William Bradford Peterson, Sr.
1886 - 1945 (58 years)-
Name William Bradford Peterson Suffix Sr. Birth 8 Jul 1886 McDowell, Highland Co., VA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 23 Feb 1945 West Chester, Chester Co., PA [2] Cause: post operation infection with pneumonitis following gastric resection for duodenal ulcer Burial 26 Feb 1945 Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA [2] Person ID I49510 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 13 Jan 2020
Father Charles Stuart Peterson, b. 23 Mar 1863, Augusta Co., VA d. 6 Jul 1955, Highland, Chester Co., PA (Age 92 years) Mother Ella Virginia Bradshaw, b. 3 Jul 1867, Highland Co., VA d. 20 Apr 1892, McDowell, Highland Co., VA (Age 24 years) Marriage 13 Oct 1885 Highland Co., VA [3] Family ID F17263 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Catherine Brock, b. 27 Jun 1885, Highland Co., VA d. 10 Oct 1964, Hightown, Highland Co., VA (Age 79 years) Marriage 6 Aug 1903 Washington, DC [4] Children 1. Thomas H. Peterson, b. 18 Mar 1908, McDowell, Highland Co., VA d. 24 Nov 1976, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD (Age 68 years)2. Andrew Miller Peterson, b. 23 Dec 1908, McDowell, Highland Co., VA d. 24 Apr 1962, Little Britain, Orange Co., NY (Age 53 years)3. Louise Shirley Peterson, b. 13 Feb 1911, Parnassus, Augusta Co., VA d. 18 Jun 2000, West Chester, Chester Co., PA (Age 89 years)4. John Brock Peterson, b. 23 Oct 1914, Parnassus, Augusta Co., VA d. 8 Apr 1999, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., MD (Age 84 years)5. Elizabeth Anne Peterson, b. 16 Dec 1916, Parnassus, Augusta Co., VA d. Nov 1989 (Age 72 years)6. William Bradshaw Peterson, Jr., b. 24 Feb 1920, Parnassus, Augusta Co., VA d. 19 Nov 2000, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA (Age 80 years)7. Eddie Peterson, b. 22 May 1925, Northbrook, Chester Co., PA d. 7 Jan 2018, West Chester, Chester Co., PA (Age 92 years)Family ID F17268 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Jan 2020
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Notes - The Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Friday, 2 Mar 1945, p. 2, col. B
WILLIAM B. PETERSON
William B. Peterson, 58, of Indian Rock Farm, Northbrook, Penn., well known Chester County farmer and dairyman, died Friday, February 23, at the Chester County Hospital where he had recently undergone an operation.
Although he had been in failing health for the past two years, Mr. Peterson's death came as a shock to his many friends and business associates by whom he was held in high esteem. He was known to be a kind neighbor, and ambitious, energetic and industrious worker, active in community affairs and willing to assist friends.
Born at McDowell, Virginia, a son Charles Stuart Peterson and the late Mrs. Peterson, who was the former Miss Ella Bradshaw of McDowell. Mr. Peterson spent the early years of his life in Highland county. In 1903 he was married to Elizabeth Brock, a daughter of C. A. and Elizabeth Hevener Brock and a granddaughter of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hevener of Hightown, in whose home she was reared from infancy. In 1920 Mr. and Mrs. Peterson moved to Pennsylvania. Since then Mr. Peterson had been highly successful as a farmer and dairyman at Northbrook where he owned "Indian Rock Farm."
He was a member of the West Chester Lodge of Elks, the Green Tree Club and the Interstate Milk Productive Association.
In addition to his wife there are the following children surviving: Captain Andrew Miller Peterson, U. S. Army Air Force, Thomas H. Peterson of Millsboro, Del.; Mrs. William Matlack of West Chester; Sergeant John B. Peterson, U. S. Army Air Force, serving somewhere in France; Mrs. Roy V. McDowell of Johnstown; William B. Peterson, Jr., of West Chester, and Eddie Peterson at home.
Also his father, Charles Stuart. Peterson, and his stepmother, Bertha Sharp Peterson, of Parksburg, Pa.; a sister, Mrs. Dennis H. Gum of Meadow Dale, Virginia; and the following step-brothers and step-sisters John Peterson of Parkesburg; Mrs. Wm. W. Harold of Oxford; Mrs. Virginia Harmon, Richmond, Va.; Miss Martha Peterson, Philadelphia; and Mrs. Newton Lantz of Atglen.
Funeral services for Mr. Peterson were conducted from the Famous Funeral Parlors at West Chester on Monday, February 26, with burial following in the Kenneth Square Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
Mr. Peterson's sister, Mrs. Dennis H. Gum had been called to Northbrook by the serious illness of her brother and was there at the time of his death. Other relatives of the family from here who attended the funeral were Mrs. O. Holmes Stephenson of Monterey, R. W. Hevener of Hightown, and George H. Brock of Dunmore, W. Va., cousins and brother, respectively, of Mrs. Peterson.
- The Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Friday, 2 Mar 1945, p. 2, col. B
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