Maria Van Schaick Peebles

1782–1865 (age 83)

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Photograph of Maria Van Schaick Peebles

Biography

Maria Van Schaick Peebles carried the memories of the Revolutionary era into a new century, sustaining family ties and community friendships through decades of change.

She rests at Oakwood Cemetery, and visitors there recall the grace with which she welcomed successive generations of kin and neighbors.