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William A. Peelle (Randolph County, Indiana, attorney and secretary of state)

b. 1813-09-18 d. 1902-07-01

Randolph County, Indiana, attorney and statesman. North Carolina native. Married to Evaline Boyd Peelle in Richmond County, Indiana, on June 15, 1842. Father of Martha L. Peelle, and Narcissa E. Peelle. Teacher in Randolph County, Indiana, in 1842. Attorney in Randolph County in 1850. Attorney in Randolph County in 1860. Secretary of State for the State of Indiana under Governor Oliver P. Morton from 1861 to 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Randolph County, Winchester, p. 92B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Randolph County, White River Township, p. 856.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Wayne County, Center, p. 275A.

”An Event of Note.” _The Richmond Item (Richmond, IN), June 14, 1892.

Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Certificate #139.

_Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana for the Year Ending October 31, 1879 (Indianapolis: Douglas & Carlon, 1879).

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Peelle, William A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197519 (November 12, 2026).

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