East River Savings Bank and was vice president of the Northern Dispensary. Society life In 1892, Pierson, his wife Susan, and their eldest daughter were all included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times. Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom. Pierson was a member of the Union Club of the City of New York, the New York Yacht Club, the Tuxedo Club, and the Army and Navy Club. The Pierson's home in Newport, Roselawn, was built by his father-in-law, James Rhodes, in 1854. In 1929, the Piersons entertained at their home in New York by giving musicale featuring Abby Morrison Ricker, a soprano, accompanied by Mrs. Harrison Irvine. Personal life On December 16, 1869, Pierson was married to Susan Augusta Rhodes (1844–1929) in Providence, Rhode Island. Together, they lived at 20 West 52nd Street and were the parents of: Marguerite "Daisy" Pierson (1870–1964), who married George Huntington Hull Jr. in 1910. John Fred Pierson Jr. (1872–1951), who first married Suzanne Miles. They divorced in 1928 and he married Virginia (née Land) Blanchard, granddaughter of Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Thomas Land, in 1929. James Rhodes Pierson (1873–1959), a Harvard graduate and president of the Ramapo Land Company and proprietor of the Pierson estate. Harold Pierson (1875–1879), who died young. Adeline Chandler Pierson (1876–1933), who married Edward Walker Scott Jr. Pierson worked up to four days before his death at age 93 in New York City on December 20, 1932, at which point he was the oldest general of the Union Army in the civil war. See also List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) References External links 1839 births 1932 deaths People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Union Army colonels Military personnel from New York City People included in New York Society's Four Hundred