EXHIBIT 32
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                 PEOPLES BANCORP INC. ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
                     FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003

                           SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATIONS


         In connection with the Annual Report of Peoples Bancorp Inc. ("Peoples
Bancorp") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Robert E. Evans, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Peoples Bancorp, and I, John W. Conlon, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
of Peoples Bancorp, certify, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18
of the United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
               or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
               material respects, the financial condition and results of
               operations of Peoples Bancorp.


Date:  March 8, 2004           /s/ ROBERT E. EVANS
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                                   Robert E. Evans
                                   Chairman of the Board, President
                                   and Chief Executive Officer



Date:  March 8, 2004           /s/ JOHN W. CONLON
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                                   John W. Conlon
                                   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer



* This certification is being furnished as required by Rule 13a-14(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Section 1350 of Chapter
63 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and shall not be deemed "filed" for
purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability
of that Section. This certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act,
except as otherwise stated in such filing.