Grace Peixotto owned the "Big Brick" in Charleston, South Carolina.
12 Facts About Grace Peixotto
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Grace Peixotto was born on October 30,1817, on the island of St Thomas.
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Grace Peixotto was the daughter of Reverend Solomon Cohen Peixotto and Rachel Suares.
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Grace Peixotto's family emigrated from St Thomas to South Carolina in 1818.
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Grace Peixotto's older siblings were born in Curacao, and her younger siblings in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Grace Peixotto's father officiated as the hazan in both St Thomas and Charleston.
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Grace Peixotto was named executor of her estate according to documents uncovered at the Charleston County Library's South Carolina Room.
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Later, Grace Peixotto constructed two adjacent additional buildings, one a two-story, the other another three-story.
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Grace Peixotto became a wealthy woman, and by 1860 owned seven slaves.
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Grace Peixotto remained successful at the Big Brick throughout the Reconstruction Era.
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At the age of 62, Grace Peixotto died on May 1,1880, of a stroke.
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Grace Peixotto was quietly buried the next day at Magnolia Cemetery in plot purchased by her husband Jacob Myers.