The New International Encyclopædia/Pierce, Lovick

PIERCE, Lovick (1785-1879). A minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was born in Halifax County, N. C.; entered the South Carolina Conference in 1805, though he began to preach the year before; he was chaplain in the army during the War of 1812; at the close of the war he retired from the ministry and studied and practiced medicine. In 1823 he reëntered the ministry and filled the chief appointments of the Church; he represented his conference in numerous general conferences. He was known as one of the most eloquent preachers of his time.