. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ephens Episcopal Church of ^Middleburj-, Vt. 1852] SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS. 519 EDWARD BAGLEY MERRILL, A. M. Edward B. Merrill, son of Edward and Mary (Converse) Merrill, wasborn in New Bedford, Mass., January 23, He prepared for college atthe Phillips Exeter Academy and en- ~~~ - tered the University in 1849, remainingtwo years; entered Bowdoin Collegein 1853 and graduated A. B., in 1857,and in 1860. He studied law in the office ofHon. W. W. Crapo, New Bedford,, and at the Harvard Law
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ephens Episcopal Church of ^Middleburj-, Vt. 1852] SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS. 519 EDWARD BAGLEY MERRILL, A. M. Edward B. Merrill, son of Edward and Mary (Converse) Merrill, wasborn in New Bedford, Mass., January 23, He prepared for college atthe Phillips Exeter Academy and en- ~~~ - tered the University in 1849, remainingtwo years; entered Bowdoin Collegein 1853 and graduated A. B., in 1857,and in 1860. He studied law in the office ofHon. W. W. Crapo, New Bedford,, and at the Harvard LawSchool; was admitted to the NewYork City bar, in May, 1860, andhas practiced his profession in Ni\\York City to date. He has writ tinmany articles for genealogical amihistorical publications. He is amember of the 0 B K BowdoinCollege; New York University Club;New York Prison Association; NewYork Colonization Society. He was married September 12,1861, to Mary Elizabeth Gibbs, ofNew Bedford, Mass. One child wasborn to them, Edward Gibbs, bornJune 20, 1875, Columbia College, Edward Bagley Merrill. PEVERIL STEDMAN PEAKE. Peveril S. Peake, son of Royal Willis and Jane Ann (Holly) Peake, wasborn in Bristol, Vt., in 1832, and died in Maplewood, 111., in 1874. He preparedfor college at the Troy Conference Academy, Poultney, Vt., and entered theUniversity in 1848, remaining two years. He graduated from Captain Par-tridges School in 1851. He intended to follow civil engineering; but, owing topoor health, he was forced to change his plans. Soon after leaving the University, he went to Augusta, Ga.; but, after ashort residence in that city, returned North and located in Middlebury, Vt.,where he served as teller in the Bank of Middlebury until 1855. He was chosencashier of the Bank of Milwaukee in this last year, and removed to that health failing, he resigned his position in 1860, and returned to a fine farm at Larabees Point on Lake Chami)lain, where he
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