John Pierpont

Name

John Pierpont

VIAF file on John Pierpont

Wikipedia article on John Pierpont

First Name

John

Last Name

Pierpont

Born

6 April 1785

Died

27 August 1866

Profession

Poet

Teacher

Lawyer

Minister

Note

John Pierpont Morgan is his grandson

Photo is from Litchfield County Sketches, Newell Meeker Calhoun, Litchfield County Sketches. Norfolk, Connecticut: The Litchfield County University Club, 1906, p. 140.

Cyrus met him at the Anti-Slavery Fair in December 1841, and he praised George S. Burleigh's contribution to The Liberty Bell - CMB letter to GSB 1842-01-12, HA 1231, Brown University John Hay Collection

William H. Burleigh wrote a memorial poem for him, included in the 1871 collection

Pierpont

Associated Causes

Suffrage, Woman

Temperance

Pennsylvania Hall: Opening and Destruction

Women's Rights

Abolition

Religious Affiliation

Unitarian