Peter Lee Atherton | |
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| Born | October 7, 1862 Athertonville, Kentucky |
| Died | January 13, 1939 (aged 76) San Antonio, Texas |
| Burial place | Cave Hill Cemetery |
| Education | Georgetown College, Kentucky |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, property developer, politician, distiller |
| Political party | Democratic Party[1] |
| Spouses | Mary Goodenow Kelsey
(divorced)Cornelia Anderson (m. 1914) |
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Peter Lee Atherton (October 7, 1862 – January 13, 1939)[2] was an American businessman, property developer,[3] investor and politician[4] based in Louisville, Kentucky.[2] He was a fourth-generation whiskey distiller until 1899.[5]
- ^ "Peter L. Atherton". politicalgraveyard.com.
- ^ a b Kleber, John E., ed. (2001). "Atherton, Peter Lee". The Encyclopedia of Louisville. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 52. ISBN 0-8131-2100-0. OCLC 247857447.
- ^ "The Filson Historical Society: Atherton Family Papers, 1901–1939".
- ^ Wallis, Frederick A.; Tapp, Hambleton (1945). "A Sesqui-Centennial History of Kentucky". The Historical Record Association.
- ^ La Bree, Ben (Benjamin), ed. (1916). "Press reference book of prominent Kentuckians; contains portraits and biographical sketches of men prominent ... in the state of Kentucky; also pictures of state, municipal and other buildings".