Mary Adeline Lawrence was the daughter of George W. Lawrence of Lowell, Indiana. She first married to Peter Hess, by whom she had one child in Lowell. After he was killed in a farm accident, she married George F. Peterson, and they had nine more children in Lowell.
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Information and photo from Rochelle Ellen Bisig Gereg (great-granddaughter of George F. Peterson and Mary Adeline Lawrence) and Robert Bisig Horner (grandson of George F. Peterson and Mary Adeline).