George H Peters was a native of North Adams, Massachusetts, and born March 12, 1812. In 1841 he came to Whiteside, and settled in Fenton, where he purchased a large tract of land near Rock river. Upon taking possession, he commenced work resolutely to bring it under a proper state of cultivation, and in a few years had a fine farm. On the 6th of May, 1838, he married Miss Charity Smith, at Petersburg, Rensselaer county, New York. The following have been the children: Jerome Darwin, Minerva Jane, Esther H., and George A. The eldest, Jerome Darwin, died while quite young. Minerva Jane married Levi Strunk, and died December 24, 1876; Esther H. married Frank Hamilton, and lives in Fenton; George A. married Mary A. Hamilton, and also resides in Fenton. Mr. Peters died September 8, 1873.
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