death_place death_date home_town birth_place children party parents birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
lockport , new york 14 november 1890 lockport , new york mount morris , new york jesse peterson charles gilbert peterson jennie peterson elizabeth peterson democrat garret cornelisen peterson rebecca babcock peterson 05 august 1824 elizabeth parker peterson gilbert peterson
 gilbert peterson contractor
gilbert peterson

gilbert peterson -lrb- august 5 , 1824 - november 14 , 1890 -rrb- , was an american contractor from lockport , new york .
he was the founder and president of peterson & sons , which he ran with his two sons , charles gilbert peterson and jesse peterson .
the company executed contracts building the waterworks of toledo , ohio ; grand rapids , michigan ; milwaukee , wisconsin ; part of the genesee valley canal railroad and worked on multiple reservoirs in the washington , dc area .
previously he was a partner at hunt , peterson & kinsley , responsible for enlarging erie canal between middleport , new york and gasport , new york in 1855 , and canal repairs in albany , new york , frankfort , new york and kilburn hill , new york .
peterson was superintendent of both the eastern and western divisions of the erie canal and in 1867-1868 , he was alderman of the 2nd ward of lockport , new york .
he is the great grandfather of charles sterling bunnell .
