Pierpont, Arthur J., 1876-1912.
Biographical notes:
Arthur Joseph Pierpont was born 3 December 1876. He was a 1895 graduate of Storrs Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut. Mr. Pierpont studied business in Hartford, Connecticut, before taking advanced agricultural sciences course at Cornell University. Returning to Connecticut, Pierpont took over the family homestead in Waterbury, Connecticut. At Maple Hill Farm, Pierpont established one of the first Holstein herds in the state and became a leading milk producer in the Naugatuck Valley. A noted authority on agricultural matters, Mr. Pierpont was a member of the Waterbury Milk Producers Association, Trustee of his alma mater (Connecticut Agricultural College as of 1899) and manager of the College's Gilbert Farm, a working farm in Georgetown, Connecticut bequeathed to the College in 1906. Mr. Pierpont died 20 September 1912.
From the description of Arthur J. Pierpont papers, 1902-1931. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 100000694
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Subjects:
- Agriculture
Occupations:
- Agriculturists
Places:
- Storrs (Conn.) (as recorded)
- Connecticut (as recorded)
