Dr. George E. Pierce D.D. was a past president of W. R. College. He was age 76 at the time of his death.
George Edmond Pierce was born in Southbury, Conn., Sept. 9th, 1794. His father was Samuel Pierce, and his mother Martha, daughter of Robert Edmond, from Ireland.
After graduation, he taught in Fairfield (Conn.) Academy for two years and was for the next three years a member of Andover Theol. Seminary. He was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Harwinton, Conn., July 10th, 1822, and continued so until June 1834, when he was dismissed to accept the Presidency of the Western Reserve College, in Hudson, Ohio. 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 27th, 1871.
Dr. Pierce was married, Dec. 1st, 1824, to Miss Susan Rockwell, daughter of Martin Rockwell, of Colebrook, Conn., who now survives him. They had five sons and one daughter: one son died in infancy, and three of the other sons graduated at Western Reserve College.
(Yale Alumni Obituary Manuscripts)
Dr. Pierce received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Middlebury College in 1838.
Dr. George E. Pierce D.D. was a past president of W. R. College. He was age 76 at the time of his death.
George Edmond Pierce was born in Southbury, Conn., Sept. 9th, 1794. His father was Samuel Pierce, and his mother Martha, daughter of Robert Edmond, from Ireland.
After graduation, he taught in Fairfield (Conn.) Academy for two years and was for the next three years a member of Andover Theol. Seminary. He was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Harwinton, Conn., July 10th, 1822, and continued so until June 1834, when he was dismissed to accept the Presidency of the Western Reserve College, in Hudson, Ohio. 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 27th, 1871.
Dr. Pierce was married, Dec. 1st, 1824, to Miss Susan Rockwell, daughter of Martin Rockwell, of Colebrook, Conn., who now survives him. They had five sons and one daughter: one son died in infancy, and three of the other sons graduated at Western Reserve College.
(Yale Alumni Obituary Manuscripts)
Dr. Pierce received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Middlebury College in 1838.
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