Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Peirce, William C.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


WILLIAM C. PEIRCE of the firm of Sherman & Peirce, sash, 
doors, blinds, berry box manufacturers, also lumber yard, 
P.O. Bristol, was born at that place August 21, 1846, and is 
a son of Charles W. and Mary (Smith) Peirce; the former was 
the first representative of his family in Bristol, and the 
latter was a native of Harford county, Md.  William C. was 
reared in Philadelphia and was educated at the Friends' 
Central High school and private schools of that city. He 
began his business career as a member of the Philadelphia 
board of brokers, which relation is still sustained.  He 
conducted a brokerage business on Third street in that city 
for fifteen years.  N 1884 he became a member of the firm of 
Sherman & Peirce and assumed entire charge of the book and 
sales department.  The business of the firm has more than 
doubled since his connection with it.