Peterson - Silas - 1900
NOTE: There are obviously TWO Silas Peterson - make sure you check the other obit died 1905 - I'll let the Peterson researchers figure it out - interesting though as I always thought there was one until I found the other 1905 obit - good luck !!! kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Journal 2-9-1900 Darlington News
Arriving at the home of Silas PETERSON, late on Wednesday we found uncle Silas & Aunt Lorinda seated in the midst of a large and happy throng of neighbors and friends, all enjoying themselves as only old friends can. Numerous speeches were being made and all went to show the good esteem this couple held in the community. The day was wet and gloomy and prevented many from attending. Their son Charlie was detained at home by sickness. Among many we noticed were AF Ramsey and wife; Charles Goltra and wife of Crawfordsville; Mr. and Mrs. Hannibal Trout and Sherman; Mrs. Foster and son. Among the old neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Hunt; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Campbell; Mr. and Mrs. John Holloway; Mr. and Mrs. George Little; James Wilson and wife of Kirkpatrick, then the younger generation of the community made up the number. The day was spent in mingling together and in social conversation, except a short time spent in speech making. Numerous presents were presented them but the most valuable one perhaps was a small leather purse containing $50 in gold by the children and Uncle John Peterson. Refreshments were served in the dining room all afternoon, presided over by Joe Kashner the prince of caterers, of Darlington. At a late hour the crowd dispersed for home, wishing this good couple many years yet of married happiness. – typed by kbz
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Source: Montgomery County, Indiana Atlas of Montgomery County, Indiana 1878 Chicago: JH Beers, p 54
PETERSON, Silas, PO Potato Creek; Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec 18, son of Solomon and Wilhelmina Peterson was born in Greene County, Oh Jan 20, 1825 and in Oct 1830 settled with his parents on same sect. where he now resides. In the Winter of 1832, his father encountered a large bear about 6 mi. no. of the homestead and succeeded in killing it at the second shot, with the help of his neighbors and an ox team the game was brought to the house and proved to be quite a prize as it weighed over 400 lbs. Marr. Lorinda DAIN in Feb 1850 and is the father of 5 children: John Quincy, Wilhelmina P, Esther J, Charles C. and W. Monroe. – typed by kbz
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Source: H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, 1881 (Chicago: HH Hill) Sugar Creek Township page 572
Silas Peterson, farmer and stock raiser, Potato Creek, was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1825. His parents were Solomon and Wilhelmina Peterson. The former was a native of Virginia, the latter of Germany. They were married in Virginia and emigrated to Ross County, Ohio, in 1802, then to Greene County, then to Montgomery County, Indiana, and settled in Sugar Creek township in 1830, where they died, the father in 1851, aged sixty-one years, his mother in 1831, aged forty-five. Silas Peterson's grandfather, John Peterson, was born in Virginia, and first moved to Ross County, Ohio, in 1831. He came to Montgomery County, Indiana, where he died in 1839, aged seventy-one years. His great grandfather, Martin Peterson, an early pioneer of old Virginia, was captured by the Indians while working in the field, and held a captive by them for three years. The Peterson family were originally from Switzerland. S. Peterson was married in 1848 to Lourinda Dain, daughter of Casson and Ester Dain. By this marriage he had seven children: John Q., Clara (deceased), Wilhemina P., Ester J., Charles C. and Wilson M [this is not a mistake- the book listed only six names]. Mr. Peterson and wife are members of the Christian Church in Darlington. In politics he has ever been democratic. In 1870 he was elected real estate appraiser of Montgomery County, and twice elected to the state senate (in 1856 to fill a vacancy, in 1876 for a full term), which position he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He now has a farm of 1,200 acres, after deeding away to his children nearly 300; it is well improved and stocked with cattle and sheep principally. He takes great interest in behalf of education. Among the leading farmers of Montgomery County he ranks high, and not less is his reputation among his immediate neighbors, and all know him for integrity and honesty.
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Source: Montgomery County, Indiana Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Feb 2, 1900
Arriving at the home of Silas Peterson late on Wed, we found Uncle Silas & Aunt Lorinda seated in the midst of a large and happy throng of neighbors and friends, all enjoying themselves as only old friends can. Numerous speeches were being made and all went to show the good esteem this couple held in the community. The day was wet and gloomy and prevented many from attending. Their son Charlie was detained at home by sickness. Among many we noticed were AF Ramsey and wife, Charles Goltra and wife of Crawfordsville; Mr. & Mrs. Hannibal Trout and Sherman Trout, Mrs. Foster and son. among the old neighbors were Mr. & Mrs. Wilson Hunt; Mr. & Mrs. Alex Campbell, Mr. & Mrs. John Holloway, Mr. & Mrs. George Little, James Wilson and wife, of Kirkpatrick, then the younger generation of the community made up the number. The day was spent in mingling together and in social conversation, except a short time spent in speech-making. Numerous presents were presented them but the most valuable one perhaps was a small leather purse containing $50 in gold, by the children and uncle John Peterson. Refreshments were served in the dining room all the afternoon, presided over by Joe Kashner the prince of caterers of Darlington. At a late hour the crowd dispersed for home, wishing this good couple many years yet of married happiness.
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Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain counties, Indiana. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893.
SILAS PETERSON, a representative citizen and prominent resident of Sugar Creek Township, has been located in Montgomery County ever since 1830. Growing from childhood to mature years upright and honorable in his daily life, he early gained, and still retains, the confidence of the numerous acquaintances and friends he has throughout the State of Indiana. Occupying various positions of public trust, he has ever discharged the duties of each office with energy and ability. Mr. PETERSON was elected to the office of County Real-Estate Appraiser in 1868, and devoted himself with impartiality to the work. In 1876 Mr. PETERSON was the candidate of the Democratic party for State Senator, and was elected by an overwhelming majority. Giving great satisfaction to his constituents by the able manner in which he handled the interests of the district he represented, he was in 1884 unanimously selected by his party for a second term of office, and so great was his popularity, that, although the Democrats lost nearly all the elections that year by the large increase of Republican voters, Mr. PETERSON was again triumphantly returned to the Senate. The Hon. Silas PETERSON is a native of Ohio, and was born in 1825. The records of the family history show their name to be well represented in early Colonial times. Before the Revolutionary War there emigrated from Switzerland to America John PETERSON, a man of courage, resolution and integrity, who located with his family in Hardy County, Va., about 1760. In the Old Dominion his son John reared eight children, and founded in the New World that branch of PETERSONS of which our subject is the direct descendant. The children were Solomon, the eldest-born; Elizabeth, who married William HARPOOL, of Madison County, Ohio; Martin; Phoebe, who became the wife of Michael COYNER, and died in Clinton County, Ind.; Jonas, who was born in 1800; John; and two who died in childhood. In 1806 John PETERSON and his family removed to Ross County, Ohio, which State had only been admitted into the Union four years before, and was yet scarcely more than a wilderness. The family passed through the privations and stirring experiences peculiar to early pioneer life on the frontier, the sons capturing game and killing wild animals where now stand flourishing towns with a populous country all about them. Solomon PETERSON, the father of our subject, was born in Virginia in 1790, and was therefore about sixteen years of age when the family emigrated to the Buckeye State. He married in Ross County, Ohio, at a very early age, Miss Elizabeth BOWERS, who became the mother of five children, all of whom lived to mature years. These sons and daughters were, William; Samuel; Mary, wife of Gustin IRWIN; Maria, who married William STRONG, and moved to Keokuk, Iowa, and still resides there; and Martin, the youngest. The mother of these children having died, the father married Miss Wilmena WALTERNUT, who emigrated from Germany to this county with her parents. By this union Mr. PETERSON became the father of Silas, our subject; Phoebe, who married Thomas GRAY; and John. A third marriage added two more children to the family. These children were Solomon and Margaret, who married Louis CAVE, who served bravely as a Union Soldier in the late war. The tow children born after Solomon PETERSON´S Fourth marriage were Martha, now deceased, who married G. W. WILSON; and David. Silas PETERSON when five years old came with his parents to Montgomery County in the year 1830, and received an education in the public schools, which in those early days were primitive in their method and limited in number. When Silas PETERSON was twenty-five years old, he married Miss Lorinda DAIN, a lady highly esteemed by all who knew her. The husband´s possessions were limited to a small tract of land, but through close application to his business, and excellent management, his property increased until he owned at one time two thousand acres of land. In 1888, when he had already served two terms as State Senator, he was nominated again by the Democrats, and was defeated only by the redistricting of the district. Four children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. PETERSON: John Q., a young and prosperous farmer; Wilmena, wife of George SEYBOLD, a hardware merchant of Waveland; Esther, wife of Rev. W. B. SLUTZ, a Methodist minister located at Frankfort; and Charles P., a farmer near the old homestead. Mr. PETERSON has been identified in the past with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife are valued members of the Disciples Church at Darlington. He has always wielded a powerful influence in behalf of religion and morality, and is strongly opposed to the liquor traffic. Mr. PETERSON is widely known as a man of broad intelligence, just and generous in his views, and deeply interested in local and national affairs. He has always been especially zealous in all educational matters toward progress. – typed by kbz