J. M. Peebles - Revision history

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	* '''''Spirit mates, their origin and destiny, sex-life, marriage, divorce'''''. With Robert Peebles Sudall. Battle Creek (Mich.): Peebles' publishing company, [c1909]. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100133047 Hathitrust].		* '''''Spirit mates, their origin and destiny, sex-life, marriage, divorce'''''. With Robert Peebles Sudall. Battle Creek (Mich.): Peebles' publishing company, [c1909]. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100133047 Hathitrust].
	* '''''Proofs of Immortality; Its Naturalness, Its Possibilities, and Now-a-day Evidences'''''. Los Angeles, Cal.: Peebles Publishing co., 1914. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006560787 Hathitrust].		* '''''Proofs of Immortality; Its Naturalness, Its Possibilities, and Now-a-day Evidences'''''. Los Angeles, Cal.: Peebles Publishing co., 1914. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006560787 Hathitrust].
			* '''''The First General Epistle'''''. Pamphlet. "Of Dr. Peebles to the preachers and members of the 'Anti-Spiritualist Convention.'"
			* '''''Spiritualism Defined and Defended'''''. Pamphlet. "Being an introductory lecture delivered in the Temperance Hall, Melbourne, Australia.
			* '''''The Pros and Cons of Spiritualism'''''. "Dr. Henry A. Hart ''versus'' Dr. J. M. Peebles. 20 pages. Pamphlet.

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	* '''''Nihilism, Socialism, Shakerism, Which?'''''. Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.: s.n., 1890.		* '''''Nihilism, Socialism, Shakerism, Which?'''''. Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.: s.n., 1890.
	* '''''Magic'''''. Pamphlet. "One of the series of lectures delivered by Dr. Peebles before the medical class of the College of Science in San Francisco."		* '''''Magic'''''. Pamphlet. "One of the series of lectures delivered by Dr. Peebles before the medical class of the College of Science in San Francisco."
			* '''''Critical Review'''''. Pamphlet. "Of Rev. Dr. P. E. Kipp's Sunday night Sermons against Spiritualism."
			* '''''Hell'''''. Pamphlet. "A critical review of Rev. Dr. P. E. Kipp's sermon upon 'What and Where is Hell?.'"
			* '''''The Soul and its Pre-existent State: Is Reincarnation True?'''''. Pamphlet.
			* '''''Ingersollism or Chirstianity, Which?'''''. Pamphlet.
			* '''''The Third Journey Around the World, studying nations, races and their religions, in search of truth'''''. "Describes the Brahmins, Buddhists, Parsees, Fakirs, Magicians, Child Marriage, Theosophy, The Plague, The Famine, etc.
			* '''''How Not to Die; Immortality on Earth'''''. 200 pages. "For sale at the 'Banner of Light' office, Boston, Mass."

	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

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	* '''''Three Journeys around the World, or, Travels in the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, India, Egypt and Other Oriental Countries'''''. Boston: Banner of Light Publishing Co., 1898. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011213398 Hathitrust].		* '''''Three Journeys around the World, or, Travels in the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, India, Egypt and Other Oriental Countries'''''. Boston: Banner of Light Publishing Co., 1898. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011213398 Hathitrust].
	* '''''Nihilism, Socialism, Shakerism, Which?'''''. Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.: s.n., 1890.		* '''''Nihilism, Socialism, Shakerism, Which?'''''. Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.: s.n., 1890.
			* '''''Magic'''''. Pamphlet. "One of the series of lectures delivered by Dr. Peebles before the medical class of the College of Science in San Francisco."

	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

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	== Theosophical Society involvement ==		== Theosophical Society involvement ==

	Dr. Peebles is thought to have joined the [[Theosophical Society]] in 1878 or 1879, but the official Adyar membership records give the date of October 31, 1894.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 11864 (website file: 1D/60).</ref> Apparently he came to know [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Colonel Olcott]] in October 1874 ~~at the Eddy farmhouse~~ in Chittenden, Vermont, where all of them were investigating the [[Spiritualism\|spiritualist]] [[phenomena]] of the Eddy brothers.<ref>Henry Steel Olcott. ''People from the Other World'' (Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. Co., 1875), 308-309.</ref> He would have been able to visit the [[Founders]] in New York easily by rail from Hammonton, New Jersey, where he lived in the 1870s. Peebles remained a member until 1905, but he was reinstated as a life member by [[A. P. Warrington]] in 1919.<ref>Peebles, J. M. Membership Record Cards microfilm roll 6. Theosophical Society in America Archives. Exact date of original membership not given.</ref>		Dr. Peebles is thought to have joined the [[Theosophical Society]] in 1878 or 1879, but the official Adyar membership records give the date of October 31, 1894.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 11864 (website file: 1D/60).</ref> Apparently he came to know [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Colonel Olcott]] in person in October 1874 in Chittenden, Vermont, where all of them were investigating the [[Spiritualism\|spiritualist]] [[phenomena]] of the Eddy brothers.<ref>Henry Steel Olcott. ''People from the Other World'' (Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. Co., 1875), 308-309.</ref> He would have been able to visit the [[Founders]] in New York easily by rail from Hammonton, New Jersey, where he lived in the 1870s. Peebles remained a member until 1905, but he was reinstated as a life member by [[A. P. Warrington]] in 1919.<ref>Peebles, J. M. Membership Record Cards microfilm roll 6. Theosophical Society in America Archives. Exact date of original membership not given.</ref>

	In 1873 he traveled to Ceylon, and witnessed the '''Panadura''' event in which [[Sumangala\|the Venerable H. Sri Sumangala]] and Mohotiwatta Gunananda debated with Rev. D. da Silva and other Christian missionaries.<ref>Anagarika Dharmapala, "On the Eightfold Path: Memories of an Interpreter of Buddhism to the Present-Day World," ''Asia'' (September, 1927), 723.</ref> Peebles wrote a report of the event that was published in London in 1878. Knowing that [[Henry Steel Olcott]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] would be interested, he sent them a copy of the report. Reading of the debate led Colonel Olcott and Madame Blavatsky to write to Ceylon and eventually to establish strong relationships with the Buddhist community there. In this way, Dr. Peebles had a significant impact on the Buddhist Revival that followed in Ceylon.		In 1873 he traveled to Ceylon, and witnessed the '''Panadura''' event in which [[Sumangala\|the Venerable H. Sri Sumangala]] and Mohotiwatta Gunananda debated with Rev. D. da Silva and other Christian missionaries.<ref>Anagarika Dharmapala, "On the Eightfold Path: Memories of an Interpreter of Buddhism to the Present-Day World," ''Asia'' (September, 1927), 723.</ref> Peebles wrote a report of the event that was published in London in 1878. Knowing that [[Henry Steel Olcott]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] would be interested, he sent them a copy of the report. Reading of the debate led Colonel Olcott and Madame Blavatsky to write to Ceylon and eventually to establish strong relationships with the Buddhist community there. In this way, Dr. Peebles had a significant impact on the Buddhist Revival that followed in Ceylon.

	Madame Blavatsky became a bit aggravated with Dr. Peebles on the grounds that he used the term "Spiritualist" too broadly, and applied it to Buddhists and Dravida Brahmans who actually did not share the same Christian concepts of soul and afterlife underlying Western Spiritualism.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1878_005.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, pp. 169-72"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 290.</ref><ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1877_014.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, p. 83"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 264.</ref>		Madame Blavatsky referred to Peebles' writings in [[Isis Unveiled (book)\|''Isis Unveiled'']]. However, she became a bit aggravated with Dr. Peebles on the grounds that he used the term "Spiritualist" too broadly, and applied it to Buddhists and Dravida Brahmans who actually did not share the same Christian concepts of soul and afterlife underlying Western Spiritualism.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1878_005.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, pp. 169-72"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 290.</ref><ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1877_014.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, p. 83"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 264.</ref>

	In May of 1897, [[Henry Steel Olcott]] travelled with [[Augustus Francis Knudsen\|A. F. Knudsen]] and Dr. Peebles from Ceylon to Adyar. Peebles offered one hundred dollars to support a proposed new building for the Musaeus School for Buddhist girls that Colonel Olcott had founded in 1891.<ref>"Ceylon Letter" ''Lucifer'' 20.118 (June, 1897), 342.</ref> Olcott's diary indicates how comfortable they were in each other's company:		In May of 1897, [[Henry Steel Olcott]] travelled with [[Augustus Francis Knudsen\|A. F. Knudsen]] and Dr. Peebles from Ceylon to Adyar. Peebles offered one hundred dollars to support a proposed new building for the Musaeus School for Buddhist girls that Colonel Olcott had founded in 1891.<ref>"Ceylon Letter" ''Lucifer'' 20.118 (June, 1897), 342.</ref> Olcott's diary indicates how comfortable they were in each other's company:

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	Dr. Peebles is thought to have joined the [[Theosophical Society]] in 1878 or 1879, but the official Adyar membership records give the date of October 31, 1894.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 11864 (website file: 1D/60).</ref> ~~It is not known how~~ he ~~initially~~ came to know [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Colonel Olcott]], ~~but he~~ would have been able to visit New York easily by rail from Hammonton, New Jersey, where he lived in the 1870s. He remained a member until 1905, but he was reinstated as a life member by [[A. P. Warrington]] in 1919.<ref>Peebles, J. M. Membership Record Cards microfilm roll 6. Theosophical Society in America Archives. Exact date of original membership not given.</ref>		Dr. Peebles is thought to have joined the [[Theosophical Society]] in 1878 or 1879, but the official Adyar membership records give the date of October 31, 1894.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 11864 (website file: 1D/60).</ref> Apparently he came to know [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Colonel Olcott]] in October 1874 at the Eddy farmhouse in Chittenden, Vermont, where all of them were investigating the [[Spiritualism\|spiritualist]] [[phenomena]] of the Eddy brothers.<ref>Henry Steel Olcott. ''People from the Other World'' (Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. Co., 1875), 308-309.</ref> He would have been able to visit the [[Founders]] in New York easily by rail from Hammonton, New Jersey, where he lived in the 1870s. Peebles remained a member until 1905, but he was reinstated as a life member by [[A. P. Warrington]] in 1919.<ref>Peebles, J. M. Membership Record Cards microfilm roll 6. Theosophical Society in America Archives. Exact date of original membership not given.</ref>

	In 1873 he traveled to Ceylon, and witnessed the '''Panadura''' event in which [[Sumangala\|the Venerable H. Sri Sumangala]] and Mohotiwatta Gunananda debated with Rev. D. da Silva and other Christian missionaries.<ref>Anagarika Dharmapala, "On the Eightfold Path: Memories of an Interpreter of Buddhism to the Present-Day World," ''Asia'' (September, 1927), 723.</ref> Peebles wrote a report of the event that was published in London in 1878. Knowing that [[Henry Steel Olcott]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] would be interested, he sent them a copy of the report. Reading of the debate led Colonel Olcott and Madame Blavatsky to write to Ceylon and eventually to establish strong relationships with the Buddhist community there. In this way, Dr. Peebles had a significant impact on the Buddhist Revival that followed in Ceylon		In 1873 he traveled to Ceylon, and witnessed the '''Panadura''' event in which [[Sumangala\|the Venerable H. Sri Sumangala]] and Mohotiwatta Gunananda debated with Rev. D. da Silva and other Christian missionaries.<ref>Anagarika Dharmapala, "On the Eightfold Path: Memories of an Interpreter of Buddhism to the Present-Day World," ''Asia'' (September, 1927), 723.</ref> Peebles wrote a report of the event that was published in London in 1878. Knowing that [[Henry Steel Olcott]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] would be interested, he sent them a copy of the report. Reading of the debate led Colonel Olcott and Madame Blavatsky to write to Ceylon and eventually to establish strong relationships with the Buddhist community there. In this way, Dr. Peebles had a significant impact on the Buddhist Revival that followed in Ceylon.

	Madame Blavatsky became a bit aggravated with Dr. Peebles on the grounds that he used the term "Spiritualist" too broadly, and applied it to Buddhists and Dravida Brahmans who actually did not share the same Christian concepts of soul and afterlife underlying Western Spiritualism.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1878_005.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, pp. 169-72"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 290.</ref><ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1877_014.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, p. 83"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 264.</ref>		Madame Blavatsky became a bit aggravated with Dr. Peebles on the grounds that he used the term "Spiritualist" too broadly, and applied it to Buddhists and Dravida Brahmans who actually did not share the same Christian concepts of soul and afterlife underlying Western Spiritualism.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1878_005.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, pp. 169-72"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 290.</ref><ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1877_014.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, p. 83"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 264.</ref>

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	=== Periodicals ===		=== Periodicals ===

	The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=peebles&s=author 15 articles by Peebles]''' and '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=peebles&s=title 10 articles about him]'''. He contributed a great number of articles to virtually all the English-language Spiritualist and Free Thought journals, including ''Light'', ''Harbinger of Light'', ''Golden Gate'', ''The Spiritual Review'', ''The Progressive Thinker'', ''The Spiritualist'', ''The Lyceum Banner'', ''The Occult (Detroit)'', ''Light of Truth'', ''The Messenger (La Courriere)'', ''Reason'', ''Power'', and all the ones he edited. His articles have been reprinted posthumously in such titles as ''The Psychic Observer''.		The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=jm+peebles&s=author 6 articles by JM Peebles]''' and '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=peebles&s=title 10 articles about him]'''. He contributed a great number of articles to virtually all the English-language Spiritualist and Free Thought journals, including ''Light'', ''Harbinger of Light'', ''Golden Gate'', ''The Spiritual Review'', ''The Progressive Thinker'', ''The Spiritualist'', ''The Lyceum Banner'', ''The Occult (Detroit)'', ''Light of Truth'', ''The Messenger (La Courriere)'', ''Reason'', ''Power'', and all the ones he edited. His articles have been reprinted posthumously in such titles as ''The Psychic Observer''.

	He edited several periodicals:		He edited several periodicals:

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	Dr. Peebles is thought to have joined the [[Theosophical Society]] in 1878 or 1879, but the official Adyar membership records give the date of October 31, 1894.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 11864 (website file: 1D/60).</ref> It is not known how he initially came to know [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Colonel Olcott]], but he would have been able to visit New York easily by rail from Hammonton, New Jersey, where he lived in the 1870s. He remained a member until 1905, but he was reinstated as a life member by [[A. P. Warrington]] in 1919.<ref>Peebles, J. M. Membership Record Cards microfilm roll 6. Theosophical Society in America Archives. Exact date of original membership not given.</ref>		Dr. Peebles is thought to have joined the [[Theosophical Society]] in 1878 or 1879, but the official Adyar membership records give the date of October 31, 1894.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 11864 (website file: 1D/60).</ref> It is not known how he initially came to know [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Colonel Olcott]], but he would have been able to visit New York easily by rail from Hammonton, New Jersey, where he lived in the 1870s. He remained a member until 1905, but he was reinstated as a life member by [[A. P. Warrington]] in 1919.<ref>Peebles, J. M. Membership Record Cards microfilm roll 6. Theosophical Society in America Archives. Exact date of original membership not given.</ref>

	In 1873 he traveled to Ceylon, and witnessed the '''Panadura''' event in which [[Sumangala\|the Venerable H. Sri Sumangala]] and ~~[[M. Gunananda\|~~Mohotiwatta Gunananda]] debated with Rev. D. da Silva and other Christian missionaries.<ref>Anagarika Dharmapala, "On the Eightfold Path: Memories of an Interpreter of Buddhism to the Present-Day World," ''Asia'' (September, 1927), 723.</ref> Peebles wrote a report of the event that was published in London in 1878. Knowing that [[Henry Steel Olcott]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] would be interested, he sent them a copy of the report. Reading of the debate led Colonel Olcott and Madame Blavatsky to write to Ceylon and eventually to establish strong relationships with the Buddhist community there. In this way, Dr. Peebles had a significant impact on the Buddhist Revival that followed in Ceylon		In 1873 he traveled to Ceylon, and witnessed the '''Panadura''' event in which [[Sumangala\|the Venerable H. Sri Sumangala]] and Mohotiwatta Gunananda debated with Rev. D. da Silva and other Christian missionaries.<ref>Anagarika Dharmapala, "On the Eightfold Path: Memories of an Interpreter of Buddhism to the Present-Day World," ''Asia'' (September, 1927), 723.</ref> Peebles wrote a report of the event that was published in London in 1878. Knowing that [[Henry Steel Olcott]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] would be interested, he sent them a copy of the report. Reading of the debate led Colonel Olcott and Madame Blavatsky to write to Ceylon and eventually to establish strong relationships with the Buddhist community there. In this way, Dr. Peebles had a significant impact on the Buddhist Revival that followed in Ceylon

	Madame Blavatsky became a bit aggravated with Dr. Peebles on the grounds that he used the term "Spiritualist" too broadly, and applied it to Buddhists and Dravida Brahmans who actually did not share the same Christian concepts of soul and afterlife underlying Western Spiritualism.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1878_005.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, pp. 169-72"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 290.</ref><ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1877_014.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, p. 83"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 264.</ref>		Madame Blavatsky became a bit aggravated with Dr. Peebles on the grounds that he used the term "Spiritualist" too broadly, and applied it to Buddhists and Dravida Brahmans who actually did not share the same Christian concepts of soul and afterlife underlying Western Spiritualism.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1878_005.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, pp. 169-72"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 290.</ref><ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v1/y1877_014.htm "Scrapbook, Vol. IV, p. 83"] ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Volume I'', page 264.</ref>

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Other activities and organizations

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	As Dr. Peebles often said, his interests were eclectic. He organized or joined numerous societies and associations for science, art, health, philosophy and psychic research. These are some of his affiliations:<ref>Title page of ''Buddhism and Christianity Face to Face'', 1878.</ref><ref>"Lives Only Days Short of Century" [obituary] Los Angeles Times'' (February 16, 1922), 21.</ref>		As Dr. Peebles often said, his interests were eclectic. He organized or joined numerous societies and associations for science, art, health, philosophy and psychic research. These are some of his affiliations:<ref>Title page of ''Buddhism and Christianity Face to Face'', 1878.</ref><ref>"Lives Only Days Short of Century" [obituary] Los Angeles Times'' (February 16, 1922), 21.</ref>

	* Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, New Orleans		* Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, New Orleans.
	* Fellow of the Anthropological Society, London.		* Fellow of the Anthropological Society, London.
	* Corresponding Member of the Psychological Society of Great Britain.		* Corresponding Member of the Psychological Society of Great Britain.
	* Corresponding Member of the Archaeology Society of India.		* Corresponding Member of the Archaeology Society of India.
	* President of the California College of Sciences for four years		* President of the California College of Sciences for four years.
	* Founder in 1914 and president of the Peebles College of Science and Philosophy in Los Angeles.		* Founder in 1914 and president of the Peebles College of Science and Philosophy in Los Angeles.
	* Founder of the California Centenarian Club.		* Founder of the California Centenarian Club.
	* President of the California Humanitarian League.		* President of the California Humanitarian League.

	== Writings ==		== Writings ==

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	Dr. Peebles also dabbled in international diplomacy.		Dr. Peebles also dabbled in international diplomacy.
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	He was a member of the Indian Peace Commission which in 1868 settled Indian troubles in the Middle West, and in 1869 he was United States Consul at Trebizond, Turkey. Later he represented the American Arbitration League at the International ~~Peach~~ Conference in Paris [in 1919].<ref>"Lives Only Days Short of Century" [obituary] Los Angeles Times'' (February 16, 1922), 21.</ref>		He was a member of the Indian Peace Commission which in 1868 settled Indian troubles in the Middle West, and in 1869 he was United States Consul at Trebizond, Turkey. Later he represented the American Arbitration League at the International Peace Conference in Paris [in 1919].<ref>"Lives Only Days Short of Century" [obituary] Los Angeles Times'' (February 16, 1922), 21.</ref>
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Personal life

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	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==

	James Martin Peebles, Jr. was born on [[March 23]], 1822 in Whitingham, Vermont to James Martin Peebles and his wife Nancy Brown Peebles, who had about seven children.<ref>U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 for James M Peebles. March 17, 1897.</ref><ref>California, Biographical Index Cards, 1781-1990.</ref>		James Martin Peebles, Jr. was born on [[March 23]], 1822, in Whitingham, Vermont, to James Martin Peebles and his wife Nancy Brown Peebles, who had about seven children.<ref>U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 for James M Peebles. March 17, 1897.</ref><ref>California, Biographical Index Cards, 1781-1990.</ref>

	He early education was at Oxford Academy in Chenango County, New York, ending in 1843. On October 9, 1876 he was awarded a degree at Pennsylvania University of Medicine and Surgery and Philadelphia University.<ref>''Annual Physician Directory, 1899'', California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969.</ref>		His early education was at Oxford Academy in Chenango County, New York, ending in 1843. On October 9, 1876, he was awarded a degree from Pennsylvania University of Medicine and Surgery and Philadelphia University.<ref>''Annual Physician Directory, 1899'', California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969.</ref>

	On May 23, 1852 he married Mary M. Conkey in Canton, New York.<ref>California, Biographical Index Cards, 1781-1990.</ref> Their three children died in infancy. Mary died April 11, 1909 and was buried in New Jersey.<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175448088 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current].</ref>		On May 23, 1852, he married Mary M. Conkey in Canton, New York.<ref>California, Biographical Index Cards, 1781-1990.</ref> Their three children died in infancy. Mary died on April 11, 1909 and was buried in New Jersey.<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175448088 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current].</ref>

	In his later years, Peebles divided his time between Battle Creek, where he still maintained a medical practice and Dr. Peebles Institute of Health, well into his 90s, and Los Angeles. He died in California of a heart valve failure on [[February 15]], 1922, just 36 days before the century mark to which he aspired.<ref>"Lives Only Days Short of Century" [obituary] Los Angeles Times'' (February 16, 1922), 21.</ref>		In his later years, Peebles divided his time between Battle Creek, where he still maintained a medical practice, and Dr. Peebles Institute of Health, well into his 90s, and Los Angeles. He died in California of a heart valve failure on [[February 15]], 1922, just 36 days before the century mark to which he aspired.<ref>"Lives Only Days Short of Century" [obituary] Los Angeles Times'' (February 16, 1922), 21.</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==

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	=== Periodicals ===		=== Periodicals ===

	The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists [~~http~~://~~www.austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl~~?~~search~~=peebles 15 articles] ~~by or~~ about ~~Peebles~~. He contributed a great number of articles to virtually all the English-language Spiritualist and Free Thought journals, including ''Light'', ''Harbinger of Light'', ''Golden Gate'', ''The Spiritual Review'', ''The Progressive Thinker'', ''The Spiritualist'', ''The Lyceum Banner'', ''The Occult (Detroit)'', ''Light of Truth'', ''The Messenger (La Courriere)'', ''Reason'', ''Power'', and all the ones he edited. His articles have been reprinted posthumously in such titles as ''The Psychic Observer''.		The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=peebles&s=author 15 articles by Peebles]''' and '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=peebles&s=title 10 articles about him]'''. He contributed a great number of articles to virtually all the English-language Spiritualist and Free Thought journals, including ''Light'', ''Harbinger of Light'', ''Golden Gate'', ''The Spiritual Review'', ''The Progressive Thinker'', ''The Spiritualist'', ''The Lyceum Banner'', ''The Occult (Detroit)'', ''Light of Truth'', ''The Messenger (La Courriere)'', ''Reason'', ''Power'', and all the ones he edited. His articles have been reprinted posthumously in such titles as ''The Psychic Observer''.

	He edited several periodicals:		He edited several periodicals: