 1853, Miss Mary Jane, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel Phillips, and to this union have been born four children: Addie (deceased), Robert G., May and James W. After working several years at his trade he went on a farm, and in six years returned to Kent, finally locating in Ravenna in 1808. Here Benjamin Phillips died in 1876, aged about seventy-two. After working some years at his trade in the Diamond Glass Factory, Mr. Peacock engaged in the wholesale produce business in 1875. He handles a general line of farmers' products, but now devotes himself principally to cheese. In 1882 he added a coal yard and grain office to his business, making his eldest son a partner in that branch of the industry. Mr. and Mrs. Peacock and two youngest children are members of the Congregational Church. In politics he is a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885