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Peake, Ebenezer Steele

clergyman, missionary, was born Jan. 15, 1830, in Andes, N. Y. He received his educaa tion at the Academy of Kingsborough, and subsequently attended the Academy of Delhi, N. Y. In 1848 he was principal of classical parish school at Cohoes, N. Y., and the following year entered the Theological seminary of the episcopal church at Nashotah, Wis. In 1852 he was ordained, and immediately elected tutor at Nashotah, holding that position for the next three years. At the wish of Bishop Kemper he moved to Wisconsin, and in 1856 became an associate of the Rev. Dr. Breck in the mission to the Chippewa Indians. With his wife he spent six years among the Indians at the mission of Gull Lake and Crow Wing.

Next he was chaplain of the twentyeighth regiment, Wisconsin volunteer infantry, going with them to the field in the southwest, and remaining to the end of the war. He returned to Minnesota, but accepted the rectorship of the Trinity church of San Jose, Cal.; and four years later of St. Luke's church, of San Francisco, spending twelve years in California. In 1878 he returned to Minnesota, and engaged in missionary work along the Northern Pacific railroad, so continuing until 1889, when he accepted the chaplaincy of St. Mary's Hall, of Faribault, Minn., the famous school for girls.