Peterson - John
Source: Montgomery County, Indiana 1878 Atlas. Chicago: JH Beers, p 54
PETERSON, John, PO Potato Creek, Farmer and stock raiser; son of Solomon & Wilhelmina Peterson, was b. in Green Co, Ohio July 29, 1829 and removed with his parents in Oct 1830 to Sec 18 on which he at this time resides. In 1854, was marr. to Hannah DAIN, by whom he has 5 children: Hattie W, Albert K, Lew W, Charles B and James. ============
From the Jamestown newspaper.
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John Peterson, late captain of the watch in the post office department at Washington, D.C., died at his home in Linnsburg at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1901, aged 57 years, 6 months and 29 days. He was born two miles east of Mace January 31, 1844, and married to Emaline Linn Long March 23, 1865. He leaves a wife, four daughters, one son, twelve grandchildren, four brothers and one sister to mourn his demise. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Union. He served with Co. B, 10 th Ind. Vol. infantry and was a member of Abe Lincoln Post, No. 24, and of Mace Lodge, No. 55, Knights of Pythias. (thanks Pegeen for this one)
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Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 18 May
1900 p 6
John Peterson of Crawfordsville captain of the watch in the post office department, takes considerable pride in the fact that he is a neighbor of Gov. Mount and is something of a farmer himself. Capt. Peterson’s home is near Mace, Ind and the Mount farm at Shannondale is six miles away. He says that it is not surprising that Gov. Mount finds farm life in Montgomery County more attractive than official life anywhere and that he wishes he were back on Sugar Creek himself.
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Source: Portrait & Biographical Records of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties,
Indiana. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893, p580-581
Indiana. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893, p580-581
John Peterson resides on section 18, Sugar Creek Township, Montgomery County, and receives his mail at Potato Creek. His father was a native of Hardy County, Va., where he was engaged in the plow works and wagon manufactory. He was married four times, having by his first wife the following children: William, born in Greene County, Ohio, who followed farming up to the time of his death; Samuel, who was also a native of Greene County, and followed the pursuit of his brother; Mary, who was born in Greene County, and was married in Iowa to a farmer who is now deceased; and Maurice, who was born in Iowa, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Martin Peterson, the father of our subject, resided in Missouri in his early life, afterward removing to California, thence to Oregon, where he preached the Gospel in the Christian Church until the time of his death. His second wife's children were: Silas, who was born in Greene County, Ohio, where he was a farmer and also a representative of that State for two terms in the State Legislature; Phoebe, who was born in Bedford County, Ohio, and is now deceased; and John, who is a farmer in Greene County, and was born in 1839. Mr. Peterson's third wife's children were Solomon, who was born in Montgomery County, Ind., and is at the present time following the occupation of a farmer in Sugar Creek Township, this State; David, who is a native of Sugar Creek Township, Montgomery County; and Martha, who was also born in Montgomery County, and is now deceased.
The great-grandfather of our subject was taken prisoner by the Indians in Virginia, and at the same time his sister was captured and held by the red men for fourteen years. She was adopted by the Indian chief as his own child, and was reared a lady, receiving much attention from her adopted parents, who formed a strong attachment for her. Their camp was not far from Dayton, Ohio. The great-grandfather was a member of the church for fifty-six years. His mother whose maiden name was Esther Burrows, was a native of Ohio, as was also her husband.
Our subject's wife's grandfather and grandmother were born in New Jersey, and emigrated to Missouri at an early day. There the grandparents passed away in 1845, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. Of the brothers and sisters of our subject's wife, Rosanna, who was born in Ohio, is married and resides in Illinois, her husband being a retired farmer; Lorinda is married to a prominent farmer of this county; Washington was born in Ohio and is now living retired at Colfax; and Marion, who was born in Meigs County, Ohio, was a soldier in the late war and is now deceased.
Mr. Peterson of this sketch is the father of five children, all of whom are now living, viz.: Hattie, who was born in Montgomery County, is now the wife of the Rev. J. E. Steel, a resident of New Albany, and has one son; Albert K. is a farmer and was born in Montgomery County in 1860; L. W., a resident of this county, was born in 1863; Charley B., a native of this county, is now Assistant Professor in the school at LaFayette, Ind.; and James A., born in this county, is Bookkeeper and Assistant Cashier of the People's Bank of Darlington, Ind.
Our subject and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for ten years. The former is one of the Trustees of the church, and he was also instrumental in the erection of the edifice in Potato Creek Township that was built in 1870. he always takes a great deal of interest in religious affairs, and his wife is a teacher in the Sunday-school. Mr. Peterson is a County Commissioner, having been elected to that position in 1888; his term will expire in December. He was united in marriage in 1855, at which time he had only one hundred acres of land, on which he erected a log cabin and settled down to a quiet life. In 1860 he built a modern house of ten rooms, with all the improvements and conveniences of that time, and the timber used in this building was cut from his own farm and sawed at the Peterson Mills. He is quite well-to-do, and his pleasant manner, social qualities and high character have attracted to him a host of warm friends.