Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Peters, Louis B 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1885

Louis B. Peters, undertaker and dealer in furniture opposite the depot of the 
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, at Fulton City, is a successor to his 
father, Clement Peters, who established the business in 1872. The subject of 
this sketch was born in Lyons, Iowa, Aug. 9, 1857, and is the son of Clement 
and Doretha (Langenberg) Peters. His parents were both natives of Europe. His 
father was born in Loraine, on the Franco-German border; his mother, in 
Saxony. His father came to America in 1855, and his mother in 1856. Louis 
learned the cabinet­makers' trade at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and subsequently 
worked at it in Vinton, Ia., Denver, Col., and Le Mars, Ia. He was also 
employed by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad one and a half years, in 1881-
2. On the death of his father he succeeded to his present business in 
November, 1882. Mr. Peters has a well stocked store in his line, and attends 
promptly to all orders in the under­taking line. His stock averages in value 
about $2,500. He was married at Fulton, Ill., Feb. 11, 1885, to Miss Susan 
Monohan, daughter of William Monohan. Mrs. Peters was born in Whiteside Co., 
Ill. They are members of the Catholic Church of Fulton. Mr. Peters is a member 
of good standing of Abou Ben Adhem Lodge, No. 148, I. O. O. F., and in 
politics is a Democrat. He is an enterprising young business man, possessing a 
thorough knowledge of under­taking and furniture business, and is rapidly 
building up a substantial trade.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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