New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-04
THE PIECES or DORCHESTER.

A GOLDEN WEDDING IN A HOMESTEAD 2oo YEARS
OLD.
PROM An occ ,sroN.L CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
BosToy. Mass. Dee. "a rare incident, In
this land Of short may be recorded OF one u INV
ancient homes and families OF Dorchester H"ou'
twenty-five years ago Lewis Pierce and his WIG cee
bratcd their golden wedding in the old mansion known
"a the Pierce home erected in 1910 Last evening upon
the same ground similar festivities attended second
golden weddug-that ~ Nj and Mrs. Francis I"r's
the husband being the eldest son Of the MI PIERCE IT.
ferred to above.
The old Pierce house still standing in perfect pre'e'
.vetiou has history worthy Of rememhrance Inc SIT
,,i, y,,e lo.eu and the present residence bnilt 10y
Uobrrt Pierce directly desccnlrd from the N'rih-
unberland Pcrcys The name Pierce was uh-
douhcdlv originally Percy, aud IA now pronounce
hv the members of this faulty as II % were " fn'-'.
Famous I'm its antccclents. the ho1s"hod has been
scarcely ass noted n lnter DAYS O the or rnal aotters
h p,rhos,ur the late Franklin riorcr Pre- lont of the
United states WAS descendant tho prcseui secretary
uf THE state ravos nlsu h- relationship to th7 mousse
intermediate bet wcen thran extremes that ~ on Ih-
land and that pf Young America arc the hhw's "' w'h
famed n ihut tine anl rnnnrelrl with the si'N'h''
this country in is colonial ah independent eAi'ton'o
ono Ell thoso vas Samuel ~ uo tho grandfather at h'
riosout .niwnt o hr rutoho-t't hnusr, Nh's' r'm
issnus a- ~ captain nf mo ARMY o u"nis" III hnd a.
cnuri oi Aa Continental Army aio 'tili In pa ''"n
ol thu family
Tho old nar uuunnua irlirn nl ll1 l"hh GOO"
nation tho AIat ct tho Flaroos already referred
To wa, ouo oi the colony who camo To- lli'
country M "a. gand ship Mary AMI John ~ ldip ten
YEAR -ui-e lurut to the arrival Oi the MWn'We t nv
month guests Of last cNeuu. were permitted II"
drink of the water from the Wen which was ohe some
whore between 1850 and 1910, and when Ia7 Huprlrd
the wants col The household Tor -'u years NllhH t"'
house chest oil drawers, tt,ir ann 'th,I "i'i
brought this country by the ORIGINAL Noya-rr' ana
ca,, ca,c containing portion oil me ~hPS 'l"'" ~"
II sioiatiu' whether another home in this vicinity II
In the United states. has been 80 long IA lr orcupA ION
Of tue family which originally c..'Ai she'd II. hc
Pierce name ,ecus 10 Ice synonym Tor loh2efIy one
of the family attained the age oi lp4 year, ah"hei
lived 10 bc over ninety and several of them nave
-, TSpis my serve account for
he fact that in all only nine generations have occl
pied the aged house Originally the building contained
The large living below stars, Win hci room OF
two above and IN large closet ma one Of those upper
rpOn- nav be- the tra-Oor opchih- 10 secret
chamber below. IN which members o. IN" Ianlly were
accustomed To hide III apprehension oi me approach
OF the Indians. In the same apar ncni the communion
ser, ice OF the church OF the old colony was con
cralrd AT different times On either side OF TINS main
building "A wing extends the more recent 81 ihrSc pre-"
lection, being added at least one hundred ana my years
ago OF the guests 81 last evening Y-ro horor'd
being allowed spend the night III the best room o
the original house filed with associations ana
memories OF evcnlful days that II might well nave
az this golden wedding were entertained at
the house Of Francis Pierce only a
yards distant from the ancient residence me gamer
Ing 6,d been by George Francis Pierce the
he descendant in line that the appearance
OF the guests surprise 20 the VcncrapIe couple
whose marriage. anniversary thus celebrated About
nifty friends OF the family were present including ihe
Rex DR. l. 1. Terhunc. pastor OF the Bedford Avenue
Reformed Church in Brooklyn and hi" wife ami Marion
Iaraud the author. who IS direct DIES 'entent OF the
Perces her father having first seen light III the Dor
l,...f. lar ltfu al