Peter, John died 1885

PETER

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 6/12/2024 at 16:09:39

Mr. John Peters*, an old and respected resident of Lodomillo township, died at his home yesterday Feb. 4th, at the age of 56 years*.

Mr. Peters was stricken with paralysis two years since and has been in ill health since and undergone much suffering.

An obituary will appear hereafter.
~Strawberry Point Press, Thursday, February 5, 1885; pg 4

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At his residence in this township, about three miles from Edgewood, on Wednesday, February 4th, occurred the death of John Peters*, aged 62 years*.

Mr. Peters was one of the early settlers here, and was quite generally known in this vicinity, and was respected by all who knew him. He had been suffering for a long time from inflammatory rheumatism, and had been confined to the house most of the time for the past year.

He leaves a wife and seven children, to mourn the loss of a kind husband and loving father.

The funeral occurred on Friday the 6th, Rev. Bixby officiating.

~Elkader Register, Wednesday, February 11, 1885; pg 8

Notes:
- If an obit appeared in a later Strawberry Point newspaper, I did not find it
- Surname on his gravestone in Strawberry Point cemetery and 1880 census is spelled PETER
- He was a Civil War soldier serving in Co. K, 1st IA Cav.
- 1880 U.S. Census gives his age as 52 years