William Peters and Jane Sloan

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Husband William Peters ¹

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           Born:  - County Down, Ireland
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           Died: 1857 - ? Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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Wife Jane Sloan ¹

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           Born:  - County Antrim, Ireland
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           Died: 1856 - ? Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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Children

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1 M William J. Peters ²

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           Died: 1868 - near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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2 M Robert S. Peters ²

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3 M James Peters ^{1 3}

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           Born: 14 Jan 1844 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Susanna Johnson (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1867 2

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4 F Sarah J. Peters ²

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General Notes: Husband - William Peters

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He and his wife immigrated to the United States in 1832 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He there engaged for several years in the grocery business on what was then known as Dickson's corner (later, the corner of Seventh avenue). From Pittsburgh he removed to near Hanover, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where he bought a farm and became a dealer in horses. He purchased large numbers of horses and sold them in the eastern markets to which he drove them over the Allegheny mountains. On the completion of the Pennsylvania railroad Mr. Peters abandoned dealing in horses and embarked in the mercantile business in Hanover, and built the first brick house at that place. In 1856 he lost his eye-sight which compelled him to quit business. He then removed to Pittsburgh where in the same year he had the sad misfortune to lose his wife, who in crossing a street was run over and killed by a runaway team. William Peters survived his wife but one year and was laid to rest in 1857. He and his wife were members of the Reformed Presbyterian church.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 344.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 345.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 973.