Biography

08/02/1853 - 05/23/1925


PETERS, Edwin Forrest, a Representative from Pike County; born in Bushkill, Pike County, Pa., August 2, 1853; graduated, Pennington Institute, NJ; graduated, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston; graduated, Eastman’s College, NY; farmer; operator, Bushkill Hotel; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1913 and 1915 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1916); died, May 23, 1925; interred, Reformed Dutch Church Burial Ground, Bushkill, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
 


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