1 Simon C. PETERS1,2 (c. 1852- ) [781]. Born c. 1852, Montreal, Canada.2 Marr Kittie Harriet DOWES 1 Apr 1880, Detroit, MI.1,2
From the Pontiac Weekly Bill Poster.
Nay 5, 1880 - "S.C. Peters, of Boyd & Peter's show that is to give an exhibition in Pontiac to-day, came very near losing his life at Royal Oak last Wednesday evening. He was returning from Detroit with a load of corn, and when almost home the wagon capsized and he was buried under the load in such a way that he was unable to extricate himself. John Krepps, his night watchman, got uneasy over the prolonged absence of Peters, and about midnight started down the road to investigate, and had only gone half a mile when he discovered why his employer didn't return. Help was speedily summoned and Peters was taken out more nearly dead than alive. It was a very narrow escape."
May 12, 1880 - "Boyd and Peter's combination of high sounding titles struck Pontiac last Wednesday and didn't create a very favorable impression. The street parade was like the horseflesh, thin, and while some parts of the circus were hard to beat, others didn't amount to much. We suppose that allowances should be made for the fact that the proprietors are young at the business and this was their 3rd or 4th stopping place."
April 28, 1880 - "We are told that Boyd & Peters circus has come to a stand still down in Pennsylvania. Maltrome Burkett, aged 14 years. of Somerset county, that state, claims that she was abducted and outraged and kept with the circus for a week, being conveyed from town to town in the ticket wagon, and when allowed to leave she was partially demented. Her story as told in court is too horrible for publication. Last Thursday S. C. Peters, A.W. Davis, Clark Rose and John Campbell, managers, together with fifty attaches, were arrested and jailed to await examination."
June 8, 1881 - "Mr. S.C. Peters left here Monday for Minnesota. He has obtained an excellent situation as cashier in J.A. Bowerman's bank at Detroit, Minnesota. His wife will join him in a very short time."
| 1 | "Wedding announcement of S.C. Peters and Kittie Dowes, The Pontiac Bill Poster, April 21, 1880". |
| 2 | "Michigan Marriage Records of Kittie Dows to Simon C. Peters". |