| 词条 | Edward C. Peters |
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| image = Edward C. Peters.jpg | caption = Peters (right) with his wife Helen (middle) and father Richard (left) | birth_name = Edward Conyngham Peters | birth_date = {{birth date|1855|10|22}} | birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1937|02|01|1855|10|22}} | death_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Real estate developer | party = | parents = Mary Jane Thompson Peters Richard Peters | spouse = {{marriage|Helen Wimberly |November 19, 1878|1936|reason=her death}} | children = 2 | relations = Richard Peters (brother) Ralph Peters (brother) Nellie Peters Black (sister) Richard Peters (grandfather) }}Edward Conyngham Peters (October 22, 1855 – February 1, 1937) was an Atlanta real estate developer. He was the son of Richard Peters, a founder of the city.[1] Early lifePeters was born on October 22, 1855 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was one 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 Richard, 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.[2] CareerIn 1889, upon his father's death, Edward inherited Richard's land, railroad and trolley interests.[3] He operated a real estate firm known as Peters Land Co., founded in 1890, and was a member of the Atlanta City Council,[5] and donated the land for Peters Park in 1887.[1] He sold off the land for development of what is now the southern half of Midtown Atlanta (below 8th Street, as far west as Atlantic St. on the Georgia Tech campus, to Argonne St. east of Piedmont).[4] Peters also served as president of the Atlanta Savings Bank, the Exposition Cotton Mills, and was one of the organizers of the Fourth National Bank in Atlanta.[1] Personal lifeOn November 19, 1878, Peters was married to Macon native, Helen Wimberly (d. 1936), the daughter of Ezekiel Wimberly and Mary Victoria (née Holt) Wimberly.[5] Together, they were the parents of:
His wife died at their home in June 1936 after five years of illness.[7] Peters died on February 1, 1937 in Atlanta and was buried at Westview Cemetery.[8] Residence{{main|Edward C. Peters House}}Peters' residence, the Edward C. Peters House, built in 1883 and designed by architect G. L. Norrman in the Queen Anne style, on the southwest corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Piedmont,[9] is now used by the Savannah College of Art and Design and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3] References1. ^{{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}} 2. ^{{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}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr//travel/atlanta/pet.htm|date=2008-10-14|work= Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary|title= Edward C. Peters House|publisher=National Park Service}} 4. ^{{cite book |last1=Garrett |first1=Franklin M. |title=Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events |date=1969 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |isbn=9780820302638 |page=255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fl6xNpS6qUUC&lpg=PA255&dq=%22edward%20c.%20Peters%22&pg=PA255 |accessdate=1 October 2018 |language=en}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite book |last1=Jordan, LLD |first1=John W. |title=Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II |date=1911 |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company |isbn=9785880233557 |pages=1116-117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Br0SAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1116&lpg=PA1116 |accessdate=1 October 2018 |language=en}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Wimberly Peters Dies at the Home; Rites Wednesday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/397894848 |accessdate=1 October 2018 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=March 10, 1948 |page=19 |language=en}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=MRS. EDWARD C. PETERS PASSES AT RESIDENCE {{!}} Death Follows Illness of Five Years; Was All Saints Member |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/384674864 |accessdate=1 October 2018 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=16 June 1936 |page=22 |language=en}} 8. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |title=EDWARD C. PETERS DIES AT RESIDENCE {{!}} Pioneer Civic and Business Leader Noted for Land Gifts to Atlanta |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/384720249 |accessdate=1 October 2018 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=February 2, 1937 |language=en}} 9. ^{{cite book |last1=Social Register Association (U.S.) |title=Social Register, Richmond, North Carolina, Charleston, Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta 1922 {{!}} Vol. XXXVI, No. 18 |date=1922 |publisher=Social Register Association |page=209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fvIxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209 |accessdate=1 October 2018 |language=en}} External links
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