Samuel A. Peters
Samuel A. Peters, deceased, was born in Butler County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He was reared on a farm. On the 8th of October, 1856, he married Miss Angeline Edwards, who was born in Butler County, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1834, daughter of William C. and Nancy Edwards. In 1858 Mr. and Mrs. Peters moved to Illinois and located in Clarke County. On the 2d of August, 1862, Mr. Peters enlisted in Company I, 79th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and entered the Union Army. Soon after he entered the army Mrs. Peters returned to her native county in Ohio. Mr. Peters was mustered into the service August 28, 1862, served faithfully until August 10, 1863, when he was honorably discharged from the service on account of physical disability, and returned to his old home in Butler County, remained until 1867, when with his wife and three children, he came to Shelby County and located in Loramie Township. In 1868 they purchased and moved on the farm in section 16, near Mount Jefferson, on which Mrs. Peters is now residing. Mr. Peters died July 18, 1872, leaving his widow with five children, viz., William E., Oscar O., Mary, Nancy J., and Myrtle L., and many friends to mourn the loss of a kind husband, an indulgent parent, and a good citizen.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883