Charles Gilbert Peterson (January 31, 1848 - October 3, 1918), was an American contractor from Lockport, New York

Lockport (city), New York

Lockport is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 21,165 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a set of Erie canal locks within the city. Lockport is the county seat of Niagara County and is surrounded by the town of Lockport...

. He was an associate in Peterson & Sons with his father, Gilbert Peterson

Gilbert Peterson

Gilbert Peterson , was an American contractor from Lockport, New York. He was the founder and President of Peterson & Sons, which he ran with his two sons, Charles Gilbert Peterson and Jesse Peterson...

 and brother, Jesse Peterson

Jesse Peterson

Jesse Peterson , was an American industrialist from Lockport, New York. He was the President of the United Indurated Fibre Company, President of the Buffalo Warehouse & Distributing Company, Owner of the Cascade Pulp Mills, Director and Vice President of the Lockport Water & Electric Company and an...

. The company executed such contracts as the waterworks of Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

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 and Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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 along with a reservoir in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 He was Mayor of Lockport in 1896 - 1897. Peterson along with Sterling H. Bunnell, held a patent on the Furnace Charging Apparatus.

On April 27, 1881, Peterson married Jennie Zimroda Gray Lapham in Syracuse, NY. They had three children, Rebecca Lapham Peterson, (Charles) Gilbert Peterson and Jennie Gray Peterson. He is the grandfather of Charles Sterling Bunnell

Charles Sterling Bunnell

Charles Sterling Bunnell , was an American banker. Following graduation from Yale University in 1924, Bunnell began his career at the First National City Bank of New York where he held the positions of Senior VP and Chairman of the Credit Policy Committee...

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He was a graduate of Cornell University

Cornell University

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