My Genealogy Hound

FELTER, PETER, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 28, P.O. Kane, who ranks among the more prominent citizens of Greene County, was born in the State of New York, October 19th, 1819. In his fifteenth year his parents emigrated to the west and settled in Greene County, not far distant from the village of Kane. During his youth our subject proceeded to Carrollton, where he became apprenticed to the trade of a tailor, subsequently completing his trade in the city of St. Louis. Removing to Jersey County he engaged in boating, merchandising and farming, and there developed that force of character that laid the foundation for future success. In 1844 he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Brambetta, a daughter of Elkanah Brambetta. Here were passed many years of his life, the latter were principally passed in farming. In 1866 he became a resident of Greene County, where he has since resided. After a life of almost unexampled activity, he has now reached that pinnacle of success open to all who display the same amount of energy that has marked Mr. Felter’s career from boyhood. In the counties of Jersey and Greene he is the owner of some five hundred acres of valuable land, and also a valuable tract in Kansas. There were born of this marriage thirteen children, ten of whom are living: George, Josephine, Frank L., Mary, Cornelia, Flora, Delia, William, Blanche and Charles.