Person:Stephen Peet (2)

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IIV P PEET, Stephen Denison, archæologist, was born in Euclid, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1830; son of Stephen and Martha (Denison) Peet; grandson of Elijah and Betsey (Leavenworth) Peet and of Amos and Hannah (Williams) Denison, and a descendant from Capt. George Denison of the King Philip war, and from John (1597-1678) and Sarah (Osborne) Peet. He was graduated from Beloit college, A.B., 1851, A.M., 1854, Ph.D. 1896; studied theology at the Yale Divinity school, 1851-53, and was graduated from Andover Theological seminary in 1854. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry in February, 1855, and was pastor at Genessee, Wis., 1855-57; New London, Wis., 1857-59; Fox Lake, Wis., 1860-63; Racine, Wis., 1864-65; Elkhorn, Wis., 1865-66; New Oregon, Iowa, 1866-68; Chatham, Ohio, 1869-72; Ashtabula, Ohio, 1873-76; Clinton, Wis., 1879-88, and Mendon, Ill., 1888-92. He removed to Chicago 1897. He was elected a member of the American Oriental society; the American Antiquarian society; the Victoria Institute of Great Britain; the American Historical society; the American Numismatic society of New York, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He founded and edited the American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, 1879-1902; published the Oriental and Biblical Journal in 1881, and is the author of: The Ashtabula Disaster (1879); History of Ashtabula County, Ohio (1879); History of Early Missions in Wisconsin (1886); Religious Belief of the Aborigines of North America (1886); Myths and Symbols (1887); Emblematic Mounds and Animal Effigies (1890); The Mound Builders; Their Works and Relics (1892); History of the Explorations in the Mississippi Valley (1896); Cliff Dwellers and Pueblos (1899); Ancient Monuments and Ruined Cities (1902). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography page 730 PEET, STEPHEN DENISON, clergyman, anthropologist, author, was born Dec. 2, 1830, in Euclid, Ohio. He is a congregational minister, eminent as an anthropologist; and the author of The Ashtabula Disaster; History of Ashtabula County, Ohio; Ancient Architecture in America; History of Early Missions in Wisconsin; Picture Writing; Primitive Symbolisms; and The Effigy Mounds of Wisconsin.