Peter Percival Elder (born New Portland,[1] Maine, September 20, 1823; died Ottawa, Kansas, November 19, 1914) was an American politician, businessman, and newspaperman.
Elder resigned his position in 1865 and took up residence in the new town of Ottawa, building the first large house there.
He resigned from the bank in 1873 to devote more time to his large interests in farming and stock raising.
Aldamar was a prominent local businessman and was himself elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, as a Democrat, in 1910.
P. P. Elder's Financial History: Ups and Downs from 1862 to 1880, Ottawa, Kansas (undated)[3]