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John Lewis Peyton (1824–1896)
Peyton, John Lewis. An American lawyer and author; born in Staunton, VA, Sept. 15, 1824; died in 1896. In 1861 he went to Europe as agent of the Confederacy, and remained abroad until 1880. He published: ‘Adventures of My Grandfather’ (1867); ‘The American Crisis’ (1867); ‘Over the Alleghanies’ (1869); ‘Memorials of Nature and Art’ (1881).