An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company, Spokane, WA. 1905, p. 220. JOSEPH T. PETERS was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 21, 1856. His father, George H. Peters, was born in the same city and his father, the grandfather of our immediate subject, was also a native of that city, and followed contracting and building. The father married Sarah Cordray, a native of Baltimore, as were her ancestors for several generations back. Both ancestral families were prominent Americans, and were well represented in the colonial struggles and the war of independence. Concerning the youth of our subject, we are not specially informed, but as his later life shows, he was the recipient of splendid training and imbibed the stanch business principles that have won so well in the commercial realm since. He was married on November 27, 1890, at The Dalles. Oregon, to Lucy P. Wilson, whose parents, Joseph G. and Elizabeth (Miller) Wilson, are especially mentioned in another portion of this work. The children born to this marriage, are Helen A., Grace G., Elizabeth W., and Janet B. Mr. Peters has the following named brothers and sisters: Winfield, a broker in Baltimore; Helen, the wife of Ernest Nosworthy, a commercial traveller residing in Denver, Colorado: and Mary, the wife of Elijah J. Bond, an attorney in Washington, D. C. He is active for the welfare, advancement and improvement of the town and county in which he resides, has held many positions connected with public matters and is characterized by upright principles, by good business ability, and by integrity. Mr. Peters is numbered with the leading citizens of the thriving town of The Dalles, and is a man who has left his imprint for good on the business and social world where he moves, arid as a man and good citizen is respected by his many friends and associates. More especially regarding his business career, we note that Mr. Peters came from Baltimore, Maryland, to The Dalles, in 1878. He left a position of five years standing with a large house and in The Dalles accepted a place in a lumber yard, to which new enterprise he adapted himself so well that he was soon given entire charge of the business. Less than two years later he bought out the interests of his employer and began handling lumber on commission, which was the start of his present large lumber commission business, the largest of its kind in this section. He employs at present twenty men. He is also director of The Dalles & Rockland Steam Ferry Company, being also part owner, owns and operates several wood schooners plying on the Columbia, a planing mill and box factory at The Dalles, with his lumber yard, and deals in all kinds of building material and hardware, utilized in this community. Mr. Peters personally directs all these enterprises besides caring for his other property interests he has accumulated. He is sole owner of the business although the firm name is Jos. T. Peters & Co. Having begun without capital or friends, his success but shows what an industrious and upright young man can do in Wasco county. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.