PEABODV. PEASE. 467 His aim is to make men ashamed of their sins, and awaken a longing for a better life. Rest having brought partial restoration, Dr. Patterson is now doing valiant service for his church in the outlying places. The Church of the Good Shepherd, Omaha, Neb., was recently gathered and organized during one of these missionary journeys. His residence is near Franklin Park, in one of the most charming suburbs of Boston. PEABODY, ENDICOTT, son of S. Endi- cott and Marianne Cabot (Lee) Peabody, was born in Salem, Essex county, May 31, 1 85 7 ; His paternal ancestors were among the earliest settlers of the colony. John Endi- cott, the. first governor of the Massachu- setts Bay Colony, settled in 1628 in Naum- keag, which afterwards was known as Salem. The father of the subject of this sketch, S. E. Peabody, removed to London in 187 1, where he became a member of the bank- ing-house of J. S. Morgan & Co. Mr. Peabody was mainly educated in Eng- land. He first attended Cheltenham Col- lege, and from this went to Cambridge in 1876, where he was matriculated a mem- ber of Trinity College, from which he re- ceived the degree of LL. B. in 18S0, and the degree of LL. M. in 1884. Mr. Peabody returned to this country in 1880, and entered the house of Lee, Hig- ginson & Co., founded by his maternal grandfather. Later, having become inter- ested in the work of the Protestant Epis- copal church, of which he became a com- municant, he determined to enter the ministry, and in accordance with his reso- lution, he began his studies at the Episco- pal theological school in Cambridge, from which he was graduated in 1884, receiving the degree of B. D. On the same day, June 18, he was ordained to the diaconate by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin H. Paddock, D. D., Bishop of Massachusetts. Previous to this, in 1882, he had gone to Arizona, where he engaged for a short time in missionary work. Under his care and direction, a parish was organized and a church built in Tombstone, Arizona, at that time one of the principal mining towns of that territory. Having completed the work which he had undertaken, he now returned to the East and resumed his studies in Cambridge. Deeply interested in educational work, he established the school for boys at Groton, in 1884. In this work he has been emi- nently successful. Mr. Peabody was married, June 18, 1885, to his cousin, Fannie, daughter of Francis Peabody, of Danvers. They have one son : Malcolm, bom June 12, 1888. PEASE, ALVIN FOWLER, son of Wil- liam and Emily (Fowler) Pease, was born in Oswego, Oswego county, N. Y., April 10, 1852. He is a descendant in the ninth genera- tion from Robert Pease, who came to Bos- ton from England in 1634, and from Wil- liam Fowler, who came from England in 1637. The district schools gave him his early education, fitting him for the Oswego high school, from which he was graduated Feb- ruary 4, 1869. He finished preparation for college under private tutors, and at the University grammar school, Provi- dence, R. I., entered Brown University in 187 1, was graduated in 1875, and in 1878 received the degree of A. M. He had begun commercial life as book- keeper for Bond & McCollom, lumber dealers, Oswego, N. Y., before entering col- lege life, but remained here only two years, his tastes leading him into other paths of usefulness. After graduating he took up the profession of teaching, for which he had been preparing during the last years of his college life. He was principal of the Warren (R. I.) high school from May, 1S75, to September, 1879, and princi- pal of the Pawtucket (R. I.) high school five years, beginning September, 1879. He was superintendent of schools in Paw- tucket, from 1884 to '88, and principal of the St. Albans (Vt.) Academy from Janu- ary to June of the latter year. He is at present superintendent of schools in North- ampton. Mr. Pease was married in Pawtucket, R. I., July 6, 1882, to Mary Belle Clark. The children of this union are : Harold Alvin (deceased), Irving Clifton, and Edith Belle Pease. Mr. Pease was president of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction two years, 1885 -'86, and secretary of the Rhode Island Baptist Social Union from 1881 to '88. He is president of the Baptist Young People's Association, Northampton. PEASE, Richard Luce, was born in Edgartown, Dukes county, August 31, 1814. He received his early education in the public and private schools of his native town. He began to teach school in his twenty-first year, and continued that occupation successfully for about twenty years.
