Frederick Coffin  PEACH

FREDERICK COFFIN PEACH— An outstanding figure in the present day activities in Berkshire County is Frederick Coffin Peach, who is prominent as a leader in financial circles and represents the internationally famous firm of Kidder, Peabody & Company in this district. Mr. Peach is a man of definite and tested ability, and in his steady rise to his present prominence he has won countless friends.

The Peach family is an old one in the State of Massachusetts, having been represented in this colony as early as 1649. John Peach, who was born in 1612, settled in Marblehead in 1648, where he died in 1679. In direct descent of the pioneer line. General Benjamin F. Peach, Mr. Peach's father, was a noted figure in military affairs of the State of Massachusetts for many years. In the Civil War he served in every service of the 8th Massachusetts Infantry through the grades of first sergeant, first lieutenant, adjutant and colonel. After the war he was active in the Massachusetts National Guard

Name Frederic C Peach
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Residence Lynn city, Essex, Massachusetts
Birth Date Oct 1880
Birthplace Massachusetts
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Father Name Benjamin F Peach
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Father Birthplace Massachusetts
Mother Name Adelaide L C Peach
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Race or Color (expanded) White
Head-of-household Name Benjamin F Peach
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Enumeration District 0365
Sheet Number and Letter 15A
Household ID 310
Reference Number 48
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Parent Benjamin F Peach M
Parent Adelaide L C Peach F
Mabel A Peach F
Frederic C Peach M
A. Louise Peach F
Mary Carney F
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Frederick Coffin Peach
226 High St., Pittsfield, Mass
b. Oct 17, 1880
banker, own business
North St., Pittsfield
nearest relative - Dora Peach, 226 High St. Pittsfield
medium height, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair
September 12, 1918

Name Frederick C Peach
Residence Precinct B Pittsfield City 4, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Estimated Birth Year 1880
Age 40
Birthplace Massachusetts
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Race W
Marital Status Widowed
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Film Number 1820680
Digital Folder Number 4301046
Image Number 00829
Sheet Number 13
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Frederick C Peach M 40y
Child Sallie Peach F 8y
Child Louise Peach F 6y
Josephine H Bly F 70y
May F Purcell F 34y

Frederick C Peach of Lenox Dies at 83

Frederick Coffin Peach, 83, of Lenox, long a prominent figure in the investment field in Berkshire County, died yesterday in a Lenox nursing home.

A native of Lynn, he entered the employ of Kidder-Peabody brokerage firm in Boston immediately after his graduation from Lynn Classical School. In 1915 he moved to Pittsfield and established the F. C. Peach Investment Co., which acted as correspondent for Kidder Peabody. He later also acted as agent for the G. M. P. Murphy, Reynolds and Co. and Goodbody Co.

He was an active member of the Unitarian Church and had been a member of the Unitarian League Council; belonged to the Sons of the American Revolution and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He was past president of Pittsfield Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce, was a director of the former Third National Bank and the Morris Plan Bank; was vice-president of the Berkshire County Tuberculosis Assn., was on the investment board of the