B.Y. PETERSON
History of Arizona, page 507

B.Y. Peterson, who is rendering capable and appreciated service 
as Postmaster at St. Johns, is one of Apache County's best known 
citizens, having spent practically his entire life in this 
section of the state.  He was born at Winslow, Navajo County, 
on the 17th day of April 1879 and is a son of M.H. and Amelia A. 
(Anderson) Peterson, both of whom were of Scandinavian descent 
and the former of whom was a farmer by vocation.  B.Y. Peterson 
attended the public schools and for a while gave his attention 
to farming and sheep raising.  In 1901 he entered Brigham Young 
University , Utah which he attended three years when he became 
identified with the Anderson Mercantile and Drug Company with 
which concern he was connected for six years. During 1911 he 
remained unemployed because of impaired health and in 1912 was 
elected Clerk of the Superior Court of Apache County, which 
office he filled in a very satisfactory manner for three years 
and then resumed his farming operations. In 1919 he was 
appointed Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors, retiring 
from that position in 1925 when he returned to his farm. In 
1928 he was appointed Post Master of St. Johns and is handling 
the affairs of that office in his usual thorough manner. He 
still owns his farm, which is devoted largely to dairying.

On May 24, 1904 Mr. Peterson married Stella Jarvis of St. 
Johns and to them have been born twelve children, three of 
whom are deceased.


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