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Joseph Peabody

Banker

Centurion, 1856–1860s

Born 31 January 1824 in Salem, Massachusetts

Died 6 April 1905 in Augusta, Georgia

Buried Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts

Proposed by James P. Cronkhite

Elected 6 December 1856 at age thirty-two

Archivist’s Note: He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1860 and 1864. Uncle of Endicott Peabody.

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