Peter A. Beachy, only child of Abraham and Barbara (Lichty) Beachy, was born in Elk Lick township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in 1793. He received a limited education in the subscription schools, and succeeded to the home farm, where he followed dairy and general farming during the active years of his life. He was known as "River Pete." He accumulated a large amount of money from his farming business and the discounting of paper for the neighborhood, leaving at the time of his death thirty thousand dollars in gold in a strong box, which was his bank. He was a sharp, shrewd man in his dealings, possessed great forsight and judgment, but was strictly honorable in all his transactions. He was practically an invalid from his twenty-fifth year; although slight in physique and weak in body, his mind and power of transacting successful business was in no way affected. Peter A. Beachy married Anna Livingood, who bore him four sons and six daughters: Samuel, Elizabeth, Matilda, Susannah, John W., Abraham P., Nancy, Lucinda, Daniel L. and Sarah Ann. Peter A. Beachy, who was a member of the Amish Mennonite church, died August 21, 1854; his wife died October 22, 1869, aged seventy-two years.
Peter A. Beachy, only child of Abraham and Barbara (Lichty) Beachy, was born in Elk Lick township, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in 1793. He received a limited education in the subscription schools, and succeeded to the home farm, where he followed dairy and general farming during the active years of his life. He was known as "River Pete." He accumulated a large amount of money from his farming business and the discounting of paper for the neighborhood, leaving at the time of his death thirty thousand dollars in gold in a strong box, which was his bank. He was a sharp, shrewd man in his dealings, possessed great forsight and judgment, but was strictly honorable in all his transactions. He was practically an invalid from his twenty-fifth year; although slight in physique and weak in body, his mind and power of transacting successful business was in no way affected. Peter A. Beachy married Anna Livingood, who bore him four sons and six daughters: Samuel, Elizabeth, Matilda, Susannah, John W., Abraham P., Nancy, Lucinda, Daniel L. and Sarah Ann. Peter A. Beachy, who was a member of the Amish Mennonite church, died August 21, 1854; his wife died October 22, 1869, aged seventy-two years.
Family Members
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Samuel Beachy
1817–1896
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Elizabeth Beachy Rieman
1819–1848
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Matilda Beachy Miller
1822–1848
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Susanah Beachy Welfley
1823–1846
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John William Beachy
1826–1896
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Abraham P. Beachy
1828–1896
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Nancy Beachy Compton
1829–1888
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Lucinda Beachy Lowry
1830–1908
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Daniel L Beachy
1832–1874
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Sarah Ann Beachy Hanna
1834–1865
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