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Peck, George Wesley – Peck, Samuel Minturn

Peck, George Wesley

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 7, 1849, in Kingston, Pa. He is a methodist clergyman of western New York, and the author of The Realization and Benefit of Ideals; and Walk in the Light.

Peck, Harry Thurston

educator, author, was born in 1856 in Connecticut.

He is a professor of Latin at Columbia college; a literary critic; and the author of Latin Pronunciation; and The Semitic Theory of Creation.

Peck, Jared V

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855.

Peck, James H

lawyer, jurist, was born in Tennessee. He was made judge of the United States district court for Missouri. He died May 1, 1837, in St.

Charles, Mo.

Peck, Jesse Truesdell

bishop, author, was born April 4, 1811, in Middlefield, N. Y. He was a bishop in the methodist church; and the author of The Central Idea of Christianity; The True Woman; What Must I Do to be Saved?; and The Great Republic. He died May 17, 1883, in Syracuse, N. Y.

Peck, John Edwin

lawyer, was born Aug. 14, 1868, in Blacksburg, Va.

He received a liberal education, and finished at the West Virginia university. He has attained success as a lawyer of Logan, W. Va.; and has been prosecuting attorney of his county.

Peck, John James

soldier, was born Jan. 4, 1821, in Manlius, N. Y. During 1859-61 he was president of the board of education of Syracuse, N. Y. In 1861 he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers; and served with distinction throughout the civil war. He died April 21, 1878, in Syracuse, N. Y.

Peck, Lucius B

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1799, in Waterbury, Vt. He served in the Vermont state legislature; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1851. From 1853 to 1857 he was United States attorney for Vermont, and subsequently president of the Vermont and Canada railroad. He died in December, 1866, in Lowell, Mass.

Peck, Luther C

lawyer, congressman. He settled at Nunda, N. Y., in the practice of law, in which he attained eminence. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1837 to 1841. He died Feb. 5, 1876, in Nunda, N. Y.

Peck, Luther Wesley

clergyman, poet, was born in 1825, in Wyoming valley, Pa. He has published The Golden Age, a poem; and other works.

Peck, Martin H

journalist, writer, was born July 26, 1870, in Pekin, Minn.

His poems and humorous sketches of country life which were at first published in the local papers were widely read and copied. He is the editor and owner of Peck's Sun of Barnesville, Minn. He also has a large farm in Wilkins county, and is very prominent in public affairs.

Peck, Samuel Minturn

physician, poet, was born in 1854, in Alabama.

He is a popular poet and physician of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and the author of Cap and Bells; Rings and Love Knots; Rhymes and Roses; and Fair Women of To-Day.