Biographical Notes of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, PA, 1916
Peter Filbert Biography
FILBERT, PETER, SR., was born in Berks Co., he was a carpenter by trade; he came to Pine Grove in 1820 and took great interest in public improvement.
He built the house where Annie Wigton lives, the Filbert house, the brick house where Mrs. Fessler has store, the house next to the Lutheran church and. house that was torn down where M. H. Boyer's house now stands. He lived in the hotel till 1841 and moved in the brick house where he died in 1864.
He was a soldier at Baltimore in 1814.
He had five sons and three daughters: Samuel, Peter, Edward T., Peter A., W. William, Leah was married to Dr. J. Kitzmiller, Rebecca was married to Rev. F. Conrad, Sarah was married to Richard Musser.
Source: Biographical Notes, 1841-1916, of Pine Grove, Pa: J. W. Barr: Achenbach & Reber: 1916
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