Sacramento County
Biographies
MOTT PETERS
MOTT PETERS.--A well-known representative of the transportation organization so efficient in Sacramento is Mott Peters, the good natured and ever obliging proprietor of the Peters Draying Company, with its busy headquarters at 217 O Street. What he doesn't know about the possibilities of solving this or that vexing problem in the busy life of Californians and others resident or traveling here, isn't worth considering; while what he does know about conditions peculiarly Californian, and about the city and county of Sacramento in particular, has eased the mind and cheered the heart of many a weary and care-worn traveler. He has become invaluable to the district; and very naturally the town and county take good care of him in a liberal patronage.
Mott Peters was born in Shasta County on November 1, 1888, the son of William Harrison and Eva Peters, worthy folks now deceased. When he was a lad he was sent to the well-conducted grammar school in Marysville, and when old enough to begin work and earn a livelihood, he took up clerking in a grocery store, and followed that line of commercial activity for ten years. In 1913 he came to Sacramento and entered the employ of the Pacific Drayage and Warehouse Company, continuing with them till 1918, when he bought out George Buhl, the drayman, and started in a modest way to do business for himself, opening his lines of service in October, 1918. He has made a success, now running five first-class trucks. He was able to make his start in draying just five years after he came to Sacramento; and with the growth of the city and its suburbs his business has increased in proportion.
Mr. Peters was married in Sacramento to Miss Genevieve Miller, a native of Sacramento; and they are the parents of a very promising child, a daughter named June. Mr. Peters belongs to the Eagles, and is a member of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. He and his family are fond of the out-of-doors, and often get out into the open and enjoy the natural beauty for which Sacramento County is famous.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter,
History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 793. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.