Richard Augustus Peabody

Biography

Richard Augustus Peabody, who lived from 1860 to 1910, knew the quiet rhythms of a community maturing in the years between war and modernity and remained close to the rolling expanse of Forest Lawn Cemetery that now keeps his memory.

Friends and kin remember him for a calm steadiness and a hearty willingness to listen, qualities that offered comfort and encouragement to those who crossed his path.