COUPLE AT 86 WEDDED 63 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Peck of Delaware County, are to Celebrate
     One of the pleasures of life is to see and admire the beautiful as represented 
in old age, and, when we see a couple hale, hearty and happy at the age of eighty-six 
years, and about to celebrate their sixty-third wedding anniversary, surrounded by 
children and grandchildren well may we say their life has been successful, and the 
couple are distinguished citizens. Such is the record of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester G. 
Peck, whom the Times-Press representative lately had the pleasure of meeting at  
their home in Granton, Delaware county.
     Mr. Peck was born in Manless, Chenango county, May 22, 1825, is the only one 
living of seven children, the average age of the sixth at death, having been 72 years. 
They were William, Phebe, Orange, Polly, Samuel and Emma, all of whom lived and died 
in Delaware county. Mrs. Peck is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Dibble, and was 
born in Cortright, Delaware county, October 12, 1824. She was married to David W. 
Foster at Cannonsville, in 1842. Mr. Foster died in 1843, leaving a son, George D. 
Foster, who was a veteran of the Civil War, who died in Binghamton, in 1907, leaving 
a widow, Dolly Owens, of Cannonsville, and two sons, Willis and Fred, and a grandson, 
Ray, son of Fred. Mr. and Mrs. Peck were married at Cannonsville, Delaware county, 
May 18, 1848, and there had five children: Robert, who died in 1881; Emma, who died 
in 1882; Charles A., Willis G. and Horace G. 
     Charles A. married Harriett Wakeman. They have four children: Vesey. Robert, 
Anna and Hildred. Charles has a very productive farm which joins his father’s.
     Willis G. married Ada Grant, of Granton. Willis is also a well-to-do farmer and 
has land joining that of his father. Horace G. Peck married Alice Loveless of Granton. 
They have four children: Abel, Kennon, June and Mildred. Horace is one of the best 
known farmers in Delaware county, having over 200 acres: an extensive maple bush, with 
an equipment costing over $500, from which he annually produces over 200 gallons of 
syrup, and about 200 pounds of sugar. Mr. Peck makes the syrup and sugar under a 
practical and scientific principle and never allows the syrup to weigh over eleven 
pounds to the gallon. At this weight the syrup does not sugar and will always remain 
in excellent condition. Horace also has a fine herd of Jersey cows and there may be a 
better cow-dog than Dash, a collie, but we doubt it. At the word, “cows,” Dash will 
start after the animals and going through the fields for a half mile will drive home 
every cow. At one exhibition of his intelligence he was told to bring the cows and 
leave the calves in the pasture. He did so and when the calves attempted to follow 
the cows he without any command drove them back.
     Mr. Peck, Sr. has been a member of the M.E. Church at Cannonsville 70 years and 
Mrs. Peck, a member of the Baptist Church, Cannonsville since 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Peck 
have lived on the present farm for 47 years; have always been active in church work 
and are so beloved by their neighbors that many never fail to call daily and several 
always present the dear old folks with beautiful flowers.

Middletown Daily Times-Press. Monday, August 29, 1910 Middletown, New York