| 词条 | Richard Peters (clubman) |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1848|11|02}} | birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1921|05|24|1848|11|02}} | death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | education = | alma_mater = Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | occupation = Civil engineer | party = | parents = Mary Jane Thompson Peters Richard Peters | spouse = {{marriage|Harriet Parker Felton |June 30, 1874|May 24, 1921|reason=his death}} | children = 5 | relations = Edward C. Peters (brother) Ralph Peters (brother) Nellie Peters Black (sister) Richard Peters (grandfather) }} 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 lifePeters was born on November 2, 1848 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the oldest of nine children born to Mary Jane (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 Richard Peters, a reporter of Decisions to the 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.[1] During the U.S. Civil War, his parents sent him abroad where he was educated at private schools in England.[2] CareerAfter 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.[5] 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.[3] In 1917, after America entered World War I and despite his advanced age, Peters enlisted in the U.S. Army,[4] and served in France at Château-Thierry (during the Battle of Château-Thierry) and Saint-Mihiel (during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel). For his efforts during the War, he was decorated with four Croix de Guerre and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur.[8] Society lifeIn 1892, Peters, then "head of the oldest branch of a famous colonial family",[3] was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[5][6] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[7][8] At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of the Charity Ball Committee of Philadelphia, having served for thirty years.[5] He was a member of the Philadelphia Art Club and the Penn Club, and belonged to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Wars, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, and the American Institute of Mining Engineers.[5] Personal lifeOn June 30, 1874, Peters was married to Harriet Parker Felton (1851–1929),[9][10] 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:[11]
Peters died on May 24, 1921 at the Women's College Hospital in Philadelphia.[15] References1. ^{{cite book |last1=Black |first1=Nellie Peters |title=Richard Peters, His Ancestors And Descendants. 1810-1889 |date=1904 |publisher=Atlanta, Foote & Davies |url=https://archive.org/details/richardpetershis00blac |accessdate=30 September 2018}} 2. ^{{cite book |last1=Cope |first1=Gilbert |last2=Ashmead |first2=Henry Graham |title=Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania |date=1904 |publisher=Higginson Book Co. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MwwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA88-IA7&lpg=PA88-IA7 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |language=en}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite journal |title=Obituaries |journal=Iron Trade Review |date=1921 |page=1541 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8SxKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1541 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |language=en}} 4. ^{{cite book |last1=United States War Dept General Staff |title=Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs |date=1919 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=217 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJZDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |language=en}} 5. ^{{cite news|last1=McAllister|first1=Ward|title=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 UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/02/16/108210917.pdf|accessdate=26 March 2017|work=The New York Times|date=16 February 1892|language=en}} 6. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Patterson|first1=Jerry E.|title=The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age|date=2000|publisher=Random House|isbn=9780847822089|page=224|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLwMAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=2 March 2018|language=en}} 7. ^{{cite book|last1=Keister|first1=Lisa A.|title=Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way|date=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521536677|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5dAtJf1hmAUC&pg=PA36|accessdate=20 October 2017|language=en}} 8. ^{{cite book|last1=Birmingham|first1=Stephen|title=Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address|date=2015|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=9781504026314|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MtPSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|accessdate=2 March 2018|language=en}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=Mrs. Harriet Felton Peters |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/11/05/96009624.pdf |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=November 5, 1929 |language=en}} 10. ^{{cite book |last1=Marquis |first1=Albert Nelson |title=The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America |date=1925 |publisher=A.N. Marquis |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=918-AQAAIAAJ |accessdate=30 September 2018 |language=en}} 11. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=John Woolf |title=Colonial Families of Philadelphia |date=1911 |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |pages=1116-1117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kc2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1116&lpg=PA1116 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |language=en}} 12. ^{{cite book |title=Calendar: Undergraduate and Graduate Courses ... |date=1906 |publisher=Bryn Mawr College |page=290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKRIAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA290&lpg=RA1-PA290 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |language=en}} 13. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Illustrated |date=1921 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |page=258 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xAI9AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA11-PA258&lpg=RA11-PA258 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |language=en}} 14. ^{{cite book |title=Social Register, Philadelphia, Including Wilmington |date=1920 |publisher=Social Register Association |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BNMwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |language=en}} 15. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=RICHARD PETERS DEAD {{!}} Brother of President of Long Island Railroad Dies in Philadelphia |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/05/27/109804999.pdf |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=May 27, 1921}} External links
7 : 1848 births|1921 deaths|Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni|American military personnel of World War I|Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur|Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)|People included in New York Society's Four Hundred |
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