Peabody, George Foster (1852-1938)

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American Neutral Conference Committee

George Foster Peabody to Jane Addams, May 19, 1908

Statement Against Expanding the Navy, January 15, 1909 (summary)

Thirty Reasons Why Our Navy Should Not Be Enlarged, January 15, 1909

Jane Addams et al. to William Howard Taft, December 30, 1911

George Foster Peabody to Jane Addams, August 23, 1915

George Foster Peabody to Jane Addams, April 5, 1921

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, December 27, 1911

Hamilton Holt, Fannie Fern Phillips Andrews, & Frederick Lynch to Jane Addams, July 23, 1915

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, September 29, 1915

Report of State Dinner, December 12, 1916

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 1917

General Committee on the Limitation of Armament Declaration and Membership, November 1921

Samuel McCune Lindsay to George Foster Peabody, September 13, 1912

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Birth Date

1852-07-27

Death Date

1938-03-04

Birthplace

Columbus, Georgia

Biographical Text

George Foster Peabody attended Deer Hill Institute in Danbury, Connecticut for a few months, before his family moved to Brooklyn, New York, due to becoming impoverished during the Civil War. Peabody began working as an errand boy during the day, as well as getting involved with the Reformed Church in Brooklyn Heights, where he met banker Spencer Trask. In 1881, Peabody joined the firm Spencer Trask & Company, where he handled their railroad investments. He worked his way up and became a director for numerous corporations, including the Edison Electric Company, which became the General Electric Company in 1892, where Peabody became a member of the board of directors. In 1906, he retired from business and involved himself with public service, supporting a single tax, free trade, women's suffrage and government ownership of railroads. He was director of the General Education Board, treasurer of the Southern Education Board, and on the boards of trustees of the American Church Institute for Negroes, Hampton University, Tuskegee University, the University of Georgia, and the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He also helped organize the Young Men's Democratic Club of Brooklyn, but later became more moderate and was part of the executive committee of the Indianapolis Monetary Convention. In addition, Peabody served as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and was an unofficial counselor for various government officials. In 1901, he donated land for Peabody Park at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1910 he became the chairman of the state commission that purchased and conserved the spa in Saratoga Springs. In 1917 Peabody became the chairman of the American Neutral Conference Committee.

Peabody married Katrina Trask in 1920. In 1926, he adopted a daughter, Marjorie P. Waite. Peabody died in 1938.

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DeLora, Renee

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Male

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1911

Bibliography and Links

Neutral Conference Appeals to Germans, Sioux City Journal, December 30, 1916, p. 1.

New Georgia Encyclopedia

SNAC

Wikipedia

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“Peabody, George Foster (1852-1938),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3727.