Henry Bailey Pierce | |
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 |
Birth Place: | Duxbury, Massachusetts |
Death Place: | Abington, Massachusetts |
Party: | Republican Party |
Profession: | Insurance executive |
Spouse: | C. Elvira Carew; married October 19, 1861, b. September 26, 1839; died, April 9, 1862. Augusta Arnold; married December 31, 1865, b. September. 6, 1841, d. February 10, 1882. Fanny B. Pease; married April 25, 1883, b. Oct. 19, 1843. |
Children: | Eugene E. Pierce, b. April 16, 1868; Anne G. Pierce, b. May 31, 1877. |
Allegiance: | United States of America Union |
Serviceyears: | October 14, 1861-July 10, 1865 |
Battles: | American Civil War |
Henry Bailey Pierce (1841-1898) was a Massachusetts insurance executive and politician who served as Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1876 to 1891.
Pierce was born on August 6, 1841, in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Pierce married three times, first to C. Elvira Carew, they were married on October 19, 1861, she died on April 9, 1862. Pierce then married Augusta Arnold on December 31, 1865, she died on February 10, 1882. On April 25, 1883, Pierce married his third wife Fanny B. Pease.
Pierce had two children, Eugene E. Pierce, born on April 16, 1868, and Anne G. Pierce, born May 31, 1877.
Pierce served in the 23rd Regiment Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers during the American Civil War. Pierce enlisted on October 14, 1861, and he was discharged on July 10, 1865.
Pierce served as Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth for sixteen years, from 1876 to 1891.
Pierce was the president of the Abington Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and the Boston manager or the American Surety Company.
Pierce died at his home in Abington, Massachusetts, in April 1898.