Pioneer Baptist missionary, statesman, author, educator & founder of Shurtleff College (now the Southern Illinois University at Alton Dental School). There is a memorial marker is located next to the Robert Wadlow statue on the grounds of Southern Illinois University Dental School, marking the original site of Shurtleff College.  Family links:  Spouse:  Sarah Paine Peck (1789 – 1856)*  Children:  William S. Peck (1823 – 1909)* *Calculated relationship