Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-14
OBITUARY.
a GOOD MAN GONE.

Death of the Venerable Abraham Peters.
The venerable Abraham Peters died at
his residence in Miilersville yesterday at
2:3O .. M, in the 9lst year o: his age,
after an illness which had confined him to
his bed for five weeks, and since Sun
day he had been unconscious. The
following from Harris's Biographical
History Of the county gives the leading
points of his life
Abraham Peters was born August -,
1891, near Millersville, Lancaster county,
Pa. His father Of tue same nam. emil
grated from Alsace, in France (now Ger
many, about nine miles from Strasburg,
when nineteen years Of age, and located
in the vicinity of Millersville, then called
Millersbnrg. He purchased ten acres of
land, for which he paid e21O in the year
1777. He died February 5, 1918, aged -
years. He kept tavern i'll an old lo.,
house, in which the subject of this notice
was born, and also carried OH a distillery.
Abraham Peters, after the death of his
father, still continued the distilling busi-
ness, and did so up to 1858. He was at
the same time engaged in far ming. Up
to 1851 he also kept tavern. He was
married on tho 10Th Of October, 1929. to
Miss Fanny Gambler. Abraham Peters
was ono of the leading movers with &. B.
Martin, Lewis NJ. Hobbs, John Brady,
Jacob X. Shenk and others in the esta5-
ljshment Of the Millersvile normal school.
Mr.. Peters was elected the first president
of the board Of trustees. a position he has
held up to this time. The meetings that
led to the foundation Of the normal school
were held in the years 1854. The in :
stitution was opened in 1885 as the Mil
lerstown academy. After Mr.. Peters re-
tired from the distilling business in 1858
he prosecuted the business of farming up
to 1862. For many years he had carried
on the business of saw milling ut Peters
vile OH the Conestoga navigation. In
1861 Mr. Peters was nominated and
elected on the Union ticket member OF
the House of Representatives aud dis
charged the duties of this position with
credit to himself and to the satisfaction of
his constituents. Since 1852 he has re-
tired from active pursuits and resides on
his place in Millersville.'
Few citizens Of the county were better
known and none were more highly re
spected than plain old Abraham Peters.
He had long been identified with the pro
motion of moral and material affairs Of his
community, and besides the presidency of
the normal school trustees he was presi-
dent Of tho Manor turnpike company. He
was member Of the Reformed church.
In every relation of life he had tie respect,
the confidence and good will Of his fellow
citizens.
Mrs. Peters, now aged 80, survives; him.
and of their twelve children, seven are
livinE-J. G. Peters, the well.known cot.
ton manufacturer of this city; Mrs. II. S.
Shirk. of Lancaster the widow of the
late DR.. F.. 8. Baer, Millcrsvile, and Mrs.
George Hornberger, who have been resid-
ing with Mr.. Peters Mrs. D. c. kraady,
of Millersville; Mrs. William Wilson,
Columbia. and the wife Of Rev. Lewis
Stecklc. Womelsdorf.
Mr.. Peters's funeral will take place On
Thursday at 30 p. H., and the friends
have been invited to attend it at the
Reformed church, MillersvilIe, where the
services will be held.