Background
Peirce, Bradford Kinney was born on February 3, 1819 in Royalton, Vermont, United States. Son of Thomas C. and Sally (Kinne) Peirce.
Peirce, Bradford Kinney was born on February 3, 1819 in Royalton, Vermont, United States. Son of Thomas C. and Sally (Kinne) Peirce.
Graduate Wesleyan University, 1841.
Admitted on trial to New England Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1842, ordained deacon, 1844, elder, 1846. Editor Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Messenger, 1847-1850. Agent for American Sunday School Union, 1850-1856.
Member Massachusetts Senate, 1855.
A founder, trustee, superintendent, chaplain Massachusetts Industrial School, Lancaster, 1856-1862. Chaplain House of Refuge, Randall’s Island, New York, 1863-1872.
Editor Zion’s Herald, Methodist weekly, Boston, 1872-1889. Trustee Boston University, Wellesley College Author: The Eminent Dead, or the Triumphs of Faith in the Dying Hour, 1846.
Notes on the Acts of the Apostles, 1848.
Life in the Woods, or the Adventures of Audubon, 1863. Trials of an Inventor. Life and Discoveries of Charles Goodyear, 1866.
The Word of God Opened, 1868.
A Half Century with Juvenile Delinquents, 1869.
Member Massachusetts Senate, 1855.
Married Harriet West. Thompson, August 5, 1841, 4 children.