Biography

01/16/1823 - 08/08/1882

PEIRCE, Caleb, a Representative from Chester County; born, January 16, 1823 in Ercildoun, Chester County, Pa.; manufacturer, farm implements; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1858, 1859, and 1860; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1861); engaged, lumber business; Superintendent of Public Grounds, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; died, August 8, 1882 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fallowfield Cemetery, Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.