CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


To the Plan Administrative Committee
Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Marietta, Ohio


We consent to incorporation by reference of our report dated May 15, 2001
relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits of Peoples
Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years
then ended, which appears in Peoples Bancorp Inc.'s Form 11K for 2000.



                       By: /S/ HARMAN, THOMPSON, MALLORY & ICE, A.C.









Parkersburg, West Virginia
May 30, 2001