Background
John Jay Pearce was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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John Pearce
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Career
He joined the Baltimore Conference and served as pastor at Warriors Mark, Jersey Shore, and Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Pearce was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1856.
He served as a pastor in various localities until he retired to Lock Haven in 1888.
He moved to Conneaut, Ohio, where he died in 1912. Interment in Highland Cemetery in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.
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Born
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Died
March 26, 1912 (aged 86) -
Nationality
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Political Party
Opposition party