Elias Peterson and Elizabeth McChesney

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Husband Elias Peterson ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1788 - New York state
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           Died: 1855 3
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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Margaret McCall (      -      ) 3

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Elias Peterson.

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Wife Elizabeth McChesney ^{2 3}

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Children

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1 F Jennie Peterson ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: when twenty-one years old
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2 F Harriet Peterson ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: while young
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3 F Sarah S. Peterson ^{3 4}

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           Born: 10 Jun 1848 2
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           Died: Aft 1906
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         Spouse: George Wendel Geiger (1830-Aft 1906) 3 4 5
           Marr: 30 Jan 1868 2

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4 M Aaron Peterson ³

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5 M Noah G. Peterson ^{3 6}

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           Born:  - near Pleasant Unity, Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died: Aft 1906
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         Spouse: Rachel Smith (      -      ) 3 6

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General Notes: Husband - Elias Peterson

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His father came to America from Germany during the latter half of the eighteenth century and settled in New York state.

He was born and reared in New York state, and when a young man came to Pennsyvania and settled near Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland County, where he purchased a farm which he cultivated and operated during the remainder of his lifetime. He was a devout Christian man, and an elder in the Presbyterian church.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 163.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 422.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 164.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 82, 422.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 517.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 750.