Exhibit 24
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                            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. 1998 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 9th day of April, 1998.


/s/ ROBERT E. EVANS
    Robert E. Evans

/s/ PAUL T. THEISEN
    Paul T. Theisen

/s/ GEORGE W. BROUGHTON
    George W. Broughton

/s/ THOMAS C. VADAKIN
    Thomas C. Vadakin

/s/ WILFORD D. DIMIT
    Wilford D. Dimit

/s/ JOSEPH H. WESEL
    Joseph H. Wesel

/s/ BARTON S. HOLL
    Barton S. Holl

/s/ JEFFREY D. WELCH
    Jeffrey D. Welch

/s/ REX E. MAIDEN
    Rex E. Maiden

/s/ JOHN W. CONLON
    John W. Conlon

/s/ NORMAN J. MURRAY
    Norman J. Murray