BIO: EARL PETERS, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Joe Patterson OCRed by Judy Banja Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/ _____________________________________________________________ >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 392 _____________________________________________________________ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/zeamer/ EARL PETERS, nurseryman at Mt. Holly Springs, is a native of Adams county, Pa., and a son of John and Amanda Olney (Haskell) Peters, both living at Uriah, that county. The father is engaged in the same business as our subject, and in partnership with him, under the firm style of John Peters & Co. In Pennsylvania, and also in other States, they grow largely peach, apple, pear and other trees, making a specialty of peach trees. Their nurseries in this and Adams county cover 100 acres, and their packing and storage houses are at Hunter's Run, this county. Earl Peters was brought up in the nursery business, and since 1897, he has been associated with his father. The retail business is conducted under the name of the Woodview Nurseries, and through it they cover every state east of the Mississippi river. Until Jan. 1, 1903, Mr. Peters made his home at Uriah, and while there he served as postmaster. Since then he has lived in Mt. Holly Springs. On Dec. 28, 1898, Mr. Peters married Miss Marion V. Fell, daughter of James B. and Josephine (Conrad) Fell, of Bucks county, Pa., of English Quaker ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Peters have two children, John Byron and Marion Kirk. Fraternally, Mr. Peters is a member of the Masonic order, Hebron Lodge, No. 465, New Oxford, Pa.; and the I. O. O. F., York Springs Lodge No. 211.