Contributed by Michele Purvin

When Peyton Bibb McMillan was born in 1837 in Alabama, his father, William, was 47 and his mother, Jane, was 36. He married Martha Emeline Hornbuckle on February 28, 1859, in New Hope, Alabama. They had nine children in 22 years. He died in 1879 in Madison County, Alabama, at the age of 42, and was buried in New Hope, Alabama.