He has been twice married, the first time to Miss Lou R. Perkins, of South Bend, Indiana, July 16, 1867. She died November 27, 1873. His second marriage to Mary Arabella Canfield, of Painesville, Ohio, only daughter of the late Judge Milton Canfield, took place October 16, 1878. They have one son. Judge Peelle's address is the Concord, Washington, District of Columbia.