Peter Sautter

b. 16 September 1847, d. 17 January 1926
  • Peter Sautter was born on 16 September 1847 in Württemberg.
  • Peter Sautter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Pine Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, living not far from his future wife, in the household of farmer William Dickinson with ten other men working in the tannery, all immigrants but one.
  • He was working in a tannery, according to the 1870 census.
  • He married Elizabeth Bohnert, daughter of Francis Xavier Bohnert and Margaretha Deck, on 18 August 1870 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
  • Peter Sautter and Elizabeth Bohnert appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Morris Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Caroline M. Sautter, Della Sautter, John Peter Sautter and Margaret A. Sautter.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
  • The following appeared on 16 September 1884 in The Wellsboro Agitator: At the last term of [Tioga County] court the following named foreigners took out their naturalization papers and renounced allegiance to the rulers of foreign powers. The assortment of names is so peculiar that the full list is appended: . . . Peter Sautter, Wurtemberg . . . .
  • Peter Sautter and Elizabeth Bohnert appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Morris Township, Pennsylvania, living next to Elizabeth's brother Frank Bohnert.. Other members of the household included Katherine B. Saulter, Frank Julius Sautter, Myra M. Sautter, Wilhelmina Philappina Sautter and Rosena R. Sautter.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
  • Peter Sautter and Elizabeth Bohnert appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Morris Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at Bache Road. Other members of the household included Frank Julius Sautter.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Peter Sautter became a widower at the 25 August 1916 death of his wife Elizabeth Bohnert.
  • Peter Sautter died on 17 January 1926 at age 78 in Broome County, New York.
  • He was interred at Oregon Hill Cemetery, Pine Valley, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
  • The following appeared on 18 January 1926 in The Binghamton Press: Peter J. Sauter, aged 78 years, died Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Katherine B. Green, 26 McKinley avenue. The survivors are six daughters, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Austin Teed, Mrs. Miles C. Root, Mrs. Stewart Loree [sic], Mrs. Robert Morris and Mrs. Ray Parkes, all of Endicott; and two sons, John Sautter of Elmira and Frank J. Sautter of Endicott. A prayer service will be held at the Green home tonight, 7 o'clock. Burial will be at Oregon Hill, Lycoming county, Pa.
  • The following appeared on 11 August 1939 in The Binghamton Press.
  • Last Edited: 31 Oct 2009

Family: Elizabeth Bohnert b. 16 November 1853, d. 25 August 1916