Peter B. Peterson

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Peter B. Peterson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Isle of Foster, Denmark
Death: December 05, 1916 (75)
Kanesville, Weber County, Utah, United States (stroke)
Place of Burial: Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Hans Peterson and Margrethe Larson
Husband of Ann Peterson and Ann Peterson
Father of William Peterson; Thomas William Peterson; Peter Powell Peterson; John David Peterson; Hans Christian Peterson and 4 others
Brother of Lars Peterson; Hans Jorgan Peterson; Anne Kirstine Peterson; Christian Peterson; Margarethe Peterson-- and 1 other

Managed by: Gwyneth Potter McNeil
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About Peter B. Peterson

Peter emigrated to Utah in 1859 as a Mormon convert, settling in Salt Lake City. Later he moved to Huntsville and lived there until 1874, when he became one of the first settlers of Kanesville, then a part of Hooper. He was married to Ann Powell at Salt Lake, in 1870. He was a member of the Wilson Canal company and had always been active in church and other organizations, the work of which was for the benefit of the community in which he lived. For a number of years, he was bishop of the Kanesville ward. Mr. Peterson was well known throughout the county and had many friends in Ogden.