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- !SOURCE: GEDCOM file sent by C.J. Olney to Weldon Whipple, 16 Apr 2002. Cites Peckham biography as recorded in Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut; Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families (Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1903), p. 15-17.
!BIOGRAPHY: "Dr. Fenner H. Peckham is a Republican in political faith. His religious connections, like those of his family, are with the Episcopal Church. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., affiliating with Whatcheer Lodge, and also unites with the Loyal Legion, Massachusetts Commandery; Rodman Post, G.A.R., the Squantum Club; the University Club; the West Side Club (former president); the Central Club; and the Agawam Hunt and Long Meadow Golf Clubs. He is State commissioner of birds from Providence county, R.I., and chairman of the commission and member of the Anawan Club. In professional circles he holds membership in the Rhode Island Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and is United States pension examining surgeon. Dr. Peckham is also prominently connected with the mercantile and banking interests of Providence. He is president of the Hope Webbing Company, vice-president of the Providence Telephone Company, director of the Narragansett Electric Lighting Company, Mechanics National Bank, Free Masons Hall Company, Providence & Springfield Railroad Company, and Wood River Branch Railroad Company, and trustee of the Mechanics' Savings Bank." --C.J. Olney
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