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Pierce, William Halford

clergyman, lecturer, author, was born Nov. 12, 1862, in Equality, Ill. He attended the Illinois State Normal school; the Shurtleff college; and graduated from the McKendree college and the Garrett Biblical institute. In 1883 he joined the southern Illinois conference, and two years later was transferred to the Rock River conference; and is an eminent clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. He is the author of works on Agonography, a system of shorthand writing without angles. He is also a successful lecturer on popular subjects.