Peter A. Auer

Peter A. Auer, Clerk in the Second Comptroller's Office in the Treasury Department at Washington, D.C., was born April 15, 1849, on the Rhine, Prussia. His parents, John H. and Maria Auer, are natives of Prussia, and removed with their family in 1853 to the city of New York, and afterwards resided successively in Schenectady, Perry, Moscow and Mount Morris, in the Empire State, where his father pursued the business of tailor, later removing to Almont, Mich., and afterwards to Reed City. ( See sketch of J.H. Auer.)

Mr. Auer was carefully educated, and at 17 became a clerk in Almont. He attended school after a year's service in that calling, and continued his studies a similar period. In 1868 he interested himself in insurance business, in which he operated two years. In 1870 he engaged in teaching, in which he was occupied two years. In October, 1872, he came to Reed City and entered upon the pursuit of the same calling; also for a year was Deputy Postmaster. He obtained a position as Clerk in the Treasury Department at the National Capital, and attended the Law Department of the Columbian University, where he was graduated, in the spring of 1877. Since that date he has discharged the suties of his position in the Department, and at intervals has practiced as an attorney.

Mr. Auer was married in 1875, to Emma L. Patterson, daughter of J.Q. Patterson, of Reed City. (See sketch of J.Q. Patterson.) Mr. and Mrs. Auer have two children, namely: Harry, born May 10, 1878 and Nellie, born April 19, 1881.

In March, 1882, Mr. Auer was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, and is also qualified to practice in the circuit Courts of Michigan, to which privilege he was admitted at Hersey. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Blue Lodge and Chapter.

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