Isaac Peters

The Life of Isaac Peters

IR 13 Nov.1890 – Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Peters observed the 45th anniversary of their wedding last Sunday.

IR 13 Nov.1890 – Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Peters observed the 45th anniversary of their wedding last Sunday.

IR 30 April 1891 – Isaac Peters is 73 years old Thursday and his family will have a reunion.

IR 19 Nov. 1896 – Isaac Peters is his own housekeeper on his farm out at Forest Dale, to which he is much devoted.  He spends most of his time there and has made marked improvements to the place.

IR Thursday, 2 Sept. 1897 – ISAAC PETERS – The men who figured prominently in the inauguration and development of the iron industry in this section are fast leaving the scene of this life.  Last Thursday morning another such departed hence, when Isaac Peters felt the hand of the Grim Reaper, and gently fell asleep.

He had been in poor health for many months.  Last December he suffered a slight paralytic stroke, but as he grew better, he soon resumed his active habits of life, despite his bodily distresses.  Accustomed from boyhood to some form of active business, he persistently kept moving till very near the end.

The management of his farm at Forest Dale was a great comfort to him in his latter days, and there he spent much of his time, driving frequently to and from between there and his home in Ironton.  But for the last three weeks, he did not visit the farm.  He felt himself, the approaching end.

His children gathered about him and devotedly eased his bed of pain.  Two were at a distance, in Illinois, and were summoned, but before they arrived, the night watchers in the sick chamber, his companion in life for more than fifty years and a son and daughter, discovered the faint signs of approaching dissolution and lived quietly faded away.

Isaac Peters was born in Uniontown, Pa., on April 30, 1818.  There he spent his boyhood days, and in ’32 moved with his parents to Scioto Furnace in Scioto Co.  He learned the molder’s trade and followed it for several years at Mt. Vernon and Buckhorn furnaces, at Cincinnati, and the Ironton foundry in its earliest days.

He was also associated with his brother, John Peters, and his brother-in-law, George Wurts, in building Greenup furnace (now Hunnewell), and John in the building of Olive, which they operated for some years.  Washington and Monroe’s furnaces were built by a company of which he was a member, consisting of Sam’l McConnell, John, and Isaac Peters, John Campbell, Wm. Bolles, and Thos. McGovney.

In 1865, John and Isaac Peters opened a banking house in Ironton and conducted it for three years.  The two brothers were members of the company which built and operated the Monitor furnace, Isaac being the manager. He also managed Gallia and Cincinnati furnaces at different times.  In 1869 he was almost fatally burned at Monitor Furnace while putting in a tuyere, since which time he has had but little interest in the iron business.

He was married 9 Nov. 1845, to Adaline L. Duduit, who survives him, on her father’s farm in the French Grant, which union was blessed with 11 children, 9 of whom are living:

• Mrs. H. R. Brown,
• H. W. Peters of Greenup,
• Miss Mary Peters,
• Mrs. Alice Ellison of Macomb, Ill.,
• Mrs. T. Lewis,
• Mrs. Emma Davies,
• Mrs. F. B. Lawton,
• Thos. Peters and
• Cameralza Peters of Macomb, Ill.

The deceased was a man of strong individuality, and pronounced views, though quiet in manner and speech.  He was widely known as a straightforward, honest man.

He loved best his children and his home, and by those who knew him there, will his memory be ever cherished and revered.

The funeral took place Saturday afternoon at the residence, conducted by Rev. Geo. H. Geyer.  A quartette, Mrs. Bixby, Miss Ricker, and Messrs. Bird and Otten sang sweet music.

The pallbearers were R. S. Dupuy, John Hayes, H. C. Burr, S. B. Steece, F. F. Hayward, and W. D. Henry.  A large company of relatives and friends attended the last rites, and beneath the shade of a beautiful tree at Woodland, his remains were laid to rest.