“Ebenezer Peck, son of Alvah and Dorthea (Hathaway) Peck, was born and raised in Jay, New York. He married Eliza Jane Avery, the daughter of Horace Clark and Emily (Estes) Avery, who was born in Harrietstown, new York on December 29, 1838. The ceremony was performed by the Justice of the Peace, John B. Otis. Ebenezer made his living as a farmer and a cabinetmaker in and around the Harrietstown area. When the Civil War started, Ebenezer enlisted in the 60th New York Volunteers, Company K, in Ogdensburg, New York on September 14, 1861, as a corporal for 3 years. At the time of his enlistment he was described as 5 ft. 9 in. in height with a light or ruddy complexion, blue eyes and sandy brown hair. His unit left the state on November 4, 1861 and served under the command of General Dix in the so-called Railroad Brigade between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. He was medically discharged at Camp Preston King near Baltimore on March 15, 1862 for rheumatism. After his discharge he and his family moved to St. Lawrence County, new York where he stayed until 1864. He then moved to the State of Vermont and resided there until 1866. He finally returned with his family to Harrietstown, New York where he eventually died from gangrene of the legs due to his long-standing rheumatism. Ebenezer applied for and received a pension from the Government for his service during the Civil War about 1870. After his death, Eliza received a widow’s pension until her death in Harrietstown on March 31, 1915.”96

According to an online record of Franklin County Civil War Records, he was discharged for disability in March 1862 at Camp Preston King, near Baltimore MD. (AG; 1865)522 All other information in those records is consistent with the information here.

In the 1890 Federal Census, he reported as having enlisted 17 Sep 1861 as a corporal in Company K, 60th NY Infantry, and as having discharged 17 Mar 1862. His disability was given as “rheumatism and piles.”74

In the 1850 census, he was 19, living with brother Dillavan in Wilmington, and listed as a laborer.145

In the 1870 federal census, he was 39, a laborer, living in Jay with wife Eliza and children Philo, Amanda, Horace and Roselia.29

In the 1900 federal census, he gave his date of birth as October 1830, his age as 69, and he had been married 47 years. He and his father were born in New York, his mother in Vermont. He was a mail carrier, could read and write, and owned his house free of mortgage.10

Married by the Justice of the Peace, John B. Otis.96