“Joshua Joseph Peck, son of Joshua and Zelida Ann (Farnham) Peck was born and raised in Jay, new York. Joshua was less than 1 month old when his father died of typhoid fever and grew up only knowing his step father George Burbank. Joshua worked at the Lozier Auto Factory in Plattsburgh, New York which was famous for their race cars. He worked there as a molder in 1910 until the factory closed in 1914, and was listed as living with his sister Julia and her husband Alvah Flanders on 60 North Catherine Street. Between 1914 and 1917, Joshua served for 9 months as a private in the military in Plattsburgh.. This was recorded when Joshua registered for the draft in 1917 prior to the United States’ involvement in World War One. No other records have been obtained to verify his military service other than this statement made on his draft registration card. There is a chance that he was a member of what they called at that time the civilian corps. Persons who enlisted were given training and discipline of military life for a short time and then released. Again there are no records to confirm this theory. Joshua met and married Genevieve Louva Gorrow, the daughter of Peter Addison and Phoebe Elizabeth (Thibert) Gorrow. She was a Mohawk Indian and was born at Bombay, New York on the Saint Regis Indian Reservation on March 8, 1898. Her father was listed as a member of the Mohawk Nation in the 1932 tribal records. It was also said that Genevieve’s grandfather, Angus (John) Anasotako Gorrow, served with distinction during the Civil War in the 58th Massachusetts Infantry and was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia in June of 1864. He was reported missing and said to have been killed during the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Virginia on July 30, 1864. Joshua and Genevieve moved to Lake Placid, New York after they were married and settled down to raise a family. Joshua worked for many years at the Lake Placid Club and the Stevens House as a golf instructor. Genevieve, who was teaching at the time, was said to have met Joshua during one summer at the Stevens House.”96

In the 1925 state census, he was listed as 33, “laborer (road)”, and was living with wife Genevieve, children Rita M., Gerald, Donald, and Ellen.20

Registered for WW I Civilian Draft June 3 1917. Born and living in Jay, NY. Common laborer, “not working at present.” He was single, and had been in the military as a private, served 9 months in Plattsburgh, “national”. Height medium, build medium, eyes gray, hair brown.15