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1849.
Everett Peabody.
Colonel 13th (afterwards 25th) Missouri Vols. (Infantry), September 1, 1861; killed at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 6, 1862.
the Rev. William B. O. Peabody, D. D., of Springfield, Massachusetts, was the son of Judge Oliver Peabody of Exeter, New Hampshire, and was born July 7, 1799.
He married Eliza Amelia White, daughter of Major Moses White, who served in the army through the Revolution.
Rev. Dr. Peabody was settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, in October, 1820, and remained with the same parish until his death, which took place in 1847.
He was well known as a preacher, essayist, naturalist, and poet, and was universally respected for the pure and elevated character of his daily life.
Those who remember the Springfield of forty years ago speak of Mrs. Peabody as lovely in person and manners, full of energy and public spirit, and taking a leading part in all schemes for doing good.
Their eldest son, Howard, died in infancy.
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