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Contributed to the web by Barbara H. Lee
2nd Great-Granddaughter of Charles Peters & Julia Ann (Burnham)

Richard Peters III
1797- 1862
Son of Richard & Susannah (Halstead)

Richard was born in Stamford, Delaware Co., New York on 13 Mar 1797. He married Mary "Polly" Wilcox in that place on 26 Jan 1820.

They migrated to Michigan in 1824 along with their three eldest children: Frances, George and John. Richard purchased about 600 acres from the U.S. government in Monroe County, and in 1834 deeded some of his property to the railroad investors who platted a village of 41 blocks and named it Petersburg after him. He was the first postmaster of the village of Petersburg and held the office from 1826-1845.

After the death of his wife Polly in 1834, Richard married as his 2nd wife, Orissa Baker in 1837. Richard died on 05 Mar 1862 in Petersburg, Michigan.

Charles F. Peters
1826- 1893

Son of Richard and Mary "Polly" (Wilcox) who came to Monroe county, Michigan in 1824. Charles is said to have been the first white child born in Summerfield Township. He and his brother John married sisters, Julia Ann and Ellen Burnham - daughters of Calvin and Mary Ann (Bruce).

His marriage to Julia took place in Michigan on 15 Nov 1848. They became the parents of seven children: Herbert who married Anna Huston; Edmund who married Julia Weatherwax; Mary and John who died in infancy; Richard who married Margaret Reed; Dora; and Charles Peters who also died in infancy.

Charles died in Petersburg on 06 May 1893 and his wife Julia on 03 Jan 1901.

Julia Ann Burnham
1827- 1901

Daughter of Calvin and Mary Ann (Bruce), Julia Ann was born in Franklin Co., Massachusetts in the town of Montague on October 27th. Her family came to Monroe County, Michigan when she was about ten years old.

She married Charles Peters on the 15th of October 1848, and her sister Ellen married John Peters in 1864.

She passed away in Petersburg, Michigan on 03 Jan 1901.

Herbert Dwight Peters
1849- 1910

Son of Charles and Julia (Burnham), Herbert Dwight was born in Steuben, Indiana. He married Susanna Huston who was born in Hillsboro, Illinois on the 12th of January 1854.

They were the parents of: Charles Bruce, Robert, Grant, Mary Jewel who married Earl Milton Bragg, and Julia who married Clyde Beker. All the children were born in Monticello, Piatt Co., Illinois where both Herbert and Susanna were laid to rest.

Anna died on 18 Jan 1894 and Herbert on 21 May 1910.

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