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Note: 128th Reg. OVI. His pension Certificate is # 903545. (Denise Wells is in possession of his Pension Records from the National Archives) According to his biographical sketch in the "History of Erie Co., Ohio (Peeke 1916)," Peter was about 13 years old at the time of his father's death and after his mother's second marriage he accompanied her to Lorain Co., his filial care and solicitude continuing until she passed to the life eternal. After her death he purchased a home in Lorain Co. where he continued his residence for more than 30 years. In 1907 he purchased 17 acres of land in Florence Twp., Erie Co., adjacent to the Lorain Co. line, and here he is successfully engaged in the raising of apples, peaches and other varieties of fruit, his fine little place having developed into one of the admirable fruit farms of this section of the state. The family residence is a commodious and attractive house of 9 rooms and it is equipped with the best of modern improvements and facilities, including natural gas, furnace, water service, bath room, etc. This pleasant rural home is eligibly situated on the State road and within a short walking distance of the Village of Birmingham..."
Note: Peter Reighley enlisted in the Civil War on 17 Dec 1863 as a private, in Co. F,
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