{"id":23446,"date":"2011-06-30T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=23446"},"modified":"2011-06-30T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T00:47:00","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary War patriot grave re-dedicated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/11july\/peckth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/>Abigail Corbin Peck<!--more--><br \/>\nA grave re-dedication was held Sunday, June 26, 2011 for Abigail Corbin Peck, a Revolutionary War Patriot Nurse at Boughton Cemetery in Riley Township. Abigail Corbin Peck is the only known female Revolutionary Patriot to be buried in Clinton County, MI.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/11july\/peck2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nLynne Gregory, Regent of the River Wabwaysin Chapter NSDAR and President of the Clinton County Historical Society worked for two years to replace the old, crumbling marker with a permanent granite stone. She presented the program stating &#8220;that there are people willing to undertake this project is proof of the honor and respect with which Abigail Corbin Peck and her Patriotic Civilian Service during the Revolutionary War are held.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/11july\/peck1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nBorn in Connecticut in 1747, Abigail Corbin married Phineas Peck in 1776. With her husband away at war, her home was destroyed by the British. Putting aside her personal tragedy, Abigail nursed the wounded in the immediate area. For this compassionate service, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution recognized her as a Revolutionary War Patriot Nurse.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/11july\/peck4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nChaplain Donald M. Zimmerman, USAF (Retired) gave a blessing at the ceremony in honor of the life, hope and courage of Abigail Corbin Peck. Abigail died in Clinton County in 1848 at the age of 101.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/11july\/peck3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Lynne Gregory and Deb Rakoczy unveil stone<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abigail Corbin Peck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}