Washington County OR Archives Biographies.....Peters, R. Frank 1883 - 
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     R. FRANK PETERS, member of the well known law firm of Hare, McAlear & 
Peters, of Hillsboro, holds high rank among the capable and successful 
attorneys of northern Oregon and has a state-wide reputation because of his 
fluency and eloquence as a public speaker. Mr. Peters was born at Hillsboro in 
1883 and is a son of John and Adelaide (Dukelow) Peters. His father was born 
in Ireland and at six years of age accompanied his parents on their emigration 
to Canada, where he acquired his education in the public schools. When about 
seventeen years of age he came to the United States and became a sailor on the 
Great lakes, following that pursuit until about 1870, when he came west and 
spent two years in northern Canada. He then went to Nebraska, where he took up 
a homestead, and shortly afterwards went to the Black Hills country and 
engaged in mining. He was there at the time of the Custer massacre and 
witnessed an Indian war dance, but had no personal trouble with the red men. 
After two years in the hills, he again went to Canada, where, in 1877, he was 
married to Adelaide Dukelow, a native of that country, and soon afterward they 
went to his Nebraska homestead. He gave his attention to farming there until 
the fall of 1881, when he came to Hillsboro, Oregon, and located on the Thomas 
Connell farm, to the operation of which he devoted his efforts to the time of 
his death, which occurred in 1905. His wife died in September, 1915. They 
became the parents of six children, namely: Lottie S., who is librarian of the 
State University of New Mexico, at Albuquerque; R. Frank; John W., who is in 
the city engineering department of Portland; and three who died in infancy. 
John Peters was an active and prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal 
church and commanded the respect of all who knew him.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 779-780

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