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Born 1848
From History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906)
RANCIS J. PETERS, one of the efficient members of the School Board of Madison township, and a well-known agriculturist and breeder of thoroughbred Jersey cattle, resides at St. Paul and owns a fine farm of 135 acres in Madison township. He was born in this township on August 22, 1848. and is a son of William L. and Susanna (Hoffhines) Peters.
John Peters, the grandfather of Francis J., was one of the very early settlers in Madison township. William L. Peters, the father, was born in Walnut township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and accompanied his parents in early life Madison township, where he was reared and became a very well-known citizen, holding many of the local offices at various times. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Susanna Hoffhines, who was born at Hagerstown, Maryland.
Francis J. Peters was reared in Madison township, attended the schools in his native neighborhood and later engaged in teaching in this township for a number of years. He has always been more or less interested in agriculture and for a number of years has been breeding fine Jersey cattle.
On September 21, 1876, Mr. Peters was married to Mary J. Cromley, who was born in Madison township, and is a daughter of the late John Cromley and his wife, Rachel C. TeegaTdin. Mrs. Cromley still survives, a highly esteemed resident of Madison township. Mr. and Mrs. Peters have these children: Ansel V., George T., Lawrence E., Homer F. and Watson E.
Mr. Peters has been a life-long Democrat and has frequently been chosen by his party for important local offices. For a number of years he has been township trustee, for two terms has been township clerk and is serving his first term as a member of the township School Board. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has been prominent in Masonic affairs in his part of the county, being a charter member of the Royal Arch Chapter at Canal Winchester, Ohio, and an honorary member of the Chapter at Circleville. On July 3. 1906, he was elected president of the Ashville Banking Company, a new bank organized on that date with a capital of $50,000. Mr. Peters is recognized as one of the township's reliable, substantial,! citizens.
As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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