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Ball, Jr .; children : i. John, born 1644, mar- ried Sarah Bullard; ii. Mary; iii. Esther ; iv. Sarah, born 1655; v. Abigail, born April 20, 1658. 8. Judith, born in England, married, January 30, 1644-45, Francis Wyman.
(II) Anthony, son of John Peirce, was born in England in 1609, he married in Eng- land, (first) Mary -, and came to Amer- ica previous to his father. He settled in Wa- tertown, where he was admitted freeman Sep- tember 3, 1624. He was the ancestor of near- ly all the families bearing the name afterward, in Watertown, Waltham, Weston, Lincoln, Lexington and Concord. His wife Mary died in 1633, and the same year he married Ann who died January 20, 1682-83. He died May 9, 1678. His will was dated Sep- tember 6, 1671. Children. I. John, married, April 15, 1656, Ruth, daughter of Nathaniel and Alice (Mattocks) Bishop. 2. Mary, born December 28, 1633, died young. 3. Mary, born 1636, married Ralph Read. 4. Jacob, born September 15, 1637. 5. Daniel, born January 1, 1639-40, married Elizabeth
6. Martha, born April 24, 1641. 7. Joseph, see forward. 8. Benjamin, born 1649; mar- ried, January 15, 1677-78, Hannah Brooks. 9. Judith, born July 18, 1650; married, February 16, 1666-67, John Sawin ; died June 20, 1723, in Weston.
(III) Joseph, son of Anthony Peirce, was born probably in 1647. He was admitted a freeman, April 18, 1690. He married (first) Martha -; (second) June 15, 1698, Eliz- abeth, daughter of Frances Kendall, of Wo- burn, and widow of Ephraim Winship, of Cambridge, born in Woburn, January 15, 1652. Children: 1. Joseph, born October 2, 1669; married . (first) May 20, 1688-89, Ruth Holland, born February 17, 1666, died soon after marriage; (second), December 21, 1692. Hannah Munroe (third), August 12, 1736, Mrs. Beriah (Bemis) Child; he died March 12, 1753. 2. Francis, born July 27, 1671, see forward. 3. John, born May 27, 1673; mar- ried, November 5, 1702, Elizabeth Smith; died 1743-44. 4. Mary, born November 26, 1674. 5. Benjamin, born March 25, 1677; married (first) September 7, 1705, Elizabeth, widow of John Hall; (second), May 30, 1714, Hannah (Chesley) Ash. 6. Jacob, born De- cember 25, 1678; married, November 13, 1702, Hannah Lewis; he died December 8, 1739-40; he resided in Weston. 7. Martha, born De- cember 24, 1681, married, May 17, 1705, Wil- liam Whitney. 8. Stephen, born October, 1683; married, September 16, 1708, Abigail
Bemis. 9. Israel, born October 7, 1685 ; mar- ried, January 14, 1717-18, Sarah Holland, of Cambridge, born August 12, 1688. IO. Eliz- abeth, born September 9, 1687; married, Oc- tober 15, 1706, Joseph Bemis.
(IV) Francis, son of Joseph Peirce, was born July 27, 1671. He married, December 17, 1697, Hannah Johnson, of Lexington. He was one of the original members of the Wes- ton church. His will was dated April 18, 1728. Children : I. Francis, born February 14, 1698; married (published) July 23, 1722, Ruth Graves. 2. Hannah, born September 3, 1702, died young. 3. Thomas, born October 4, 1705 ; married, June 5, 1728, Mary Huse. 4. Wil- liam, born May I, 1708, see forward. 5. Mary, born July, 1711, died August, 1711. 6. Jacob, born August 9, 1712; married, June 19, 1735, Mary Chadwick. 7. Ebenezer, baptized and died November, 1714. 8. Hannah, born March 8, 1715-16; married (published) No- vember 5, 1743, Joseph Locke, of Lexington. 9. Jonas, born 1717; married, April 30, 1743, Mary Adams, of Lexington.
(V) William, son of Francis Peirce, born in Weston, May 1, 1708, married, April 18, 1729, Sarah Whitney, born 1707, died Febru- ary 27, 1788. He died June 17, 1779. They resided in Southboro, Hopkinton and Sut- ton. Children : I. Francis, born July 18, 1729; married, December 8, 1759, Lydia Ball, born February 27, 1737; resided in Hopkin- ton. 2. Ebenezer, born February 6, 1731, died unmarried, 1753. 3. William, born December 31, 17 -; married, May 28, 1763, Abigail Walker. 4. Jonathan, born June 10, 1736; see forward. 5. Sarah, born August 30, 1744, died unmarried, in Mendon. 6. Aaron, born August 15, 1746. 7. Hannah, married, Au- gust 6, 1764, Isaac Green, of Mendon. 8. Seth.
(VI) Jonathan, son of William Peirce was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, June 10, 1736. He married, June 14, 1760, Eunice Leathe, of Grafton; (second) February 2, 1764, Mary Goodale, born 1742, died Novem- ber 17, 1808. Jonathan Peirce enlisted in Ed- mund Brigham's company, Colonel Job Cush- ing's regiment, September 1, 1777: discharged November 29, 1777. He died June 22, 1800. Children : I. Jonathan, born June 10, 1765 ; married, July 6, 1788, Phebe Chamberlin. 2. David, married Lavinia Peckham. 3. Wil- liam, married, May 31, 1791, Lydia Lincoln. 4. Eunice, died April 6, 1822 ; married Reuben Walker. 5. Mary, married, May 21, 1789, Jo- seph Park. 6. Amos, married, March 6, 1800,
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Annie Hicks, born June, 1776, died April 13, 1851 ; he died September 12, 1822; he resided in Sutton, on the old Peirce place which he inherited from his father ; he was a cordwain- er and farmer. 7. Ebenezer, died May 2, 1790. 8. Sarah, died 1838; married, March 8, 1798, Timothy Johnson. 9. John, died Jan- uary 9, 1827; married. November 25, 1802, Lucy Carroll, born March 14, 1784. died April 7, 1851 : they resided in Boyleston and owned one of the finest farms in the town. 10. Joel, see forward. II. Jacob, married, 1808, Azu- bah Glazier, born June 5, 1787, died February 3, 1874 ; he was a blacksmith and later a farm- er. 12. Lydia, married Lewis Slocomb. 13. Ezekiel, died August 13, 1865, in Boyleston ; he was a blacksmith by trade, and later owned a fine farm; married, May 1, 1811, Ruth Per- ry, born 1792, died September 10, 1869.
(VII) Joel, son of Jonathan Peirce, born March 31, 1781, married, October 9, 1805, Reconcile Crossman. They resided in Mon- tague. Children: I. Dexter, born March 6, 1806, died July 8, 1860 ; married, October 13, 1829, Mary A. Fisk, born December 23, 1802, died January 14, 1872: children: i. Sarah, born February 1, 1831, married, April 9, 1855, George Field, died February 23, 1859; il. Jane, born June 8, 1832, married, Septem- ber 6, 1854, Orson Morton, died May 22, 1855 : iii. Horace H., born February 25, 1834, died December 8, 1834; iv. Horace H., born October 22, 1835, died November 23, 1835 ; v. Mary, born November 19, 1836; vi. Martha, born May 6, 1839. 2. Candace, born Decem- ber 10, 1809; married Jonathan Carpenter. 3. Betsey, born September 10, 1811 : married, February 22. 1836. Moses Benden. 4. Harri- son, born December 23, 1813: married, May child, Henrietta, born December 15, 1840, 2, 1837, Louisa Dean, born October 18, 1818; married, July 20, 1861, James W. Wentworth. 5. Chauncey, born June 13, 1816, see forward. 6. Scott, born September 3. 1818: married, 1842, Candia Bodman, born 1818, died 1857; ( second) Lavina Shaw ; he died September 10, 1858; they resided in Williamsburg, Massa- chusetts ; child, Belle F., born January 10. 1852, married, January 22, 1873. Don Carlos Newton, of Rockingham, Vermont. 7. Helen, born May 10, 1833, married, 1854, Dorman T. Warren.
(VIH) Chauncey, son of Joel Peirce, was born June 13. 1816, died June 18, 1849. He married (first) November 29, 1837, Jane W. Allen, born November 15, 1819. died Septem- ber 20, 1839; (second) June 18, 1840, Florella
Cooley, born February 20, 1807 (see Cooley, V). They resided in Amherst, Massachu- setts. Children : I. Charles D., born June 15, 1839, died in 1868. 2. Jane W., born Febru- ary 7, 1842, died May 10, 1854. 3. Edwin H., born February 22, 1843; unmarried; resided in Springfield, died in 1877. 4. Ellen M., born February 13, 1845; married Ira A. Harvey. 5. Chauncey H., see forward.
(IX) Chauncey H. Pierce (his way of spelling the name), was born in Amherst, May 16, 1848. He came to Northampton when a boy and attended the public schools there. When twelve years old he began his business career in Marsh's bookstore, and later clerked for five years in Merritt Clark's clothing store on Main street. Subsequently he went into the insurance and real estate business in part- nership with A. Perry Peck, and when the latter retired in 1880 he continued the business in his own name, which he has carried on successfully up to the present time. He has many other business interests, being a direc- tor of the Northampton National Bank, Northampton Electric Light Company, and trustee of the Massachusetts Lighting Com- panies. He is also a trustee of the Academy of Music of Northampton, one of the trust fund committee of the city, and chairman of the board of park commissioners. Before the incorporation of Northampton as a city he served on the last board of town selectmen, and was president of the common council. He was one of those to lay out the city limits. He is a member of the First Church Society. He married, October 13. 1870, Isabella D. Lewis, born November 23. 1848. Children: I. Ma- bel A., born October 16, 1872. 2. Alvin L., born January 15, 1880, died April 8, 1909.
COOLEY Benjamin Cooley, emigrant an- cestor of the Cooley family of New England, with his wife Sarah, was in Springfield (Longmeadow) at a very early period. He was thirteen years se- lectman of Springfield, and served with Miles Morgan and John Pynchon. He died August 17, 1684 ; his wife Sarah died August 23, 1684. Children : 1. Bertha, born September 16, 1643 : married, December 5, 1664, Henry Chapin. 2. Obadiah, September 27, 1646. 3. Eliakin, Jannary 8, 1648; married Hannah Tibbals. 4. Daniel, May 2, 1651, see forward. 5. Sarah, February 27, 1653 ; married, January 4, 1607. Jonathan Morgan. 6. Benjamin, September 1, 1656. 7. Mary, June 22, 1659; married,
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April 21, 1687, Thomas Terry. 8. Joseph, March 6, 1661.
(II) Daniel, son of Benjamin Cooley, was born May 2, 1651, died February 9, 1727. He married. December 8, 1680, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Simon Wolcott, of Windsor, sister of Governor Roger Wolcott; she died January 31, 1708; he married (second), June 17, 1709, Lydia. widow of Jonathan Burt ; she died Jan- uary 21, 1739. Children: I. Benjamin, born October 28, 1681. 2. Daniel, March 23, 1683. 3. Simon, March 6, 1687; see forward. 4. John, February 23, 1689, died May 10, 1761. 5. Thomas, January 23, 1693, died November 13. 1719. 6. Elizabeth, July 23, 1696, married Joshua Field. 7. William August 12, 1698.
(III) Simon, son of Daniel Cooley, was born March 6, 1687. died September 21, 1746. He was one of the forty-first settlers of Sun- derland. His first house lot was No. 20, west side, which he sold in a few years to Captain Ebenezer Billings, and bought the Nathaniel Green lot, No. 8, east side, and there kept a tavern. This is the lot on which the Leonard tavern was kept for many years. He married, May 4, 1709, Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Samuel Gunn ; she died February 14, 1744 ; he married (second) Jerusha, widow of Daniel Russell; she died before March, 1781. His eldest two children were born in Springfield. Children : I. Elizabeth, born January 14, 17II, died young. 2. Abner, born January 22, 1713, died February 1, 1788; married, Oc- tober 4, 1736, Jerusha, daughter of Isaac Graves : she died September 14, 1801. 3. Eliz- abeth, born November 30, 1714; married, March 12, 1746. Joshua Scott. 4. Miriam, born March 14, 1717; married, March IO, 1743, David Hubbard. 5. Simon, born Sep- tember 3, 1720; see forward. 6. Mary, born September 20. 1723, died April 30, 1804 ; mar- ried, November 23, 1744, Jeremiah Nims. 7. Anna, born June 27, 1725 ; married, July 26, 1744, Reuben Scott. 8. Gideon, born October 8, 1727, died October 26, 1727. 9. Lucy, born July 2, 1729, died June 5, 1730. 10. Lucy, born September 23. 1731 ; married, May 23, 1750. Richard Montague. II. Freedom, born March 24, 1734, died September 16, 1801 ; married, November 21, 1751, Zebulon Allen, of Northfield.
(IV) Simon (2), son of Simon (1) Cooley, was born September 3, 1720, died August 10, 1805. He was town clerk of Sunderland many years. He married, October 26, 1752, Bethia, daughter of Aaron and Bethia (Dewey) Ash- ley, of Westfield ; she died July 14, 1808. Chil-
dren : I. Martin, born January 14, 1754; mar- ried, October 9, 1777, Irena, daughter of Cap- tain Caleb Montague ; she died July 24, 1784; (second), December 15, 1784, Rebecca, daugh- ter of Alexander Smith, and widow of Lemuel Childs, of Deerfield ; she died August 29, 1809. He removed to Deerfield; served in the revo- lutionary war. 2. Gideon, born May 21, 1756, died April 12, 1820; married, July 6, 1780, Eunice, daughter of John Rowe ; she died Oc- tober 12, 1835. 3. Weston, born March 2, 1758, died May 14, 1826; married, April 27, 1780, Lucy, daughter of Joseph Field; she died October 25, 1838. 4. Mercy, born Sep- tember 9, 1760; married, July 13, 1780, Mr. Hunt. 5. Ruth, born October 15, 1762 ; mar- ried, December 14, 1786, Spencer Russell. 6. Sarah, born December 30, 1764: married, Oc- tober 8, 1792, Stephen Clary. 7-8. Twin daughters, born March 16, 1767, died March 16 and 19, 1767. 9. Moses, born December 24, 1768, died January 18, 1815 ; married Lu- cretia IO. Israel, born December 26, 1770; see forward. II. Tirzah, born March 7, 1773, married Samuel Hitchcock, of Caze- novia, New York.
(V) Israel, son of Simon (2) Cooley, was born December 26, 1770, died December 30, 1842. He married, February 7, 1793, Martha Morse, born September 8, 1771, died April 5, 1833; both buried at South Amherst. Chil- dren : I. Hannah, born March 10, 17 -; mar- ried a Parker. 2. Polly, born September 29, 17-, married (first) January 12, 1813, Justin Hubbard; (second) John Briggs. 3. Fanny, born July 4, 1798; married John Newton, of Hadley. 4. Martin, born August 8, 1800, died March 4, 1843, at South Amherst. 5. Flor- ella, born February 20, 1807, married Chaun- cey Peirce, of Amherst (see Peirce, VIII). 6. George, born January 30, 1808. 7-8. Al- mira and Elmira, twins, born June 4, 1809. 9. Dwight, born December 4, 1812.
(For preceding generations see John Peirce).
(III) Daniel, son of Anthony PEIRCE Peirce, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, January 1, 1639-
40. He married Elizabeth and settled in Groton, Massachusetts, where five of their children were born. They had to leave on ac- count of the Indian troubles in King Philip's war, and they were in Watertown again in 1681. They joined the church there January 16, 1686. He was a weaver by trade, as well as a farmer. His will was proved in 1723. the year of his death. Children: I. Elizabeth,
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born May 16, 1665, married, October 17, 1684, Isaac Mixer Jr. 2. Daniel, November 28, 1666, married Abigail 3. John, Au- gust 18, 1668, baptized at Watertown, Janu- ary 16, 1686. 4. Ephraim, October 15, 1673, married Mary Whitney. 5. Josiah, May 2, 1675, probably died young. 6. Joseph, De- cember 30, 1678, mentioned below. 7. Abi- gail, January 3, 1681, died unmarried 1723. 8. Hannah, 1685, baptized January 16, 1686. 9. Benjamin, baptized January 16, 1686. 10. Mary, married Scripture.
(IV) Joseph, son of Daniel Peirce, was born December 30, 1678, died in Waltham in 1747. He was a weaver by trade. He served as selectman of Woburn in 1738-39-42. He married, December 30, 1698, Mary Warren, born May 25, 1675, daughter of Captain John Warren, of Watertown. Children: I. Isaac, born September 19, 1700, mentioned below. 2. Mary, February 28, 1702, married, June 24, 1725, Captain Thomas Fiske. 3. Eliza- beth, February 23, 1703, married Phineas Gleason. 4. Sarah, September 1I, 1705, mar- ried - - Allen. 5. Lydia, March 11, 1706. 6. Eunice, February 11, 1708, married, July 2, 1729, Isaac Child. 7. Grace, April 27, IZII. 8. Prudence, August 2, 1713, married Merriam. 9. Lois, January. 21, 1715, married - Muzzey. 10. Ruhamah, Jan- uary 12, 1717, married, August 15, 1758, John Child.
(V) Isaac, son of Joseph Peirce, was born September 19, 1700, died in 1773. He resided in Waltham, where he was selectman in 1744- 45-53. He married, September 7, 1722, Su- sanna Bemis, of Lexington. Children, born in Lexington: I. Josiah, February 13, 1723, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, March 24, 1724, married, January 2, 1748, Ruth White. 3.
Abijah, May 23, 1727, married, September 3, 1751, Thankful Brown. 4. Ephraim, August 12, 1729, married (first), Lydia White; (sec- ond), Mrs. Lydia Parker. 5. Susanna, May 22, 1732. 6. Mary, June 22, 1735, married, April 22, 1757, Moses Harrington. 7. Isaac, March 24. 1738, married. 1764, Hannah Ma- son.
(VI) Josiah, son of Isaac Peirce, was born in Lexington, February 13, 1723, died in 1806. He married, March 14. 1744, Saralı Gale, born November 30, 1726, at Worcester, and settled there. He became one of the most im- portant and influential citizens of Worcester prior to and during the revolution. On March 7, 1774, he was one of the committee of three chosen by the town "to take into consideration
the acts of British parliament for raising rev- enue from the colonies", and in May of the same year he reported instructions to the rep- resentative in the general court by order of the town. He served in the revolution in Cap- tain Timothy Bigelow's company, Colonel Artemas Ward's regiment, April 19, 1775, on the Lexington alarm; and in Captain Jonas Hubbard's company, same regiment, from April to August, 1775. Children: 1. John, born October 12, 1745, married Lydia Jones. 2. Oliver, March 12, 1746, married (first), Abigail Howe; (second), Lydia Gates; (third), Sarah (Gates) Earle. 3. Susannah, October 2, 1747, married, September 15, 1768, Dr. Isaac Cheney ; died January 27, 1821. 4. Sarah, July 26, 1750, married Ste- phens. 5. Josiah, May 7, 1752, married Lu- cretia Bigelow. 6. Mary, April 20, 1754, died April 22, 1754. 7. Molly, December 15, 1755, married, November 21, 1776, Daniel Hey- wood. 8. Joseph, March 6, 1757, married, October 10, 1782, Eleanor Crawford. 9. Lydia, November 28, 1759, married, May 18, 1780, Calvin Glazier. IO. Levi, September 15, 1761, mentioned below. II. Azuba, Sep- tember 25, 1762, married Morse ; (sec- ond), May 30, 1804, Luther Fiske. 12. By- field, January 30, 1764, married (first), Mary Hamilton ; (second), Betsey Small. 13. Abi- jah, September 22, 1765, married, March 30, 1789, Sarah Bond; (second), March 6, 1797, Nancy Gay ; (third), April 25, 1804, Chloe Merrifield. 14. Joel, August 27, 1767, mar- ried Lucy Davis. 15. Hannah, January 7, 1770, married, April 19, 1792, John Ball Jr .; died June 12, 1812. 16. Jervis, November 8, 1771, removed to Springfield, Illinois.
(VII) Levi, son of Josiah Peirce, was born September 15, 1761, and lived in the south part of West Boylston, Massachusetts, on property known later as the Luke Hipsly place in that town. He married, April 9, 1789, Persis Robinson, who died in 1838. She was born in Lexington, and remembered the battle of April 19, 1775. Children : I. John, born January 23, 1790, married Martha Buck. 2. Nancy, August 15, 1792, married Samuel Dor- rison. 3. Levi, October 14, 1794, mentioned below. 4. Josiah, September 13, 1796, mar- ried (first) Sally Merriam: (second), Mrs. Hannalı Walker. 5. Almira, June 24, 1804, married Nathaniel Johnson. 6. Ezra B., February 7. 1807, married, September 14, 1834, Mary S. Bigelow. 7. Persis, August 11, 1800, married Amory Pollard.
(VIII) Levi (2), son of Levi (1) Peirce,
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was born October 14, 1794, died March 24, 1867. He resided in West Boylston where he was a respected citizen. He was a farmer and civil engineer, and held various town of- fices. He was captain of militia, representa- tive to the general court, assessor and select- man of the town. He married (first), De- cember 24, 1818, Polly Merriam, born April 20, 1796, died December 21, 1841. He mar- ried (second), May 26, 1846, Mrs. Roxanna Wilcox. Children : I. George W., born Oc- tober 15, 1819, married (first), Damaris Balch; (second), Mrs. Charlotte A. Carter. 2. William, July 26, 1821, married Eliza Hen- derson. 3. Marcia A., March 20, 1823, mar- ried, November 29, 1843, George Park. 4. Mary, June 16, 1825, died June 26, 1825. 5. Henry, August 27, 1826, married (first), Theresa Adams; (second), Carrie E. Holt. 6. Jane, October 4, 1828, married, March 25, 1845, Leonard Newton. 7. Adelia, February 18, 1831, married, September 14, 1853, Dr. Chauncey A. Wilcox. 8. Levi M., June 21, 1833, mentioned below. 9. James E., Decem- ber 20, 1834, married Eliza Lovell.
(IX) Levi Merriam, son of Levi (2) Peirce, was born in West Boylston, June 21, 1833. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, at Arms Academy, Shel- burne Falls, at an academy at Ft. Edward, New York, and at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, from which he was graduated in the class of 1860. He taught in the state normal school for the western half of Maine for a year, in the Uxbridge high school, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, two years, and in the high school at Chicopee Falls for eight years. He then entered upon a business career and dur- ing the following five years was president of the Arlington Piano Company. In 1874 he engaged in the retail music trade in Spring- field, on Main street, remaining there until his death, April 1, 1908. He was a member of Belcher Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Chicopee Falls. In politics he was a Re- publican, and was a member of South Church, Congregational. Mr. Peirce had traveled ex- tensively, especially in this country while he was engaged in manufacturing. He was a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Springfield. His home was at 247 Union street. He married, April 24, 1862, Mary H. Foster, of Norway, Maine, born July 23, 1839, daughter of William and Calista (Wood) Foster. Children :
I. Leona May Peirce, born August 4, 1863 ; attended the public schools of Springfield,
graduating from the high school, class of 1880; graduated from Smith College, class of 1886; received master's degree in 1893; at- tended Cornell University two years; then took a course at Newham College, Cambridge, England; at that institution Miss Clough, sis- ter of Arthur Hugh Clough, the poet, was principal, and Miss Helen Gladstone, daugh- ter of the Hon. William E. Gladstone, was vice-principal ; upon the death of Miss Clough, Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, sister of Arthur Bal- four, was elected to the chair of principal. Upon her return to the United States, Miss Peirce entered Clark University as a student and remained three and a half years, then spent one year at Yale College, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1899, specializing in mathematics; thesis subject was "On Chain Differentiants." Miss Peirce was for two years president of the College Club of Springfield, and one year president of the West Massachusetts Branch of the As- sociation of Collegiate Alumni. She has been member of the school board since January I, 1905, and is a member of the Women's Club.
2. William Foster Peirce, born at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, February 3, 1868. At the Springfield high school he was prepared for college, entering Amherst at the early age of sixteen. Although he took the classical course, he was greatly interested in natural science, and until his senior year he expected to become a practical chemist. For two sum- mers during his course he attended the Am- herst Summer School, doing laboratory work in science. But in his senior year he elected the study of philosophy with Professor Gar- man, and he discovered a decided taste for philosophy, and determined to make the teach- ing of philosophy his profession. At Amherst he had the honor to be elected to the Senior Scientific Society and to the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and these elections well indicate his all-around scholarship. Being graduated in 1888, he spent a year in business with his father, in which he gained a practical knowl- edge of bookkeeping and much valuable ex- perience. In 1889 he entered for a year the Graduate School of Cornell University for the study of philosophy and economics. His thesis for the degree of M. A. was presented to his alma mater instead of to Cornell. It was a masterly production on the "Methods of In- ducing Introspective Power : one Aspect of the Pedagogics of Psychology". It has since been published as a monograph by the Ohio
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University. After the course at Cornell, Pro- fessor Peirce taught in a boys' boarding school in northern Massachusetts. In January, 1892, he came to the Ohio University at Athens as substitute for the professor of psychology and pedagogy. His work there was so accept- able that the chair of philosophy and ethics was created for him, and he was elected to it. But at the same time he was considering the chair of history and economics in the Univer- sity of Colorado, and the Spencer and Wolfe Professorships of Mental and Moral Philoso- phy at Kenyon. Although of the three posi- tions the one at Kenyon was much the least attractive financially, the high reputation of Kenyon in the east and the fact that it was the college of his church, determined him to come to Gambier. He has steadily grown in the esteem of his colleagues and acquaint- ances. With unusual mental strength and at- tainments he unites unusual loveliness of char- acter and grace of manner. A profound scholar, he is a man of the times, awake to present day interests. In the spring of 1893 he wrote for the University Magazine of New York some elaborate articles on the college, which were published with handsome illustra- tions. Since 1896 he has served as president of Kenyon College. His ideals for the college are high, and his interest in all the depart- ments of the institution is intense. He appre- ciates the purpose and opportunity of Bexley Hall, having himself been ordained to the diaconate in June, 1894, and later to the priesthood.
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