BIO: Eleazer J. PIERCE - Spencer Co.

ELEAZER J. PIERCE, a prominent citizen and farmer, was born in this county,
April 27, 1848, and was reared upon a farm, receiving in boyhood only a
rudimentary education.  For the sketch of his parents see the biography of
George H. Pierce.  Eleazer remained with his parents until twenty-seven
years of age, though upon attaining his majority, he began accumulating
property of his own.  At the age of fifteen, being a large, strong boy, he
enlisted in Company A, Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
(mounted) and served honorably and with great credit for a boy for two years
and was discharged in August, 1865, as Sergeant, by reason of the close of
the war.  He was in the following important engagements:  Big Shanty,
Kenesaw Mountain, Flat Rock, New Hope Church, two days fight near Selma,
Ala., and elsewhere.  Upon his return he went to school for a time.  April
27, 1875, he married Mary J. Mathers.  He is a member of Decker Post,
G.A.R., and is a leading Republican, being a member of the Republican County
Central Committee.  He is one of the prominent and progressive men of the
county.  (Northwest Township)


"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA"  GOODSPEED BROS.
1884.

Transcribed by Diana Flynn <ivie@tima.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997