Dr DeWitt Clinton Peters, Sr

1829 - 1876  (46 years)

• Name	Dr DeWitt Clinton Peters  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	30 Jul 1829	New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Apr 1876	Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America   [3]
  Burial	Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America   [3]
  Person ID	I16280	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	John Rogers Peters,   b. 22 Sep 1783, Wentworth, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States d. 24 Apr 1858, New York City, New York County, New York, United States (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Abbey Covell,   b. 27 May 1792, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States d. 23 Nov 1837, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1815	Troy, Rensselaer, New York
  Family ID	F13349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily G. Stoutenborough,   b. 1836, New York d. 24 Apr 1873, New York (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	29 Sep 1859	New York
  Children	1. De Witt Clinton Peters, [ii],   b. 11 Jun 1865, Fort Mchenry, Baltimore, Maryland, United States d. 12 May 1948, Newtown, Fairfield, CT (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F6922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1476] Richard Thomas, "," e-mail message from [e-mail for private use] ([street address for private use]), to , ., Charles Elmer Russell and Caroline Elizabeth (Price) Russell, now probably residing in Oaklawn cemetery; Email; 10 June 2013; John Deitz and others. Charles Elmer Russell and Caroline Elizabeth (Price) Russell, now probably residing in Oaklawn cemetery [S24] article, New York Times, New York, NY, p. 25. Clinton Peters, American artist, who won medals at the Paris Salon of 1888, and the Paris World's Fair of 1889, died at his home here [Newtown, Conn.] today after a long illness, at the age 0f 82. He was born in Baltimore, a son of Lieut. Col De Witt Clinton Peters, Army bsurgeon, and the former Emily Stoutenburgh. After early training at the Arts Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York, Mr. Peters studied at the Julien Academy and the école des beaux-arts in Paris. He showed his pictures in exhibits there, and in Berlin, London and Chicago. Since his return to this country he had maintained studios for some years in Baltimore and New York. Mr. Peters leaves his wife, the former Alice Marie Russell; a son, John C. Peters of West Orange, N.J., and two daughters, Mrs. Betty Barclay of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Carol F. Campbell of Mountain Lakes, N.J. [S315] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).