Pierson Family papers 1821-1996

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Pierson Family papers 1821-1996

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The Pierson Family papers cover the period between 1821 and 1996. Prominent members of the family include lawyer and politician Job Pierson (1791-1860) who served in Congress as a representative of New York from 1831 to 1835, and his son Reverend Job Pierson of Michigan. The collection is composed primarily of family correspondence, legal papers, genealogical research, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and visual materials, which include photographs, ambrotypes and daguerreotypes, tintypes, and ink drawings. The collection also contains materials documenting Clara Dillingham Pierson’s writing career as a children’s book author.

8 linear feet and 1 oversize folder

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Pierson, Job, 1824-1896

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Pierson, Clara Dillingham

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Pierson, Job, 1791-1860

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Job Pierson (1791-1860) was a lawyer in Albany and a U.S. representative from New York. His son, Job Pierson (1824-1896), was a Presbyterian clergyman in New York and Michigan and later librarian at Alma College, Alma, Mich. From the description of Job Pierson family papers, 1755-1908 (bulk 1809-1896). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982920 Biographical Notes Job Pierson (1791-1860) ...

Pearson family.

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Pierson, Bowen Whiting

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Pierson Family.

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Job Pierson (1791-1860) was a lawyer and politician who served in Congress as a representative of New York from 1831 to 1835. He was born September 23, 1791 in Bridgehampton, New York and died April 9, 1860 in Troy, New York. He was the son of Samuel Pierson and Jerusha Conkling and a descendant of Henry Pierson, one of the early settlers of Southampton, Long Island. He graduate from Williams College in 1811 and went on to study law in Salem and Schaghticoke, New York. After being a...