Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Peterson, William 1816 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

William Peterson, Verona, was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 6, 1816, where 
he was raised on a farm, and educated in South Salem Academy. He followed the 
profession of teaching for fifteen years, principally in Ross County. He was 
married March 13, 1843, in Ross County to Miss Louisa Fearrell, born April 23, 
1820, daughter of James and Elizabeth Fearrell, of Ohio. They came to Illinois 
and settled in Wauponsee Grove, Grundy County, in the fall of 1853. He 
remained there for three years, then sold his farm and moved to Vienna 
Township, where he now owns a farm of 320 acres of improved land in Section 
35, of Vienna Township, valued at $50 per acre, on which he is engaged in 
stock-raising. They have a family of three sons - Hamilton C., the eldest, was 
born in Ross County, Ohio, January 13, 1844. His first official work was that 
of teacher; he afterward entered the army, and served through the war; was 
then commissioned Second Lieutenant in the regular army, subsequently promoted 
to First Lieutenant, and after serving four years resigned to engage in the 
practice of law. He died at Laredo, Tex., in April, 1878. John H., the second 
son, was born in Ross County, Ohio, December 25, 1846, and is now living in 
Verona. The youngest son, Rufus A., was born in Highland County, Ohio, 
February, 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson are members of the Presbyterian Church 
of Verona. He is a Republican. Their residence is situated one mile south of 
Verona.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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