Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-28
DIR. Q. NJ. PEAK DEAD.
One Of the Ports Ablest and Most
Honored Men Passes Away.


Honored Men Passes Away.
The sad intelligence of the death OF
Dr.. Carroll NJ. Peak cent shock
through the city yesterday afternoon,
for in his death there pass, d away one
Of the oldestand most honored citizens
Of Fort Worth. For many months his
death has only been aquestion of time.
for he suffered with an incurable kid
ney disease and had been confiBed TO
his bed since last June at his residence
in this city, where everything that
medical skill could suggest was done
TO ease his declining days. He leaves
q wife and four children, three daugh-
tiers and one son, to mourn his loss.
DIR. Carroll NJ. PeSR WAS, prior to his
death, the only person in the city who
was living here when Mayor ] T..
Smith settled in the city in 1853. and
during his long residence in Fort
Worth no man more universally bore
and deserved the respect Of his fellow.
men. He was born November 10, lS2S,
in Warsaw, GallAtin county, Kentucky.
He was ofScotch- Irish extractio on the
paternal side and of German descent
from his maternal ancestors. He was
OF the second generation from Jesse
Peak, celebrated Virglnian who
moved TO Kentucky In 1892 whose third
son, Jefferson Peak, the father Of the
subject Of this sketch, lost large for.
tune in the great financial struggle OF
1887 s. He afterwards served in the
Mexican war, commanding company
in Col. Humphrey Msrshall's cavalry
regiment ut the battle OF Buens Vista
in lS47. He married Miss Mslvina
Resor, the mother Of DR.. Peak, at War.
sGw, Ky In 1926
Carroll NJ. was the eldest son of this
union. He.attended school ut Warsaw
seven or eight years. AT the age OF
nineteen he adopted the profession OF
medicine and commenced q course oil
reading under DR.. A. b. Chambers OF
Warsaw. In the years ls49 and 1851
he received two courses OF lectures at
the University OF Louisville, from
which institution he graduated when
1t was under the care OF Professors
Ysndell, Cobb, Gross, Drake. Miller,
Rogers and the celebrated Benjamin.
Sillman, all OF whose names appear on
his diploma.
In the spring OF 1859 he removed to
Dallas, Tex, and soon gained lucre.
tive practic. This place did not suit
him, however, and eighteen months
later he moved 10 Fort Worth, just be-
fore the post was abandoned. There
were not more than half dozen fami-
lies In the small hamlet at that time,
and DR.. Peak was the frat physician.
The field OF his practice was described
by radius OF thirty miles, and his
work was both labonous and re-
muneTative. He was familisr with all
stages of the city's growth and
prosperity. he WAS identified with
all the earlier enterprises which Start
ed the city on It's marvellous march 10
commercial metropolis.
He wss married at Madison, Ind,
April 20, 1853, to Miss Florence, fifth
daughter of Frank ChAlfaut OF Pendle-
ton county, Kentucky. She Is noble
Christian woman, and one OF the fint
ladies TO come 10 Fort Worth. She
has always been q sincere and con-
sistent member of the Christian
church, and enthusiastic in the pro-
motion OF moral and religious truth.
The offspring Of this marriage Ia
four living children; Howard W., now
of the enterprising hard ware firm of
Henry q Peak in this CITY; Clara, a
very talented woman who married LIS
Grande Walden aud who is now en-.
gagged In teaching In Fort Worth;
Lille and Olive, two younger dsugh-
ters, who are also at the family resi-
dence here.
DIR. Peak was successful In lie and
leaves sn estate valued at $50 900
His reputation as n physician VISA
excelled by none. He retired from
practice several years ago, but In the
social circle he occupied front rank,
He WAS member OF the city council
| in 1877 s, and his clear business in
sight int the drift OF puolic events
made him a very useful and conspicu-
Gus agent in shaping the financial
affairs OF Fort Worth, which was then
lust beginning 10 assume the proper
! lions OF o city. DR.,
Peak represented his city
and county in the national railroad
convention at ~. Louis in November
1875, in the national and international
convention held az New Orleans IN
1878 and In the national Democratic
convention at Cincinnati in June, 1850
He win be rs universally mourned
as ne was universally liked In the city
aud Tarrsnt county, with which his
life and energies have 30 long been
identified.
The funeral will take place from
the family residence, on the west sid'
OF the city, at 4 o'clock this evening
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