Gilbert Peterson Explained

Gilbert Peterson
Birth Date:	5 August 1824
Birth Place:	Mount Morris, New York
Death Place:	Lockport, New York
Occupation:	Contractor
Party:	Democrat
Spouse:	Elizabeth Parker Peterson
Children:	Jesse Peterson Charles Gilbert Peterson Jennie Peterson Elizabeth Peterson
Parents:	Garret Cornelisen Peterson Rebecca Babcock Peterson

Gilbert Peterson (August 5, 1824 - November 14, 1890), was an American contractor from Lockport, New York. He was the founder and President of Peterson & Sons, which he ran with his two sons, Charles Gilbert Peterson and Jesse Peterson. The company executed contracts building the waterworks of Toledo, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; part of the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad^[1] and worked on multiple reservoirs in the Washington, D.C., area.^{[2] [3]} Previously he was a partner at Hunt, Peterson & Kinsley, responsible for enlarging Erie Canal between Middleport, New York, and Gasport, New York, in 1855, and canal repairs in Albany, New York, Frankfort, New York, and Kilburn Hill, New York.^[4] Peterson was superintendent of both the eastern and western divisions of the Erie Canal, and in 1867–1868 he was alderman of the 2nd Ward of Lockport, New York.^[5]

He is the great grandfather of Charles Sterling Bunnell.

Notes and References

1. "The Late Gilbert Peterson." Buffalo Morning Express 20 Nov. 1890.
2. United States. United States Congressional Serial Set. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1885.
3. "Obituary." The New York Times 16 Nov. 1890: 5.
4. Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1912.
5. Lockport (N.Y.). Revised Charter and Ordinances of the City of Lockport. Lockport, N.Y.: Press of Roberts Bros. Co, 1913.