About Lovick Pierce
Lived 1785 – 1879 (aged 94). Lovick Pierce was a clergyman, physician and chaplain.
Rev. Lovick Pierce (March 24, 1785 – November 9, 1879) was an American Pastor, Chaplain, and author. He was nicknamed the “Father of the Methodist Church in west Georgia”, and was the father of George Foster Pierce. Pierce was instrumental in Wesleyan College’s founding and served on the first Board of Trustees.
Biography Lovick Pierce was born on March 24, 1785, in Halifax County, North Carolina. He was a Methodist Chaplain for the United States Army in the War of 1812. Not to be confused with Pierce Chapel on the Wesleyan College campus, named after his son. A prolific author, Rev. Pierce was an early Southern proponent of the Holiness movement.
He died in Sparta, Georgia, on November 9, 1879.
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Who was Lovick Pierce?
Methodist clergyman and physician (1785–1879)
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Lovick Pierce died on 9 November 1879 in Sparta.
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Lovick Pierce was a clergyman, physician and chaplain.
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