Person:Peter Atherton (8)

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Peter Lee Atherton
b.7 Aug 1862 Athertonville, LaRue, Kentucky, United States
d.10 Jan 1939
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  1. Peter Lee Atherton1862 - 1939
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m. 23 May 1914
  1. Sarah Anderson Atherton1915 - 2004
  2. Cornelia E. Atherton1917 - 2011
  3. John McDougal Atherton1918 - 1942
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  1. Mary Valeria Atherton1890 - 1982
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Name Peter Lee Atherton
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Aug 1862 Athertonville, LaRue, Kentucky, United States
Alt Birth[2] 7 Oct 1862 KentuckyAtherton, Peter Lee (1862-1939) — of Glenview, Jefferson County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born October 7, 1862. Democrat. Real estate business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1916. Died January 10, 1939 (age 76 years, 95 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atherton.html
Other? 11 Jan 1893 New York, United States181 U.S. 155 (21 S.Ct. 544, 45 L.Ed. 794) - PETER LEE ATHERTON, Plff. in Err., v. MARY G. ATHERTON. - No. 17. - Argued: December 15, 1899. - Decided: April 15, 1901. - This was a suit brought January 11, 1893, in the supreme court of the state of New York, by Mary G. Atherton against Peter Lee Atherton, for a divorce from bed and board, for the custody of the child of the parties, and for the support of the plaintiff and the child. Source http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/181/155
Marriage 23 May 1914 New York, New York, United Statesto Cornelia Simrall Anderson
Marriage to Mary G. _____
Death? 10 Jan 1939
References
  1. ↑ Ben La Bree. Press Reference Book of Prominent Kentuckians. (The Standard Printing Company, Incorporated)
    Page 63, 1916.

    http://archive.org/details/pressreferencebo00labr

  2. ↑ Peter Lee Atherton, in Find A Grave.
  3.   Adams, Evelyn Crady. Goodin’s Fort (1780) in Nelson County Kentucky, in Filson Historical Society (Louisville, Kentucky). The Filson Club history quarterly. (Louisville, Kentucky: The Club, 1930-2000)
    Vol. 27, January 1953.

    These were among the people at Goodin's Fort (According to Edgar Porter Harned)

    Samuel Goodin, Sr. , John Houston, Capt. Samuel Pottenger, Isaac Goodin, Samuel's son, Atkinson Hill, Samuel's son-in-law; Samuel Goodin, Jr., Samuel's son; Peter Kennedy (Indian scout); Thomas Goodin, Samuel's son; Elizabeth Goodin, Samuel's daughter; Catherine Van Meter, Elizabeth Goodin's daughter; Letitia Van Meter, Elizabeth Goodin's daughter; Sarah Van Meter, Elizabeth Goodin's daughter; Elizabeth Van Meter, Elizabeth Goodin's dau; Abraham Goodin, son of Samuel and Elizabeth; General BraddockS4 (only slave mentioned at fort, freed in 1797); Abraham Van Meter, died about 1782; Beck SwankS4, married General BraddockS4; Abnego Carter; Unknown Hamilton; Aaron Atherton Sr.; Peter Atherton, son of Aaron; John S. Atherton, son of Peter; John M. Atherton, son of Peter; Peter Lee Atherton, son of John M. Atherton.

    The fort was the logical refuge for the following adjacent families: David Crady; Richard Edlin; Christopher Bush; Samuel Miller; Anthony Chambers; Daniel Vittitow; Samuel Vittitow (ie. Withrow); Stephen Vittitow; Zachariah Maraman; Leonard Johnson's son Clemmy, fiddler from Maryland.

    Page 5 - Atherton's Ford
    Page 7 - Aaron Atherton Sr. and family
    Page 18 - Milton Atherton
    Page 19 - B.F. Atherton, Finetta Atherton
    Page 26 - 16 Dec 1823, Suit of Purcell vs Atherton, in Hardin County Court
    Page 27 - Atherton Family. W.H. Perrin, op.cit., 1887, p. 781.

    When Samuel abandoned the Fort Goodin, he moved across the Rolling Fork to one of his plantations in present LaRue County, KY. He apparently retained more than half of his original land entries which approximated two thousand acres. He died on his plantation in the Edlintown area in 1807. He left no will.There seems to be some confusion about the names, "Goodin, Goodwines, and Goodwins" . There seemed to be a lot of them in early Kentucky, especially in Nelson and Hardin Counties.. And, they seemed to share the same given names as well. Several writers have attempted to sort this out.

  4.   Dr. John C. Butler, in Jacob Van Meter Family & History.

    The son, Abraham Van Meter, had at least one slave he brought with him from Virginia. This was "General Braddock", who earned his freedom through killing nine Indians. He moved from the Severns Valley settlement to Goodin's fort in the Rolling Fork when Abraham Van Meter's widow, who had inherited "General Braddock" from her husband, following his death from a poison Indian arrow, married Samuel Goodin. The slave was appraised at 100 pounds. On March 19, 1797 he was "set free forever". He afterwards married Becky Swan and lived on a small farm near Elizabethtown. This verifies that the Swans, who came out with the Van Meter party, also brought slaves to Kentucky. The son, Abraham Van Meter, had at least one slave he brought with him from Virginia. This was "General Braddock", who earned his freedom through killing nine Indians. He moved from the Severns Valley settlement to Goodin's fort in the Rolling Fork when Abraham Van Meter's widow, who had inherited "General Braddock" from her husband, following his death from a poison Indian arrow, married Samuel Goodin. The slave was appraised at 100 pounds. On March 19, 1797 he was "set free forever". He afterwards married Becky Swan and lived on a small farm near Elizabethtown. This verifies that the Swans, who came out with the Van Meter party, also brought slaves to Kentucky.

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