He died at age: 77 years.
1st wife: married Anne Kempf on 7/23/1822 in France
Children: Anna, Catherine, Christian, Barbara, Mary, Susan, Peter, & Lydia
2nd wife: married Magdalena Oyer
Daughter: Magdalena
Peter was an Amish elder and he and his brother, Christian, opened a saw mill (and later added equipment to grind corn & grain) in the town that would be called Farnisville (later named Slabtown). They were Amish Mennonites form Lorraine, France.
** Though rather wealthy at one time from their saw mill business, they lost most of it when they went in on a distillery with 2 St. Louis French investors, Charles de Boutcant & Paul Carrey. They told the Farni brothers European money was coming but they needed local money to get started. In 1857 the distillery collapsed and the 2 Frenchmen left the country. It was then that everyone realized the huge amounts the 2 Frenchmen had borrowed before they "ran out".The Farni brothers were left liable for the debts and the loss of all the money they had invested. One court case mentions the final judgement of $34,000 against the brothers. Lawyer Abraham Lincoln even handled one part of their court case. They took it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court but still lost out, by then Peter was dead and Christian had moved to KS.
1st wife: married Anne Kempf on 7/23/1822 in France
Children: Anna, Catherine, Christian, Barbara, Mary, Susan, Peter, & Lydia
2nd wife: married Magdalena Oyer
Daughter: Magdalena
Peter was an Amish elder and he and his brother, Christian, opened a saw mill (and later added equipment to grind corn & grain) in the town that would be called Farnisville (later named Slabtown). They were Amish Mennonites form Lorraine, France.
** Though rather wealthy at one time from their saw mill business, they lost most of it when they went in on a distillery with 2 St. Louis French investors, Charles de Boutcant & Paul Carrey. They told the Farni brothers European money was coming but they needed local money to get started. In 1857 the distillery collapsed and the 2 Frenchmen left the country. It was then that everyone realized the huge amounts the 2 Frenchmen had borrowed before they "ran out".The Farni brothers were left liable for the debts and the loss of all the money they had invested. One court case mentions the final judgement of $34,000 against the brothers. Lawyer Abraham Lincoln even handled one part of their court case. They took it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court but still lost out, by then Peter was dead and Christian had moved to KS.
He died at age: 77 years.
1st wife: married Anne Kempf on 7/23/1822 in France
Children: Anna, Catherine, Christian, Barbara, Mary, Susan, Peter, & Lydia
2nd wife: married Magdalena Oyer
Daughter: Magdalena
Peter was an Amish elder and he and his brother, Christian, opened a saw mill (and later added equipment to grind corn & grain) in the town that would be called Farnisville (later named Slabtown). They were Amish Mennonites form Lorraine, France.
** Though rather wealthy at one time from their saw mill business, they lost most of it when they went in on a distillery with 2 St. Louis French investors, Charles de Boutcant & Paul Carrey. They told the Farni brothers European money was coming but they needed local money to get started. In 1857 the distillery collapsed and the 2 Frenchmen left the country. It was then that everyone realized the huge amounts the 2 Frenchmen had borrowed before they "ran out".The Farni brothers were left liable for the debts and the loss of all the money they had invested. One court case mentions the final judgement of $34,000 against the brothers. Lawyer Abraham Lincoln even handled one part of their court case. They took it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court but still lost out, by then Peter was dead and Christian had moved to KS.
1st wife: married Anne Kempf on 7/23/1822 in France
Children: Anna, Catherine, Christian, Barbara, Mary, Susan, Peter, & Lydia
2nd wife: married Magdalena Oyer
Daughter: Magdalena
Peter was an Amish elder and he and his brother, Christian, opened a saw mill (and later added equipment to grind corn & grain) in the town that would be called Farnisville (later named Slabtown). They were Amish Mennonites form Lorraine, France.
** Though rather wealthy at one time from their saw mill business, they lost most of it when they went in on a distillery with 2 St. Louis French investors, Charles de Boutcant & Paul Carrey. They told the Farni brothers European money was coming but they needed local money to get started. In 1857 the distillery collapsed and the 2 Frenchmen left the country. It was then that everyone realized the huge amounts the 2 Frenchmen had borrowed before they "ran out".The Farni brothers were left liable for the debts and the loss of all the money they had invested. One court case mentions the final judgement of $34,000 against the brothers. Lawyer Abraham Lincoln even handled one part of their court case. They took it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court but still lost out, by then Peter was dead and Christian had moved to KS.
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