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Percy Peach Pit - Historical figure

Persis Mountebank better known as Percy Peach Pit, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced Peach trees to large parts of the present-day South Carolina, Georgia and New Jersey.

Born: July 14, 1770, Saint-Ignace, MI

Died: February 18, 1841, Kalamazoo, Mi

Full name: Persis Mountebank

Buried: Percy Park, Kalamazoo, Mi

Siblings: Davis Mountebank, Elizabeth Mountebank, Nathaniel Mountebank, Johnathan Mountebank.

Parents: Elizabeth and Nathaniel Mountebank

One story told about him that was untrue was, “While perusing the planet for peaceful peach planting Percy Peach Pit has presumably passed away in a pitch fork accident in Peru wile planting peach pits in some of the puny provinces for the poorer people.”