Peaslee grad­u­at­ed from Dart­mouth College in 1863, and short­ly there­af­ter be­came prin­ci­pal of a gram­mar school in Co­lum­bus, Ohio. He moved to Cin­cin­na­ti the next year, where he re­mained in the ed­u­ca­tion field, event­u­al­ly be­com­ing Su­per­in­tend­ent of Schools in 1874. Dur­ing this per­i­od, he al­so stu­died law and grad­u­at­ed from the Cin­cin­na­ti Law School. He held num­er­ous po­si­tions, in­clud­ing pre­si­dent of the Ohio State board of ex­am­in­ers for teach­ers; trust­ee of Mi­a­mi Un­i­ver­si­ty, Ox­ford, Ohio; and dir­ect­or of the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Cin­cin­na­ti. His works in­clude:

• Occasional Vers­es and Sac­red Songs (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Jen­nings & Gra­ham, 1905)

1. Converted to Je­sus