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Below is a family biography included in the book, Portrait and biographical record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania published in 1894 by Chapman Publishing Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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NARY PETER. This gentleman will be counted among the old residents of Lehigh County, for he was born in Heidelberg Township November 6, 1831. He is one of the wide-awake and enterprising farmers of Whitehall Township, where he has one hundred acres of land, well tilled and under a high state of cultivation, and the many improvements on the place indicate the thrift and energy of the owner.
Daniel and Maria (Fenstermacher) Peter, the parents of our subject, were likewise natives of this county, while the paternal grandfather of our subject came from Germany and located in the above county. There were four brothers who made the trip to America at the same time, and they all made a settlement in the vicinity of Slatington.
Our subject was reared to man’s estate on his father’s farm, and received a fair education in the German language, and at the same time acquired a good knowledge of the English tongue. He has followed farm pursuits throughout his entire life, although for several years he added to this branch of work the trade of a tailor, which he carried on for a time in Illinois. February 27, 1857, Mr. Peter was married to Miss Sarena Scheiry, a native of North Whitehall Township, this county, and a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Houseman) Scheiry. To them have been born the following eight children: Ellen J. (Mrs. David Newhart), Robert, James W., Joseph D., Lewis F., George, Mary (Mrs. A. Betts) and Ida.
Our subject is the proprietor of one hundred acres of valuable land, and, as a leading and influential citizen, has the confidence and high regard of a large circle of friends and acquaintances in his community. In political matters he is a stanch Republican, and a member in good standing of the Lutheran Church.
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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the book, Portrait and biographical record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, Pennsylvania published in 1894 by Chapman Publishing Company.
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