John Jamison Pearce
John Jamison Pearce (February 28, 1826 – May 26, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John J. Pearce was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies and was ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church when eighteen years of age. He joined the Baltimore Conference and served as pastor at Warriors Mark, Jersey Shore, and Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Pearce was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1856. He served as a pastor in various localities until he retired to Lock Haven in 1888. He moved to Conneaut, Ohio Conneaut ( ) is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of Conneaut Creek northeast of Cleveland. The population was 12,841 at the 2010 Census. Conneaut is located at the far northeastern corner of the state. ..., where he died in 1912. Interment in Highland Ceme ...
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John Jamison Pearce (Pennsylvania Congressman)
John Jamison Pearce (February 28, 1826 – May 26, 1912) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John J. Pearce was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies and was ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church when eighteen years of age. He joined the Conferences of the United Methodist Church, Baltimore Conference and served as pastor at Warriors Mark Township, Pennsylvania, Warriors Mark, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, Jersey Shore, and Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Pearce was elected as an Opposition Party (Southern U.S.), Opposition Party candidate to the 34th United States Congress, Thirty-fourth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for reelection in United States House election, 1856, 1856. He served as a pastor in various localities until he retired to Lock Haven in 1888. He moved to Conneaut, Ohio, where he died in 1912. Interment in Highland Cemetery in Lock Ha ...
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