Hawthorne, Julian, Ed. "The History of Washington: The Evergreen State from Early Dawn to Daylight." New York, American Historical Publishing Co., 1893. p. 684. PECK, M. RAY, physician and surgeon, of Kettle Falls, Wash., was born in Wallace, Steuben County, N. Y., the son of Marcus A. Peck, a dry-goods merchant and a native of Massachusetts, and Lucinda M. Jones, born in Empire State. Young Peck was educated at the Canistco Academy, New York, where he remained until he reached the age of eighteen. He then entered the Universty Medical College, graduating in April, 1890, and began the practice of his profession at Greenwood, N. Y. After a few months, however, he removed to Kettle Falls, wash., investing considerably in city property there and returning to the practice of medicine, which he still continues. The walls of Dr. Peck's office are adorned with diplomas, evidences of scholastic triumphs in the fields of physical diagnosis, microscopy, etc. He is a young man of undoubted ability in his profession, and gathering an increasing clientage in the arena of his choice. Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.