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Pease, Joseph Ives

engraver, was born Aug. 9, 1809, in Norfolk, Va. His plates are engraved in pure line, with. much taste and excellence of execution, and are faithful renderings of the original paintings. His Tough Story, after Mount; Mumble the Peg, after Inman; and Young Traders, after Page, are choice examples of his work. He died July 2, 1883, in Twin Lakes, Conn.

Pease, Phineas

soldier, was born April 16, 1826, in Somers, Conn. He became lieutenant-colonel of the fortyninth Illinois infantry at the beginning of the civil war, and in 1865 he received the brevet of brigadier-general of volunteers.

In 1885 he became receiver and general manager of the Cleveland and Marietta railroad.

Pease, Theodore Claudius

clergyman, author, was born in 1853 in New York. He was a congregational clergyman of Malden, Mass., and the author of The Christian Ministry. He died in 1893.

PEASELEE, EDMUND RANDOLPH, physician, educator, author, was born Jan. 22, 1814, in Rockingham county, N. H. He was a physician of New York city, medical professor in several institutions, and the author of Human Histology; and Ovarian Tumors. He died Jan. 12, 1878, in New York city.

Peck, Asahel

governor, was born in 1803 in Royalton, Mass. In 1874 he was elected governor of Vermont, serving until 1876.

Peck, Clarissa C

philanthropist, was born in 1797. She became well known as a philanthropist of her time. She died in 1884.

Peck, Ebenezer

lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born May 22, 1805, in Portland, Maine. In 1835 he emigrated to Chicago, Ill., and was several times elected to the senate and house of representatives of that state. He was appointed reporter of its decisions by the supreme court of Illinois, which office he held for more than thirteen years from 1850, and until he was, in 1863, made one of the judges of the court of claims in Washington.

Peck, Edward James

philanthropist, was born Oct. 16, 1806, near New Haven, Conn. He left one hundred thousand dollars to Wabash college, Indiana. He died Nov. 6, 1876, in Indianapolis, Ind.

Peck, Erasmus D

physician, surgeon, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 16, 1808, in Connecticut. He moved to Ohio in 1830, and was elected a member of the Ohio legislature in 1856 and 1858. He was examining surgeon for the army and for pensions. He was elected to the forty-first congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the forty-second congress as a republican.

Peck, Ferdinand Wythe

philanthropist, was born July 15, 1848, in Chicago, Ill. He has contributed liberally to the cultivation of musical taste, and in 1886 organized and became president of a joint stock company for the erection of the Chicago auditorium and hotel, the largest building of its kind in the United States.

Peck, George

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 8, 1797, in Middlefield, N.

Y. He was a methodist clergyman of prominence who was editor of several denominational journals, and the author of Christian Perfection; Early Methodism; Wyoming and Its History; Universalism Examined; History of the Apostles and Evangelists; Rule of Faith; and Manly Character. He died May 20, 1876, in Scranton, Pa.

Peck, George Washington

journalist, state legislator, congressman, author, was born Dec. 4, 1817, in Rehoboth, Mass. He removed to Michigan, and was a member of the legislature of that state in 1846 and 1847, serving as speaker during the latter year. He was afterwards chosen secretary of state, and was a representative in congress from Michigan from 1855 to 1857. He was the author of Melbourne and the Chinchu Islands. died June 6, 1859, in Boston, Mass.

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