Life span: 03/29/1829 to 09/06/1897TabsLife SummaryFull name: Edward Lillie PiercePlace of Birth: Stoughton, MABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 8Family: Jesse Pierce (father), Elizabeth S. Lillie (mother), Elizabeth H. Kingsbury (first wife - died 1880), Maria Louisa Whitehead (second wife - two children)Education: HarvardOtherOther Education: Brown University, Harvard Law SchoolOccupation: MilitaryAttorney or JudgeWriter or ArtistRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: Free SoilRepublicanOther Affiliations: Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)OtherOther Affiliation: Freeman's BureauGovernment: Hayes Administration (1877-81)State legislatureState judgeOther state governmentLocal governmentMilitary: Union Army Events Major TopicsUnited States Colored TroopsEmancipation Documents Author Docs Date Title 07/22/1863 Edward L. Pierce to John Albion Andrew, July 22, 1863 Images Edward Lillie Pierce, circa 1880 Edward Lillie Pierce, circa 1880, detail Bibliography
