Posted by (+17) 9 years ago
While searching for a Frank Peterson in Minnesota, I came across this article in the 1/21/1885 issue of the Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, MN) Page 2.
"Bob Sullivan, who shot Bob Roberts at Miles City, is, it is reported, Frank Peterson, formerly of Litchfield, and brother of Emma Jewett, the long distance rider. Roberts also lived in Meeker county some years ago."
There are MANY accounts of this incident that took place on 12/24/1884 in Miles city, MT in newspapers in various states.
I contacted the person researching Emma Jewett and he told me she was adopted and her name was Emma Peterson Jewett.
I find this article very confusing. Does it say the Frank Peterson was Bob (aka Maurice) Sullivan or was he Bob Roberts?
I think I figured out what happened to Bob Sullivan, but all I can find out about Bob Roberts is that he did survive being shot and that "for a good many years worked on the range near Miles City. He dropped dead one day about 15 years after the shooting, while getting down from the seat of a freight wagon in front of the W.E. Harris ranch on Pumpkin Creek."
My grandmother, Josephine (Peterson) Browns death certificate lists Frank Peterson as her father. This is the only place that his name shows up in all of my research. Josephine was born in Minnesota in 1885 and her mother was Anna Peterson.
I am trying to figure out if this Frank Peterson is my grandfather.
Does anyone have any ideas or information about Bob Roberts or Frank Peterson?
Thanks
Gayle Nyberg
Minneapolis, MN
[email protected]
[This message has been edited by Gayle Nyberg (6/8/2013)]
"Bob Sullivan, who shot Bob Roberts at Miles City, is, it is reported, Frank Peterson, formerly of Litchfield, and brother of Emma Jewett, the long distance rider. Roberts also lived in Meeker county some years ago."
There are MANY accounts of this incident that took place on 12/24/1884 in Miles city, MT in newspapers in various states.
I contacted the person researching Emma Jewett and he told me she was adopted and her name was Emma Peterson Jewett.
I find this article very confusing. Does it say the Frank Peterson was Bob (aka Maurice) Sullivan or was he Bob Roberts?
I think I figured out what happened to Bob Sullivan, but all I can find out about Bob Roberts is that he did survive being shot and that "for a good many years worked on the range near Miles City. He dropped dead one day about 15 years after the shooting, while getting down from the seat of a freight wagon in front of the W.E. Harris ranch on Pumpkin Creek."
My grandmother, Josephine (Peterson) Browns death certificate lists Frank Peterson as her father. This is the only place that his name shows up in all of my research. Josephine was born in Minnesota in 1885 and her mother was Anna Peterson.
I am trying to figure out if this Frank Peterson is my grandfather.
Does anyone have any ideas or information about Bob Roberts or Frank Peterson?
Thanks
Gayle Nyberg
Minneapolis, MN
[email protected]
[This message has been edited by Gayle Nyberg (6/8/2013)]