Job Pierson family papers, 1755-1908

Biographical Notes

1791, Sept. 23	Born, Bridgehampton, N.Y.
1811	Graduated, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; studied law in Salem and Schaghticoke, N.Y.
1815	Admitted to bar; practiced law with Herman Knickerbocker in Rensselaer County, N.Y. Married Clarissa Taintor Bulkeley
1824-1833	District attorney, Rensselaer County, N.Y.
1831-1835	Member, United States House of Representatives
1835-1840	Surrogate, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; moved to Troy, N.Y.
1848	Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1852	Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1856	Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1860, Apr. 9	Died, Troy, N.Y.

1824, Feb. 3	Born, Schaghticoke, N.Y.
1842	Graduated, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
1847	Graduated, Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, N.Y.
1849	Married Rachel Williams Smith
1850	Appointed pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Pittsford, N.Y.
1856	Trip to Scotland; appointed pastor of a Presbyterian church, Victor, N.Y.
1863	Appointed pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Kalamazoo, Mich.
1869	Appointed pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Ionia, Mich.
1878	Retired from active clerical work
1881	Appointed trustee, Olivet College, Olivet, Mich.; received honorary doctor of divinity degree
1889-1892	Librarian, Alma College, Alma, Mich.
1896, Feb. 3	Died, Stanton, Mich.