Erasmus Peck holds the distinction of being the only congressman who lived in Perrysburg.
Erasmus Peck holds the distinction of being the only congressman who lived in Perrysburg.

By Richard Baranowski

It was Perrysburg’s good fortune that a man named Erasmus Peck found his way to our dear old village. No ordinary man, he was a Perrysburg pioneer doctor. If the name sounds familiar, it is probably relative to the cholera epidemic. His commanding influence and medical acumen helped the village survive this death-dealing scourge during the 1854 summer of horrors.

His heroic wor…