Person:George Peters (11)

Short biography

George Peters 1822-1912 1881 Hand Atlas, Monroe Co., MI, H.H. Hardesty & Co. -Chicago & Toledo, copyright 1881

George Peters was born in Delaware county, New York, September 21, 1822. He removed with his parents, Richard and Polly (Wilcox) Peters, to Monroe county, May 4, 1824, locating on the present site of Petersburg which was then the western terminus of the settlements. Richard served nearly two years as collector for the township of Raisinville, then embracing the western half of Monroe county. He was unable to find all the taxpayers, consequently wrote to his father in New York asking for money to supply the deficiency, which he received, thereby closing up the tax roll for 1825....... George Peters was married in Monroe, Michigan, June 10, 1847 to Mary J., born September 22, 1827 in Batavia, New York, daughter of Benjamin S. and Minerva (Howe) Holmes, who settled in Monroe county in 1845. Mrs. Peters is the mother of Mary Helen, born May 1, 1849, died Februaury 6, 1850; infant born December 25, 1850, died January, 1851; Helen F., November 14, 1857, resides in Buffalo, New York; Richard G., June 9, 1865, resides in Summerfield township. Mr. Peters was elected supervisor in the year 1855, serving until 1874; was elected to the Michigan Legislature in 1860, serving two years; was elected again in 1866, serving two years, and was postmaster through the administrations of Hayes and Grant. He is a farmer, residing in Summerfield township. Address, Petersburg.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Muszynski, Dan, and Michigan (Monroe, Michigan) Genealogical Society of Monroe County. Historical Hand Atlas, Monroe County, Michigan, 1881 w/Index. (Monroe, Michigan: Genealogical Society of Monroe County Michigan, c1989).

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