John Breckenridge Peterson and Elizabeth Miller
Husband John Breckenridge Peterson 1
Born: 16 Apr 1836 - Jenner, Somerset Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Jacob Peterson (1806-1889) 1 Mother: Agnes Reed (1804-1846) 1
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Ann Churns (1836-1881) 2 - 9 Jun 1859 2
Wife Elizabeth Miller 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
• They had no children.
General Notes: Husband - John Breckenridge Peterson
He was educated in the schools of his native township. He learned the carpenter's trade with Jacob Craver, of Somerset, Pennsylvania, and afterward moved to Westmoreland County, settling in Ligonier, where he resided for about sixty years or more. Mr. Peterson had the reputation of having built more barns than any other man in the county. He was a Democrat and when a young man served on the election board, later filling for one term the office of tax collector. Under the administration of President Cleveland he held the appointment of postmaster of Ligonier. He was a member of St. James' Evangelical Lutheran church, served several terms as trustee, and taught in the Sunday school
1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 466, 1150.
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Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 466.
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