Peabody, James H
merchant, banker, was born Aug. 21, 1852, in Orange county, Vt. In 1871 he moved to Pueblo, Colo., where he was employed in a drygoods store; and afterward moved to Denver, thence to Canon City, where in 1875 he took charge of the management of the store of James Clelland, the leading merchant of that city. He subsequently became a partner, and in 1881 purchased the entire business. In 1885 he was elected county clerk; is prominent in municipal affairs, and president of the First National bank, of which he was one of the organizers.
PEABODY, OLIVER WILLIAM BOURNE, clergyman, lawyer, author, was born July 9, 1799, in Exeter, N. H. He was a lawyer and journalist of Boston, subsequently a unitarian clergyman and pastor of a church in Burlington, Vt., in 1845-48. He published Lives of Generals Sullivan and Putnam, in Sparks's American Biography; and an edition of Shakespeare with Life and Notes. He died July 5, 1848, in Burlington, Vt.
PEABODY, PHILIP GLENDO vv ER, lawyer, was born Feb. 22, 1857, in New York city, and is a son of Charles A. Peabody, an eminent jurist. He graduated from Columbia college in 1877; in 1880 from the Columbia Law school, and was admitted to the New York bar. In 1885he moved to Boston, where he has been president of the New England Anti-Vivisection society for many years. He is also president of the National Constitutional Liberty league; president of the National Scientific Family Culture institute; vice-president of the Massachusetts society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; and vice-president of the Illinois Anti-Vivisection society. He has received the degrees of A. B., A. M., LL. B. and M. D. He is an extensive traveler and has visited nearly all the countries of Europe. He has one of the largest private libraries in Boston, numbering about ten thousand volumes, for which he has erected a suitable library building.