Birth and Family
William, known as Walter, was born 26 November 1881 near Gibson, North Carolina (near the border with South Carolina), the fourth son of Andrew H. Peele (1850-1914) and Nora Jane (née Gibson) Peele (1856-1936).
In 1911 Peele married Elizabeth Lytch of Laurinburg, North Carolina. The couple had no children.
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