Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hackett, Peter December 8, 1892
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Ionia Daily Standard  December 12, 1892
Peter Hackett. Another pioneer joins the friends on the other side.

"There is no death! An angel forth
Walks o'er the earth with silent tread,
And bears our best loved ones away,
And then he calls them dead."

Peter Hackett, who died Sunday morning, was born in Antrim Co., Ireland, April 7, 
1810. He came to America at an early day, settling in Rochester, Monroe CO., N.Y., 
from which city he moved to Ionia Co., in 1836, locating on the South 1/2 of N.W. 
1/4 of section 31, township 6 north range 6 west, then the town of Cass, which lot 
of land was an unbroken wilderness.  There he resided until 1844, when having the 
contract for carrying the mail from Ionia to Grand Rapids and Montcalm for four 
years, he moved to the village of Ionia, which place has ever since been his 
residence.  When he first came to Ionia, he and his brother Bernard being expert 
pit sawyers were often called on to saw lumber for the new comers.

Mr. Hackett was for several years, during his prime, a leading business man in the 
thriving village of Ionia.  He bought a distillery of Wm. Cramer, which he run for 
a short time.  This distillery was located on the creek just south of the present 
brewery.  In those days almost every town had a distillery, and the business was 
as legitimate and honorable as any.

The business, however, did not seem to be to Mr. Hackett's taste, and he soon 
abandoned it to go into trade, buying an interest in the drug business of Dr. W. 
B. Lincoln & Co., their store being located on the present site of the Hackett 
block.  Mr. Hackett bought the site and erected what was then one of the largest 
blocks in town, being a two-story wood.  This was burned down, and was replaced by 
the present brick building known as the Hackett block, which he still owned at the 
time of his death.  The firm of W. B. Lincoln & Co.. was succeeded by Hackett & 
Harter, then Hackett, Harter & Co., (G. H. McMullen being received as a partner in 
March, 1861), Hall & Soule, and in 1866 by G. H. McMullen & Co., which is still in 
existence.

About 1863, Mr. Hackett sold his interest in the business, and has not since been 
engaged in trade, devoting his time to looking after his property interests.

For several years he has been too feeble to even do this and has very seldom been 
seen on the street.

He was an honest man of genial disposition, and was greatly respected by the old 
residents who knew him intimately.

Mr. Hackett was twice married, first to Mary Laughlin, who died in 1862, the 
second time to Catharine D. Wallace, who now survives him, as do also two 
children, Mrs. Dr. W. L. Barnes and Mrs. Isabella Webber.

Funeral at 9 a. m. To-morrow, at Catholic church.


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