Sullivan-Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....ALBERT, Peter 1861 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      PETER ALBERT, a prosperous general farmer in Cherry township, was born on an
  adjoining farm October 5, 1861, and is the son of George and Eliza (Bartch)
  Albert. He attended the district school, obtaining a good education, and during
  the winter of 1882-3 attended a commercial college in Philadelphia. He remained
  at home assisting his father until the age of twenty-three, when he purchased
  the farm on which he now resides and which contains one hundred and two acres of
  fertile land. He was married in Columbia county, this state, and immediately
  afterward moved to Sullivan county. Mr. Albert has always been an industrious,
  progressive man, and is a most worthy citizen, and has been at the head of
  several farmers organizations. He is a Republican in politics, and while he does
  not take an active part in political campaigns his opinion is frequently asked
  on the questions at issue, and he may be relied upon to support candidates who
  have shown their fitness for office.
  
      Mr. Albert was married July 4, 1885, at Dushore, Pennsylvania, to Miss Julia
  M. Seidler, and three children have been born of this union - Lillie E., Aury C.
  and Arthur L.
  
      George Albert, father of our subject, was a native of Wehrden, kreis
  Saarbruecken, regierungsbezirk Trier, kingdom of Prussia, and came to America
  when twenty years of age. He first located in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania,
  where he was married and five years later removed to Cherry township, Sullivan
  county, settling on a farm adjoining the one where our subject now resides. At
  that time the land was in a wild state, and before the log cabin in which they
  first made their home could be built it was necessary to cut down the timber and
  clear away the undergrowth. His property consisted of sixty-six acres, which Mr.
  Albert purchased at an orphans court sale at two dollars an acre. In the course
  of years this became a fertile spot and is now a fine property. The children
  born to this worthy couple were as follows: Eugene, who died in infancy;
  Matermus, who married Miss Minnie Troup and is a school teacher in Payette,
  Idaho; Peter, subject of this sketch; Lena M., who married A. L. Tuttle and
  lives in New Plymouth, Idaho; and George W. H., who resides at Payette, Idaho.
  Mr. Albert died September 23, 1890, aged fifty-eight years, and is buried in
  Bahr's cemetery in Cherry township. He was a man of prominence in his community
  and served three years as county commissioner and also as school director. In
  politics he was a Democrat. Mrs. Albert was born April 17, 1837, and is still
  living on the old homestead.
  
      The paternal grandfather of our subject was John Albert, a native of
  Germany, where his entire life was spent. The maternal grandparents were John G.
  and Magdalena (Stiner) Bartch.
  
      The wife of our subject was born at Dushore, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1865,
  and is the daughter of William and Catherine (Long) Seidler. Her parents were
  natives of Germany and Switzerland, respectively, who came to America in their
  younger days and were married at Dushore. Her father was a wagonmaker by trade
  and in politics was a Democrat. He died February 12, 1865, aged fifty-five
  years, his wife surviving until October 13, 1876, when she, too, passed away, at
  the age of fifty-two years. They are buried in Thrasher's cemetery in Cherry
  township. The father was a member of the Lutheran church, while his wife was a
  Presbyterian. They were the parents of six children, namely: Bertha, who married
  Freem L. Martin and lives in New Albany, Pennsylvania; John, who is unmarried
  and is a farmer in the state of Washington; and Julia, wife of our subject;
  Adelaide, who died at the age of six years; and two who died in infancy.
  
  
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              Extracted from: 
                
              History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
              by Thomas J. Ingham
                
              Compendium of Biography
                
              The Lewis Publishing Company
              Chicago: 1899
  
  
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