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John J. Peters who was a councilman for the city of Connersville IN for many years and was engaged in the retail meat business, was a native of the kingdom of Bavaria, in central Europe, but had lived in Connersville IN since the year 1880. He was born on May 11, 1849, the son of Frank Joseph and Elizabeth Peters, both of whom died when he was a boy. Thus orphaned early, John J. Peters determined to make a home for himself in the newer land across the sea and in Nov. 1866 he then being 17 years of age, took passage for the U.S. After a voyage of 68 days on a slow sailing vessel he landed at the port of New York in Jan. 1867 and with little delay made his way to Cincinnati, presently going thence on down the river to Madison,IN. In his native Bavaria, Mr. Peters had worked some at the trade of butcher and upon his arriaval at Madison found employment in that line. He later worked at the same line in Columbus, IN, Chicago, Indianapolis and Brookville, IN and about 1870 obtained employment at Connersville, IN for 2 or 3 years and then he went to Indianapolis and in 1874 started a butcher shop of his own there. While living there, in 1876 he maried and in 1880 he disposed of his interests in Indianapolis and with his family returned to Connersville where on Aug. 7 of that year he stated a butcher shop in West 5th Street and had ever since been engaged in the retail meat trade there. (more info available on his biography)
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