Biographical Sketch of Christian Peterson, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Christian Peterson, member of the firm of Peterson & Thias, dealers in
stove and tinware of Washington, is a native of Washington, Mo., born
February 19, 1858, and is the son of Lawrence and Anne (Esselbruege)
Peterson, natives of Germany, born in 1819 and 1827, respectively. 
About 1847 the father immigrated to America, located in Washington, and
was hired as a watchman on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.  He died in
1865.  After his death Mrs. Peterson married August Peterson, of the
same name as her first husband, but no relation to him. He was a tinner
by trade, but for many years was a hardware merchant in Washington, and
in 1885 took in as a partner Frederick Thias.  He died in 1886.  He was
twice married, and had one child, August, by his first marriage, and 
one, Frances, by the second marriage.  Mrs. Peterson had six children
by her first marriage, viz.: Catherine, wife of Henry Hinz, blacksmith,
in St. Louis; Christian; Charles, druggist in St. Louis; and Amanda,
wife of Charles Everts, commercial traveler.  Our subject was educated
in Washington, and at the age of fifteen began clerking in a general
store in Washington, and there remained five years.  At the age of 
twenty he began learning the tinner's trade of his step-father, and
afterward went to St. Louis, where he worked for five years.  After the
death of his step-father, Christian returned home and purchased his 
step-father's interest in the hardware store with Mr. F. Thias, and has
since been in the business with the firm as Peterson & Thias.  Mr.
Peterson is a young man of enterprise and good business capacity, and
is meeting with good success. He is a Republican in his political views.

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