Fulton-Gordon County GaArchives Obituaries.....Peters, Richard February 1889
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The Georgia Enterprise, February 14, 1889
GEORGIA ITEMS
     Richard Peters, one of the most prominent citizens of Atlanta, died on 
Tuesday. He was 79 years of age. He was a grandson of Judge Peters, a 
celebrated Philadelphia lawyer and author of “Peter’s Reports,” a legal 
production much sought after by attorneys. His ancestors were Quakers and came 
across the Atlantic with William Penn. 
     He was educated as a civil engineer. In 1842 when he was 32 years of age, 
he left Pennsylvania for Augusta, Ga., to locate the Georgia railroad. He was 
then with J. Edgar Thompson, who was afterward president of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad. After the Georgia road had been located, and the work of building was 
in progress, Mr. Peters was made superintendent, but subsequently resigned that 
position to give his attention to the stage line running between the end of the 
Georgia road and Montgomery. 
     Mr. Peters lived in Augusta until 1848, when he married Miss Mary Jane 
Thompson, daughter of Dr. Jos. Thompson, of home fame. After his marriage he 
made Atlanta his home, and has been there ever since. Mr. Peters was identified 
with all enterprises which had for their object Atlanta’s good. 
     In 1847 he bought a farm in Gordon County, which he still owns. That farm 
has for years been a model place.


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