1912 - James C. Peltier Has Passed Away - Veteran Funeral Director Very Early Family - Golden Hair

Officials JAMES C. PELTIER HAS PASSED AWAY Veteran Funeral Director Was Member of Very Early Family. ILL FOR MANY WEEKS his J. C. Peltier, one of the best known pioneer business men in Fort Wayne, and proprietor of one of the oldest establisher undertaking concerns in the Northern Indiana, died at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening the family home, 435 East Berry street, n't the age of sixty -eight years, ten months and three days. Death was due to angina pectoris. Mr. Peltier. had been in' failing health for several but until a few weeks years, ago was able be about town looking after his business affairs. After having been rendered bedfast, his condition rapidly became worse and during the "I last few daya death had been expected momentarily. Wednesday morning physicians attending him gave up all hope for his recovery. Identified with one of the most mi. a cessful undertaking establishments in the middle west. Mr. Peltier WAS known by scores of D people in all parts of northern Indiana. He had always been a resident of Fort Wayne apd had long A. been prominent in local affairs, always A leader in movements tending to bring better conditions to the city. Mr. Peltier'a ancestry dates back to the earliest da Fort Wayne. Hia forefathers were among the first settlers in this territory and were instrumental 111 building up this section of state. Mr. Peltier WAR born Soptember 21, 1843. in a frame structure which stood at. the corner of Berry and Calhoun streeta, n sIte now occupied by the Shoaff building. He was the son of Mr. and Mra. Louis Poitier, numbered he the earhiest. settlera in Allen county. His father WaR born in the stockade of the old fort and was the first white man born in the settlement. Mr. Peltier's mother, before her mat ringe to Louis Peltier. in 1833. WAR Miss Laura Cushing, a native of Ireland. but who came to this country when but n small child. The mother's family W28 one of the oldest in this part of IndiADA. Entered the Army. 'The deceased received his carlv edu• of cation in the Catholic schools of Fort Wayne. After finishing the common branches of study. he entered Notre Dame university, where he remained two years, leaving the institution at the beginning of the civil war, when he entered the U'nion army as H member of company K. Twelfth Indiana infantry. In 1862 he was wounded and for a long time was held in the federal hospital at Richmond. After his release returnblocked to Fort Wayne and at the close of the war went into the undertaking buainess with him father. The Arm WA4 known AA Louis Peltier &amp; Son. It was established by the father in the early forties. The father and 801 continued as buajness partners until 1882. when the senior member retired on account of ill health and from that date until April I, this year, the firm WAS conducted under the name of J. C. Peltier. In April, the son, William H. Peltier, was made junior member of the firm. Louis Peltier died in 1904. Mr. Peltier was united in marriage to Helena F. Wadge, December 25, 1866, and to this union children were born, William IT. Peltier and Mra. Fred IT. Ash, both of this city. Mra. Peltiar died in 1893, and in February, 1908, Mr. Peltier was married to Louise Kocher. Mr. Peltier highly regarded. enjoying the respect. and esteem of all, who knew him. and he has long been n familiar figure in Fort Wayne citizenship who will be greatly missed, litically Mr. Peltier WAR 1 democrat. but he never aspired to political office. He was prominent in affaire of Lawton | two Wayne terms post, as of the commander G. A. of that and organ• served ization. He WAN affiliated with the Union Veteran Legion. the Elks' lodge and the local order of Ben Hurs. Mr. Peltier's grandfather. James Peltier, was one of the early French set tiers and and WAR A favorite with the let who inhabited this 408. tion of Indiana. He made his frat trip to the mite now occupied by Fort Wayne in 1775 in 1791 he located here permanently. From that date until the present, the family of Peltier has been closely linked with the history, growth and development of Fort Wayne. The wife of James Peltier, before her marriage WA.S Emaline Chapeteau, the first white woman to locate in this section. She was highly respected by the Indians and it is maid that her control over them was remarkable, history telling of several instances when she was instrumental in preventing wholesale massacres. On the walls in the circuit court room at the Allen court house, is painting depicting arrival Mr. county, Peltier's grandmother at this place. She is presented as stepping from canoe and being welcomed by the Indiana, who learned and loved to call. her "Golden Hair." She became the of James Peltier in 1808 and it was 1813 when Louis Peltier, the father of J. C., was born in the old fort stockade. Funeral services Saturday afternoon nt 2:30 o'clock from the residence. Interment will be inade at Linden wood. I | | at

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1912 - James C. Peltier Has Passed Away - Veteran Funeral Director Very Early Family - Golden Hair

1912 - James C. Peltier Has Passed Away - Veteran Funeral Director Very Early Family - Golden Hair

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