Charles Sexton Pierce, son of Philip and Fanny (Gray), was born Aug. 9, 1823', in Fall River, Mass., where in his early life he was engaged in calico printing, which was then done by hand. In about 1850 he came to North Bridgewater (now Brockton), where he entered the employ of Howard & Clark, the well known furniture manufacturers, with whom he soon acquired a thorough knowledge of the details of cabinetmaking, which trade he continued to follow until his death. He was one of the firm's most reliable and trusted employees. Although of a quiet and retiring nature, Mr. Pierce was outspoken in all matters of moral reform. He was a devout member of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church of Brockton, and an earnest Christian; he was a strong advocate of temperance. In political faith he was an old-line Whig, later becoming a Republican.
Mr. Pierce married Elizabeth Copeland, who was born Oct. 1, 1823, in Fall River, Mass., daughter of Ward Cotton and Martha (Monroe) Copeland. Her father, Ward C. Copeland, was born in Bridgewater, Mass., June 1, 1795, and served in the war of 1812 as a private in Capt. Sears Washburn's company that served at Plymouth in 1814. He was a wood turner and carver by trade, and after following that vocation in various places came to North Bridgewater in 1850 from Bristol, R. I. Mrs. Pierce was also of distinguished old New England ancestry, being a direct descendant in the seventh generation from Lawrence Copeland (I), of Braintree, Mass., who married Lydia Townsend, and was the first of the name in this county, her line of descent being through William and Mary (Bass) Copeland (II); Jonathan and Betty (Snell) Copeland (III); Daniel and Susanna (Ames) Copeland (IV); Deacon Cyrus and Abigail (Dyer) Copeland (V); and Ward Cotton and Martha (Monroe) Copeland (VI). She was also a "Mayflower" descendant, being in the eighth generation from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, whose daughter Ruth Alden married John Bass, of Braintree, and his daughter, Mary Bass, married (first) Christopher Webb Jr., and (second) William Copeland (II). To Charles S. and Elizabeth (Copeland) Pierce were born four children, as follows: Abbie C., born July 24, 1846, married Stanford W. Vincent, of North Bridgewater, where she died in January, 1877; George R., born Aug. 20, 1848, is mentioned below, Susan M., born Feb. 17, 1850, is the widow of Walter O. Packard, of Brockton, where she resides; and Charles S., born Nov. 29, 1851, is mentioned below. The father of the above named children died in North Bridgewater July 29, 1869, aged forty-six years, being survived by the mother, who passed away May 13, 1898, in the seventy-fifth year of her age.
Charles Sexton Pierce, son of Philip and Fanny (Gray), was born Aug. 9, 1823', in Fall River, Mass., where in his early life he was engaged in calico printing, which was then done by hand. In about 1850 he came to North Bridgewater (now Brockton), where he entered the employ of Howard & Clark, the well known furniture manufacturers, with whom he soon acquired a thorough knowledge of the details of cabinetmaking, which trade he continued to follow until his death. He was one of the firm's most reliable and trusted employees. Although of a quiet and retiring nature, Mr. Pierce was outspoken in all matters of moral reform. He was a devout member of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church of Brockton, and an earnest Christian; he was a strong advocate of temperance. In political faith he was an old-line Whig, later becoming a Republican.
Mr. Pierce married Elizabeth Copeland, who was born Oct. 1, 1823, in Fall River, Mass., daughter of Ward Cotton and Martha (Monroe) Copeland. Her father, Ward C. Copeland, was born in Bridgewater, Mass., June 1, 1795, and served in the war of 1812 as a private in Capt. Sears Washburn's company that served at Plymouth in 1814. He was a wood turner and carver by trade, and after following that vocation in various places came to North Bridgewater in 1850 from Bristol, R. I. Mrs. Pierce was also of distinguished old New England ancestry, being a direct descendant in the seventh generation from Lawrence Copeland (I), of Braintree, Mass., who married Lydia Townsend, and was the first of the name in this county, her line of descent being through William and Mary (Bass) Copeland (II); Jonathan and Betty (Snell) Copeland (III); Daniel and Susanna (Ames) Copeland (IV); Deacon Cyrus and Abigail (Dyer) Copeland (V); and Ward Cotton and Martha (Monroe) Copeland (VI). She was also a "Mayflower" descendant, being in the eighth generation from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, whose daughter Ruth Alden married John Bass, of Braintree, and his daughter, Mary Bass, married (first) Christopher Webb Jr., and (second) William Copeland (II). To Charles S. and Elizabeth (Copeland) Pierce were born four children, as follows: Abbie C., born July 24, 1846, married Stanford W. Vincent, of North Bridgewater, where she died in January, 1877; George R., born Aug. 20, 1848, is mentioned below, Susan M., born Feb. 17, 1850, is the widow of Walter O. Packard, of Brockton, where she resides; and Charles S., born Nov. 29, 1851, is mentioned below. The father of the above named children died in North Bridgewater July 29, 1869, aged forty-six years, being survived by the mother, who passed away May 13, 1898, in the seventy-fifth year of her age.
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