Peterson - Samuel
Source: H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, 1881 (Chicago:
HH Hill) Sugar Creek Township page 572
Samuel
Peterson, farmer, Potato Creek, came to Montgomery County, Indiana, from Ohio,
with his parents, in the year 1830. His parents were Solomon and Magdalena
(Bowers) Peterson. He was married in 1826 [looking at the birth years I believe
this marriage date to be a mistake [note from coordinator of Montgomery County
GenWeb pages: According to Mont. Co. marriage records, the year was 1836] to
Milly J. Smith, daughter of William and Mary Smith, born in Kentucky in 1818.
The former emigrated to this country from England. The latter was a native of
Virginia. They then moved to Louisville, where she was married. By this union
Samuel Peterson had fifteen children: Mary M., Elizabeth S., Alfred S., Silas,
Milletus (later married to Mary Jane Sutton- buried Bowers Cemetery), Bithena
J., Ann M., Henry O., William M., Martha F., Solomon, Milly M., Samuel M., John
F., and Millard F. Mr. Peterson was born in 1818 and died in 1864, leaving his
family a good farm of 160 acres, which his own labor had wrought in a
wilderness. His widow still occupies the old homestead. Mr. Peterson was a member
of the Predestinarian Baptist Church. His widow still holds to the same faith.
His political views were democratic. By his removal from earth Sugar Creek
township lost another of her pioneer heroes and a valuable citizen, his wife a
kind husband, his children a christian and charitable father, to whom the
highest tribute to his memory is due.
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