He is a great-grandson of John Pierce Brace, an 1812 graduate of Williams College who was head teacher at Litchfield Female Academy and later taught at Catharine Beecher's Hartford Female Seminary.
He is a great-grandson of John Pierce Brace, an 1812 graduate of Williams College who was head teacher at Litchfield Female Academy. He left Litchfield Female Academy in 1833 and moved on to a position at Catharine Beecher's Hartford Female Seminary.