Charles Gilbert Peterson
American mayor and businessman
About Charles Gilbert Peterson
Lived 1848 – 1918 (aged 70). Charles Gilbert Peterson was an American politician, businessperson and wikt:contractor.
Charles Gilbert Peterson (January 31, 1848 – October 3, 1918) was an American general contractor.
Early life and education Peterson was born Mount Morris, New York in 1848 and was a graduate of Cornell University.
Career As contractor, he was an associate in Peterson & Sons with his father, Gilbert Peterson and brother, Jesse Peterson. The company executed such contracts as the waterworks of Toledo, Ohio and Grand Rapids, Michigan along with a reservoir in Washington, D.C. He was Mayor of Lockport in 1896 and 1897. Peterson along with Sterling H. Bunnell, held a patent on the Furnace Charging Apparatus.
Personal life On April 27, 1881, Peterson married Jennie Zimroda Gray Lapham in Syracuse, New York. They had three children, Rebecca Lapham Peterson, (Charles) Gilbert Peterson and Jennie Gray Peterson. He is the grandfather of banker Charles Sterling Bunnell.
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Who was Charles Gilbert Peterson?
American mayor and businessman
When was Charles Gilbert Peterson born?
Charles Gilbert Peterson was born on 31 January 1848 in Mount Morris.
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Charles Gilbert Peterson died on 3 October 1918 in Lockport.
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Charles Gilbert Peterson was a politician, businessperson and wikt:contractor.
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Charles Gilbert Peterson was American.
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