Pierpont, Francis Harrison
(25 January 1814–24 March 1899)
- Richard Lowe
Extract
Pierpont, Francis Harrison (25 January 1814–24 March 1899), lawyer and governor of Virginia, was born Francis Harrison Peirpoint in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia), the son of Francis Peirpoint, a farmer, and Catherine Weaver. Francis H. changed the name to Pierpont in 1881 for a couple of reasons: evidently, he acceded to the claims of New Englanders named Pierpont, especially John Pierpont, maternal grandfather of ...
