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Portrait and biographical album of Newayco (sp) County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and
representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and
biographies of all the governors of Michigan and of the presidents
of the United States: also containing a complete history of the
county, from its earliest settlement to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1884

Transcribed and submitted by Joyce Pearson
April 5, 2011
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PETERSON, FRANCIS
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Francis H. Peterson, farmer and lumberman on section 23, Croton
Township, was born in Hastings County, Canada West, Oct. 24, 1850, and
is a son of Hazlett and Susannah M. (Purcells) Peterson. The former
was born in Kingston, Canada, in 1812, and died in Croton Township,
Oct. 22, 1882. The mother was born in 1822 and is still alive. Both
parents were of German extraction.

The family came to Newaygo County in 1866, when the son was 16 years
old. He remained at home two years longer, and set out in life on his
own responsibility. He engaged as an assistant in a shingle-mill and
followed that business nine years. In 1879 he bought 80 acres of land,
of which he has cleared but a small proportion, occupying his time
chiefly in lumbering. He is a Prohibitionist and has held the various
township offices.

Edith E., wife of Francis H. Peterson, was born in Everett Township,
Newaygo County, Dec. 7, 1855, and is the daughter of James and Sarah
(Barnhart) Berry. Her father was a farmer and born of Irish
extraction, in the State of Massachusetts, June 16, 1811; died March
29, 1862. Sarah, his wife, was born Feb. 7, 1818, in Ohio. Mr. and
Mrs. Peterson were married Dec. 6, 1874, in Newaygo, and are the
parents of three children; Robert H., Arthur E. and Mabel V.

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