Representative from Wayne County in 1887, was born at Canton, New York, in 1836. He at the age of 15 years entered the St. Lawrence academy, remaining there four years and teaching heree terms in the meantime. At the age of 21 he came west and settled in Redford, Wayne County, where he has resided ever since, teaching school during the winter and working on his farm in the summer. Mr. Pierce has held the offices of supervisor, town clerk, school inspector and justice of the peace. He has been president of the Redford agricultural society since its organization, and is a practical and thorough agriculturist. Mr. Pierce is a Democrat.
Transcribed & contributed by Christine Walters:
Page 524 of the Early History of Michigan by Stephen D. Bingham 1887