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词条 Henry B. Pierce
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Family life

     Children 

  3. Military service

  4. Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

  5. Business career

  6. Death

  7. References

  8. External links

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|office = 15th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
|governor = Alexander H. Rice
Thomas Talbot
John Davis Long
Benjamin F. Butler
George D. Robinson
Oliver Ames
John Q. A. Brackett
|predecessor = Oliver Warner
|successor = William M. Olin
|term_start = 1876
|term_end = 1891
|birth_date =August 6, 1841[1]
|birth_place =Duxbury, Massachusetts[1]
|death_date ={{D-da|April 1898|August 1841}}[3][1]
|death_place =Abington, Massachusetts[1]
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|party = Republican Party
|profession =Insurance executive
|spouse =C. Elvira Carew; married October 19, 1861, b. September 26, 1839; died, April 9, 1862.[6]
Augusta Arnold; married December 31, 1865, b. September. 6, 1841, d. February 10, 1882.[6]
Fanny B. Pease; married April 25, 1883, b. Oct. 19, 1843.[2]
|children=Eugene E. Pierce, b. April 16, 1868;[9]
Anne G. Pierce, b. May 31, 1877.[3]
|residence =Abington, Massachusetts[1]
|allegiance= United States of America
Union
|branch= Union Army[1]
|serviceyears=October 14, 1861-July 10, 1865[3]
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Henry Bailey Pierce was a Massachusetts insurance executive[3] and politician who served as Secretary of the Commonwealth[3][1] from 1876 to 1891.

Early life

Pierce was born on August 6, 1841 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.[1]

Family life

Pierce married three times, first to C. Elvira Carew, they were married on October 19, 1861, she died on April 9, 1862.[2] Pierce then married Augusta Arnold on December 31, 1865, she died on February 10, 1882.[2] On April 25, 1883 Pierce married his third wife Fanny B. Pease.[2]

Children

Pierce had two children, Eugene E. Pierce, born on April 16, 1868,[3] and Anne G. Pierce, born May 31, 1877.[3]

Military service

Pierce served in the 23rd Regiment Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers[1][3] during the American Civil War.[1] Pierce enlisted on October 14, 1861 and he was discharged on July 10, 1865.[3]

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Pierce served as Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth for sixteen years, from 1876 to 1891.

Business career

Pierce was the president of the Abington Mutual Fire Insurance Company,[3] and the Boston manager or the American Surety Company.[3]

Death

Pierce died at his home in Abington, Massachusetts in April 1898.[4][5]

References

1. ^{{Citation |last = Boston Daily Globe| title = WITH MILITARY HONORS. Funeral Service of Hon Henry B. Peirce. Impressive, Ceremonies at Old Trinity Church Yesterday Noon. Gov Wolcott and Prominent Officials and Citizens Present.|page =23 | publisher = The Boston Daily Globe | location = Boston, MA | date =April 17, 1898}}
2. ^{{Citation |last =Pierce |first=Frederick Clifton | title = Pierce Genealogy, no. IV.: Being the Record of the Posterity of Capt. Michael, John And Capt. William Pierce, Who Came to this Country from England|page =193. | publisher = Frederick Clifton Pierce | location = Albany, NY | year =1889}}
3. ^{{Citation |last =Pierce |first=Frederick Clifton | title = Pierce Genealogy, no. IV.: Being the Record of the Posterity of Capt. Michael, John And Capt. William Pierce, Who Came to this Country from England|page =194. | publisher = Frederick Clifton Pierce | location = Albany, NY | year =1889}}
4. ^10 11 {{Citation |last =The New York Times| title = Henry Bailey Pierce|page =7| publisher = The New York Times | location = New York, New York | date =April 15, 1898}}
5. ^{{Citation |last =The Weekly Underwriter| year = 1898 | title = The Weekly Underwriter, Vol. LVIII, No. 16|page =281 | publisher = The Weekly Underwriter | location = New York, NY | date = April 16, 1909}}

External links

  • [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/04/15/102490448.pdf New York Times Obituary]
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8 : People from Duxbury, Massachusetts|People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War|Secretaries of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts|1841 births|1898 deaths|People from Abington, Massachusetts|Massachusetts Republicans|19th-century American politicians

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