Background
Peabody, Frederick William was born on June 6, 1862 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of of Enoch Wood and Cornelia (Marshall) P.
Peabody, Frederick William was born on June 6, 1862 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of of Enoch Wood and Cornelia (Marshall) P.
Student Polytechnic and Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, and Columbia. Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, Columbia Law School, 1888.
Admitted to New York bar, 1888, and began practice as member Peabody, Baker & Peabody, New York City. Retired 1912.
Served as counsel for sons of Mary Baker Eddy in suit against Mistress Eddy. Founder, 1927, and managing director American Association Favoring Reconsideration of the War Debts.
Married Anna G. May, September 21, 1893. Married second, Frances R. Bliss, of Halifax, Nova Scoti, March 17, 1910. Children: Mary May (Mistress J. Leslie Hotson), Helen Peabody.