BIO: Peter Brenton, s/o of Brenton, Peter - Mercer Co, KY ---------- Submitted by: Phyllis Hill History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885 Pike County, Washington Township, page 386 PETER BRENTON, one of the oldest native residents of Pike County, was born February 18, 1819. He received but little education in youth, partly owing to his dislike of school. Previous to his marriage, he followed various occupations such as wool-carding, flat-boating, etc. December 23, 1841, he married Nancy Tislow and soon after located on eighty acres of his present farm. He now has 200 acres of well improved land. He is the father of six children, three of whom, Helen A., widow of Daniel Hawkins, John and Wesley are living. Mr. Brenton is the youngest child of Peter Brenton, in whose honor Petersburg was named. The later was born in Mercer County, Ky., and came to this county about the beginning of the present century. His principal business was that of farming, though he at one time, ran a carding machine in Petersburg. When the seat of justice of Pike County was selected he gave the greater part of the land for the site. He was a man of consider- able ability, and was one of the first commissioners of the county. He was twice married. His first wife was Eleanor Smith who died in 1823. About three years later he married Elizabeth Johnson. He was a member of the militia during the war of 1812, and received a land warrant for his services. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.