EXHIBIT 24


                               Powers of Attorney


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
officers and/or directors 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 Common Shares for offering and
sale pursuant to the Peoples Bancorp Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan 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, each of the undersigned has hereunto set
his hand this 11th day of April, 2002.


/s/Robert E. Evans                              /s/Robert W. Price
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Robert E. Evans                                 Robert W. Price

/s/George W. Broughton                          /s/Paul T. Theisen
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George W. Broughton                             Paul T. Theisen

/s/ Carl Baker, Jr.                             /s/Thomas C. Vadakin
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Carl Baker, Jr.                                 Thomas C. Vadakin

/s/ Frank L. Christy                            /s/Joseph H. Wesel
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Frank L. Christy                                Joseph H. Wesel

/s/ Wilford D. Dimit                            /s/John W. Conlon
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Wilford D. Dimit                                John W. Conlon

/s/Rex E. Maiden                                /s/Gary L. Kriechbaum
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Rex E. Maiden                                   Gary L. Kriechbaum