Hon. Robert Cooper Grier and Isabella Rose

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Husband Hon. Robert Cooper Grier ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Mar 1794 - Cumberland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 25 Sep 1870 - ? Philadelphia, PA 1
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         Father: Rev. Isaac Grier (      -1815) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Cooper (      -      )

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       Marriage: 1829 3

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Wife Isabella Rose ³

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         Father: John Rose (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Sarah Scott (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Robert Cooper Grier

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His father educated him in the best manner, commencing with the Latin tongue at six years of age; and when he yeas but twelve years old, he had mastered both it and the Greek language. He continued his studies with his father until 1811, when he entered the Junior Class at Dickinson College, and graduated therefrom in 1812. There he surpassed all his fellow students in his profound knowledge of the ancient languages, beside excelling in chemistry. He remained at the college, after he had taken his degree, for a year, and taught a grammar school therein. His father's health having failed about this time, he returned to Northumberland and assisted him in his educational establishment. After his father's death, in 1815, he succeeded him as Principal, lectured on chemistry, astronomy, and mathematics, beside teaching Greek and Latin. His leisure hours he devoted to the study of law. He was admitted to practice in 1817, and opened his office in Bloomsburg, Columbia County; in 1818, he removed to Danville, in the same county. His practice increased till 1833, when he was appointed by Governor Wolf, Judge of the District Court of Alleghany County. He then removed to Pittsburgh. On the 4th of August, 1846, he was nominated by President Polk one of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court, and unanimously confirmed the next day. In 1848, he removed to Philadelphia, and continued to reside there until his death. He was eminently distinguished for integrity of purpose, fidelity to his client, and benevolence to those of limited means, preferring justice to gain. The esteem of his legal brethren was exhibited in the great deference given to his decisions, and their warm personal friendship. At the death of his father, he took charge of his brothers and sisters, ten in number, cared for and educated all, as a faithful guardian, until they were settled in life.

1 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 266.

2 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 589.

3 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 267.

4 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 219.