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Source: Atlas Map of Fulton County, Illinois, 
Andreas, Lyter, and Co., Davenport, Iowa. 1871
(page 46)

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P. W. Petrie, the subject of this sketch, was born in Edinburg, Scotland, but was raised in Liverpool, England. He came to this country in March, 1840, with his father, Thomas S. Petrie, who was born in 1803. Thomas S. Petrie was married to Hannah J. Hall, daughter of a cotton broker of Charleston, South Carolina. They were married in Edinburg, Scotland. Mrs. Petrie was born September 1st, 1806. 
    
The subject of this sketch was born September 21st, 1829; came to Farmington in 1840; first applied himself to farming and then to selling goods, which business he is still engaged in. He was married in 1856 to Miss Phoebe Ringland, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1831. They have a family of three children -- Charles A., Anna C., and Hannah -- all living.