Abraham Peters

Abraham Peters

Member

Photo credit:

Ellis, Franklin and Samuel Evans.  History of Lancaster County Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men.  Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883.

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1862 Representative Democrat
Counties Lancaster

Biography

08/29/1791 - 02/13/1882


PETERS, Abraham, a Representative from Lancaster County; born, August 29, 1791 near Millersville, Lancaster County, Pa.; farmer; proprietor, distillery business; proprietor, tavern; proprietor, saw mill; trustee, Millersville State Normal School (now Millersville University) (1854-1882, president); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1861; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1862); director, Farmers National Bank; died, February 13, 1882 in Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Zion Church of Millersville Cemetery, Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.


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