My Genealogy Hound

PEUTER, PETER, farmer. Sec. 17, P.O. Greenfield, is a native of County Clare, Ireland, was born 1813, of a family of nine children, born of John and Ann P. Peter remained with his parents until he was thirty years of age, the custom in that country being quite different than here, they generally remain at home until they marry, then they are free. He married Susan Cherry, born March 4, 1820; they have had eleven children, eight of them now living: Pat. born Jan. 29, 1848; John, born Aug. 10, 1849; Ann, born Nov. 2, 1852; Michael, born Dec. 10, 1854; Kate, born Aug. 10, 1856; James, born Aug. 1, 1862; Thomas, born Sept. 10, 1864; Mary, born June 11, 1867. In 1857, he emigrated to this country, landed at Quebec, came to Buffalo by the lake route; began working on the railroad with his shovel, and with it he has dug out for himself a good farm. He has worked on several of the largest roads in the United States, and has been very successful in retaining what he has earned; though it came slowly, yet he plodded on, and with the assistance of his frugal wife, they have now 160 acres of good land, and are comfortably situated in life. Was formerly Democratic, but has recently espoused the Republican principles, yet he is very liberal, takes but little interest in any election, save that of Presidential.