Background
Pierce was born in Southbury, Conn, September, 1794. His father was Samuel Pierce, and his mother Martha, daughter of Robert Edmond, from Ireland.
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Education
He graduated from Yale College in 1816.
Career
He entered on his new duties in the next month, and remained in office twenty one years. After his resignation his residence continued in Hudson, till his sudden death, May 27, 1871. Doctor Pierce was married, December 1, 1824, to Mission Susan Rockwell, daughter of Martin Rockwell, of Colebrook, Connecticut, who survived him.
Doctor Pierce received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Middlebury College in 1838.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
Membership
After graduation, he taught in Fairfield (Conn) Academy for two years, and was for the next three years a member of Andover Theological Seminary.
