

                             Exhibit 24
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                          POWER OF ATTORNEY
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        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of PEOPLES BANCORP INC., an Ohio corporation, which is about to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-8 for the registration of certain of its securities, including
Common Shares, for offering and sale pursuant to the Deferred Compensation
Plan for Directors of Peoples Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries, as amended,
hereby constitutes and appoints Robert E. Evans and Charles R. Hunsaker, and
each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any
and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
11th day of December, 1997.

/s/ BARTON S. HOLL                       
    Barton S. Holl

/s/ NORMAN J. MURRAY
    Norman J. Murray

/s/ THOMAS C. VADAKIN                   
    Thomas C. Vadakin

/s/ PAUL T. THEISEN
    Paul T. Theisen
              
/s/ JOSEPH H. WESEL                      
    Joseph H. Wesel

/s/ ROBERT E. EVANS
    Robert E. Evans

/s/ WILFORD D. DIMIT                     
    Wilford D. Dimit

/s/ REX E. MAIDEN
    Rex E. Maiden

/s/ GEORGE W. BROUGHTON
    George W. Broughton                 


                           POWER OF ATTORNEY
                           -----------------

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of PEOPLES BANCORP INC., an Ohio corporation, which is about to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement
on Form S-8 for the registration of certain of its securities, including
Common Shares, for offering and sale pursuant to the Deferred Compensation
Plan for Directors of Peoples Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries, as amended,
hereby constitutes and appoints Robert E. Evans and Charles R. Hunsaker, and
each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any
and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
11th day of December, 1997.


/s/ JEFFREY D. WELCH
    Jeffrey D. Welch

/s/ JOHN W. CONLON
    John W. Conlon









