Background
Pearce, Liston Houston was born on May 27, 1838 in near Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Harvey B. and Vilator L. (Houston) Pearce.
Pearce, Liston Houston was born on May 27, 1838 in near Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Harvey B. and Vilator L. (Houston) Pearce.
Student Fort Wayne College, Indiana. B.P., Northwestern University, 1865, Bachelor of Arts, 1866, A.M., 1870. Bachelor of Divinity, Garrett Biblical Institute, Illinois, 1866.
(Doctor of Divinity, Chattanooga U., 1888).
Chaplain 132d Illinois Infantry in Civil War. Entered Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1866. Pastor (Michigan Conference) Otesgo, 1866, Kalamazoo, 1867-1868, Niles, 1869, Centerville, 1870-1871, Grand Rapids, 1872-1874, Battle Creek, 1875-1876, Lansing, 1877, (Virginia Conference) Alexandria, 1878-1880, (Baltimore Conference) Monroe St. Church, Baltimore, 1881-1882, Exeter, 1883-1885, Frederick City, 1886, St. Johns, 1887-1888, (Central New York Conference) Elmira, Hedding, 1889-1892, First Church, Cortland, 1893-1896.
Presiding elder Geneva District, Central New York Conference, 1897-1903. Editor Baltimore Methodist, 1904-1906, Daily Christian Advocate (Baltimore) 1908, Northern Christian Advocate, 1907-1914. Home: Clifton Springs, New York.
Married Jennie M. Wheeler, October 15, 1867 (died 1886). Married second, Mistress.