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  0001021210
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000318300
  Peoples Bancorp Inc.
  000-16772
  138 Putnam Street
  P.O. Box 738
  Marietta
  OH
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  7403733155
  Carol Schneeberger
  Director
  Common Shares
  Raymond James
  880 Carillion Parkway
  St Petersburg
  FL
  33716
  1000
  30000
  35370363
  08/08/2023
  NASDAQ
  Common Shares
  05/21/2018
  Div Rein
  Carol Schneeberger
  N
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  Cash
  Y
  08/08/2023
  04/28/2023
  Carol Schneeberger