Show W H PETERSON DEAD salt lake dec 26 waldemar II 11 peterson an old time resident of salt lake and foia twenty five years the proprietor of a meat market on market row passed away this morning at his residence east fifth south su beet mr father of fourteen children aad his is tho first death to occur in mrs peterson and most of his children acro preb ent when he leathed leath cd his ladt after living a married life of thirty five years devoted to his family for the past fourteen years mr peterson has not been actively engaged in business although ho has interested himself in it intermittently ills large family has grown up in salt lake and many ot his sons are well known young men and are active workers in the chuich the original salt lake home of mr peterson was in the old fifteenth ward where he took up a homestead on first south street between second and third west he was born iu copenhagen april 7 1848 and upon becoming converted to the church made bis way to utah crossing the plains on foot in 1866 he was married to elizabeth hailstone in 1870 and four teen children have blessed their union he oldest being now 33 years of age and the youngest 4 years their names are waldemar H jr william R clarence 11 melvin T earl clifford leonard brendan frederick and lyman mrs prank B hughes and eva luella and ruby peterson |