Starling C. Peeples

        Starling C. Peeples, of Chattanooga, was born in Gordon County, Ga., October 25, 1850, and is a son of Drewry and Mary (Collier) Peeples, natives of North Carolina and Georgia respectively. Our subject grew to manhood and received his education in Georgia. In 1870 he came to Chattanooga, and was in the employ of his brother, William O., in the grocery business until the year 1880, when he became a member of the firm of W. O. Peeples & Bros. October 29, 1874, he married Miss Evaline Gregory, of Murray County, Ga., who died October 20, 1885, leaving two daughters: Mary E. and Sarah A. Mr. Peeples is a Democrat in politics, a Knight of Pythias, a member of the Royal Arcanum, A. L. of  H. and the F. L. of H. He is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Goodspeed's History of East Tennessee, 1887