Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-07
The Rambler Writes of "Winona" an Old H0mt

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Seven children of George Peter and
Layinia Gassaway reached maturity.
The first was John f. Peter, a promis-
ing lawyer, who died in 1873 at the
see OF twenty-five years. The second
was Sarah N0rflest Peter, who mar
ried William l.. Dunlop. lawyer
of Washington and a son Of James
Dunlop who was chief judge Of the
United States Circuit Court of the
District Of Columbia. The third child
Thomas Dawson. lawyer. Of Mont
gomery county. The next child was
Edward c. Peter. lawyer, who was
educated at the Rockville Academy.
read law in the office of his father and
Judge Henderson. was elected states
attorney in 1897 and reelected in
1891. He married Mary g Vinson,
daughter Of Judge John T. vinson.
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The next child was Robert Brewer
Peter. lawyer Of Rockville. He re-
ceived his schooling at the Rockville
Academy and at Hampden and Sid
ney College. Virginia. He taught
school for several years in the Sioux
country and speaks the language of
those Indians today. He was clerk of
the court for Montgomery county and
graduated in law from the National
University, Washington. with the de-
gree of B. L.. and second in his class
in 1898. In 1896 ne married Helen OIL
via Lowry. youngest daughter of Maj.
Horatio B. Lowry, u. S. M. c. Another
child was Katharine Gassaway Peter.
who married Hugh Nelson. q lawyer, Of
New York city. The youngest son
of George Peter and 1.avinia CASA
way was Arthur Peter, lawyer. whom
most Washington people know. Arthur
was born in November, 1873, and re-
ceived his early schooling at the Ritz
tenhouse Academy in this city and at
the Rockville Academy. At seventeen
years old ne began the study OF law
in the office OF his father and Judge
Henderson at Rockville and at the
age of twenty graduated at the head
of his class from the National Uni
versity. Washington. On being admit
ted to the bar he entered the Office
of Arthur A. Birney. United States
attorney for the District OF Column
bia and in 1896 formed q partnership
with Mr.. Birney. He retired from the
practice OF the law on account OF
poor health, but resumed practice in
1898 in partnership with ]. ]. Hemp-
hill.
Maj George Peter OF Montanverd,
son of the Immigrant Robert Peter,
had other children besides DR.. Armi-
stead Peter. who was the youngest
son, and George Peter of Rockville.
who was the eldest. Among the others
OF whom the Rambler has brief
record were Alexander. Elizabeth and
Margaret.
The Rambler does not know who
Alexander and Margaret married and
he has been told that Elizabeth mar
ried a kinsman, Thomas Peter. They
lived first at Seneca, and that Thomas
Peter owned and was the first to open
the Seneca .quarries. which furnished
the stone for the Smithsonian build
ing, the Freedmen's Saving and Trust
Company building. which occupied
the site of the Treasury annex at
Pennsylvania avenue and Madison
place, the present Jail and many
other buildings in Washington, which
the Rambler hopes to enumerate
when he comes to write the story OF
Seneca and its quarries.
This Thomas and Elisabeth Peter
removed from Seneca and lived vt
Grasslands. which came in FOR q good
deal of newspaper publicity when 1t
was bought by Secretary Whitney.
This Thomas Peter was also the
owner of the farm on which the RE-
form School was built. on that ridge
that rises from the east side OF the
Bladensburg road, and which the
District boundary line crosses. The
Rambler finds this in the history OF
the Reform School:
I'm the correspondence 1t appears
that at the meeting OF the board OF
trustees Of the Reform School. hold
July 2b, 1872, the Peter farm. 'on
which Fort Lincoln was located, was
selected as the site Tor the school,
provided the $50 acres fronting on
the Bindensburg road could be Sc
cured for a sum not exceeding S3o.-
900. The Secretary OF the Interior
made tile purchase"
Thomas Peter removed from the
District ahout thu time M tho sale