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==Birth== 
Wallace A. Peasley was born September 12, 1857, on the farm he now owns and occupies, the son of Addison Peasley (Berne, August, 1834 - ) and Henrietta Tibbitts, daughter of John Tibbitts. His brother was:
*Elmer Peasley

==Education== 
Wallace Peasley attended the common district schools and the Gloversville Academy. 

==Occupation== 
He has spent his life on the farm with  his father and for years has been a careful and interested breeder of thoroughbred  trotting horses and is the owner of the fine stallion, Varrick ; he is also a breeder of  thoroughbred Jersey cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys. Mr. Peasley has filled  town offices continuously since he became a voter, filling first the offices of inspector  of election, excise commissioner, and in 1896 was elected to represent his town on the     Board of Supervisors. In 1890 he was appointed to take the United States census in  his election district. The farm now occupied by Mr. Peasley was originally settled  by Mrs. Abigail Taylor, his great grandmother, who came from Rhode Island. The  house she caused to be erected in 1777 is still standing, the only change from the  original being a new roof.

==Marriage & Children== 
Wallace A. Peasley married in 1877 Florence Shultes of West  Berne, daughter of '''[[Shultes, Abram|Abram Shultes]]''' and Margaret (Turner) Shultes. Their children were:
*Blanche Peasley
*Ethel Peasley
*Mary Peasley
*Florence Peasley 

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==Additional Media== 
Peasley, Wallace A., was born September 12, 1857, on the farm he now owns and occupies. 

Thomas Peasley, his great-grandfather, was a native of Massachusetts  who came to Albany county and settled in the town of Berne on West Mountain, in the latter part of the eighteenth century. 

Orson Peasley, the grandfather was born  in Berne in 1804, where he was a lifelong farmer and lived and died on the farm of  160 acres on which he was born. He died in 1866 and his wife in 1888. 

Addison,  the father of Wallace A. Peasley, was born in Berne, August, 1834. He grew to  manhood on the homestead and later came in possession of it. His wife was Henrietta, daughter of John Tibbitts, who was a soldier in 1812, and to them were born  two children: Wallace A. and Elmer. 

Wallace Peasley attended the common district schools and the Gloversville Academy. He has spent his life on the farm with  his father and for years has been a careful and interested breeder of thoroughbred  trotting horses and is the owner of the fine stallion, Varrick ; he is also a breeder of  thoroughbred Jersey cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys. Mr. Peasley has filled  town offices continuously since he became a voter, filling first the offices of inspector  of election, excise commissioner, and in 1896 was elected to represent his town on the     Board of Supervisors. In 1890 he was appointed to take the United States census in  his election district. The farm now occupied by Mr. Peasley was originally settled  by Mrs. Abigail Taylor, his great grandmother, who came from Rhode Island. The  house she caused to be erected in 1777 is still standing, the only change from the  original being a new roof. In 1877 Mr. Peasley married Florence Shultes of West  Berne, daughter of Abram and Margaret (Turner) Shultes. Mr. and Mrs. Peasley  have four children: Blanche, Ethel, Mary and Florence. 
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