Attorney. Winslow Shelby Pierce was born at Shelbyville, Shelby county, Indiana, on October 23, 1857. He received his early education in the public schools of Indianapolis. From the high school there he went to Pennsylvania College, Pennsylvania; and studied law at the University of Virginia in the summer of 1878. He was graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan, in the class of 1879, and then took a postgraduate year at Columbia College, New York. Mr. Pierce, with this ample preparation, was admitted to practice at the bar of New York in February, 1883, and since that date has been continuously engaged in the pursuit of his profession. He has largely been interested in the legal affairs of corporations, and has made special studies of corporate law. He regularly engaged as counsel for a number of large concerns. Among them may be mentioned the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, and the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, for each of which he is general attorney, and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, and the Union Pacific Company, for each of which he is general counsel. Mr. Pierce was a member of various clubs, among which may be mentioned the Lawyers', the New York Athletic, the Metropolitan, the Atlantic Yacht, and the Riding Club. He was married at Baltimore, Maryland, on October 14, 1891, to Miss Grace Douglass Williams. They had four children namely: Allison Douglass Pierce, Winslow S. Pierce, Jr., Grace Douglass Pierce, and Helen Bancroft Pierce.
Attorney. Winslow Shelby Pierce was born at Shelbyville, Shelby county, Indiana, on October 23, 1857. He received his early education in the public schools of Indianapolis. From the high school there he went to Pennsylvania College, Pennsylvania; and studied law at the University of Virginia in the summer of 1878. He was graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan, in the class of 1879, and then took a postgraduate year at Columbia College, New York. Mr. Pierce, with this ample preparation, was admitted to practice at the bar of New York in February, 1883, and since that date has been continuously engaged in the pursuit of his profession. He has largely been interested in the legal affairs of corporations, and has made special studies of corporate law. He regularly engaged as counsel for a number of large concerns. Among them may be mentioned the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, and the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, for each of which he is general attorney, and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, and the Union Pacific Company, for each of which he is general counsel. Mr. Pierce was a member of various clubs, among which may be mentioned the Lawyers', the New York Athletic, the Metropolitan, the Atlantic Yacht, and the Riding Club. He was married at Baltimore, Maryland, on October 14, 1891, to Miss Grace Douglass Williams. They had four children namely: Allison Douglass Pierce, Winslow S. Pierce, Jr., Grace Douglass Pierce, and Helen Bancroft Pierce.
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