Richard Peters (clubman)

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Richard Peters
Born(1848-11-02)November 2, 1848
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
DiedMay 24, 1921(1921-05-24) (aged 72)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
OccupationCivil engineer
Spouse
Harriet Parker Felton
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(m. 1874)​
Children5
Parent(s)Mary Jane Thompson Peters
Richard Peters
RelativesEdward C. Peters (brother)
Ralph Peters (brother)
Nellie Peters Black (sister)
Richard Peters (grandfather)
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Richard Peters (November 2, 1848 – May 24, 1921)[1] was an American civil engineer, railroad executive, soldier, and clubman who was prominent in society during the Gilded Age.

Early life

Peters was born on November 2, 1848, in

née Thompson) Peters (1830–1911) and Richard Peters (1810–1889), a railroad executive who was one of the founders of Atlanta. Among his siblings was Edward, Ralph, president of the Long Island Rail Road, and Nellie, who also became prominent.[1]

His paternal grandfather was

U.S. Supreme Court, and his great-grandfather was Continental Congressman Richard Peters, a Pennsylvania jurist. His maternal grandfather was Dr. Joseph Thompson, an early settler and doctor.[2]

During the

U.S. Civil War, his parents sent him abroad where he was educated at private schools in England.[3]

Career

After returning to America, he became a civil engineer and attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, where he was a member of the Theta Xi fraternity.[4] In 1880, he became secretary of the Chester Rolling Mill, in Chester, Pennsylvania, a large iron mill that provided parts to the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works. He later organized and served as the first president of the Chester Street Railways Co., retiring in 1915.[5]

In 1917, after America entered

Légion d'Honneur.[7]

Society life

In 1892, Peters, then "head of the oldest branch of a famous colonial family",

American Institute of Mining Engineers.[4]

Personal life

On June 30, 1874, Peters was married to Harriet Parker Felton (1851–1929),[11][12] the daughter of Samuel Morse Felton Sr., also a civil engineer and railroad executive, and sister of Samuel Morse Felton Jr., the Director General of Military Railways at the Western Front during World War I. Together, they were the parents of:[13]

  • Edith Macausland Peters (1875–1930),[13] an art student at Bryn Mawr College.[14]
  • Ethel Conway Peters (1879–1962), who married Smedley Butler (1881–1940), son of Thomas S. Butler and grandson of Smedley Darlington, in 1905.[13]
  • Richard Peters Jr. (1880–1941), a sales manager of the Pulaski Iron Co. based in Philadelphia who married Eula Drennan.[5]
  • Samuel Morse Felton Peters (b. 1883).[13]
  • Hope Conyngham Peters (b. 1890),[13] who married C. S. Ashby Henry in 1909.[4][15]

Peters died on May 24, 1921, at the Women's College Hospital in Philadelphia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Richard Peters Dead; Brother of President of Long Island Railroad Dies in Philadelphia" (PDF). The New York Times. May 27, 1921. p. 17. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Black, Nellie Peters (1904). Richard Peters, His Ancestors And Descendants. 1810-1889. Atlanta, Foote & Davies. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Cope, Gilbert; Ashmead, Henry Graham (1904). Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania. Higginson Book Co. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Illustrated. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1921. p. 258. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Obituaries". Iron Trade Review: 1541. 1921. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  6. U.S. Government Printing Office
    . p. 217. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  7. ^
    ISBN 9780847822089
    . Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  8. ^ McAllister, Ward (February 16, 1892). "The Only Four Hundred; Ward M'Allister Gives Out the Official List. Here are the Names, Don't You Know, on the Authority of Their Great Leader, You Understand, and Therefore Genuine, You See" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 5. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  9. ISBN 9780521536677
    . Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  10. ISBN 9781504026314
    . Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  11. ^ "Mrs. Harriet Felton Peters" (PDF). The New York Times. November 5, 1929. p. 28. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  12. ^ Marquis, Albert Nelson (1925). The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America. A.N. Marquis. p. 109. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  13. ^ a b c d e Jordan, John Woolf (1911). Colonial Families of Philadelphia. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1116-1117. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  14. ^ Calendar: Undergraduate and Graduate Courses ... Bryn Mawr College. 1906. p. 290. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  15. ^ Social Register, Philadelphia, Including Wilmington. Social Register Association. 1920. p. 118. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
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