George Peake (Cleveland)
George Peake (1722 – 1827) was a prominent resident of Cleveland, Ohio whose contributions included the development of a hand mill for grinding corn. He bought a farm on the settlement's outskirts after moving to the area in 1809. He may have been the city's first African American resident. Joseph Peake was his son.[1] He reportedly fought with the British in the French and Indian War before deserting.[2][3][4] He married a woman from Maryland and had several sons, two of whom came with him to Cleveland and two more that followed later.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Cuyahoga County / 88-18 Joseph Peake's Farm | Remarkable Ohio". remarkableohio.org.
- ^ "PEAKE, GEORGE". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. June 18, 2018.
- ^ a b Davis, Harry E. (1943). "Early Colored Residents of Cleveland". Phylon. 4 (3): 233–243. doi:10.2307/271435. JSTOR 271435 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Davis, Russell H. (2005). "Peake, George". Oxford African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.42898. ISBN 9780195301731. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
Further reading[]
- Davis, Russell H.; Western Reserve Historical Society (1972). Black Americans in Cleveland: from George Peake to Carl Stokes, 1796-1969. Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers. OCLC 999851.
Categories:
- American inventors
- African-American inventors
- African Americans in Ohio
- People from Cleveland
- 1722 births
- 1827 deaths