History of Waltz Mill, (Westmoreland County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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James Alexander Grier, educator, was born in Waltz's Mills, Pa., May 8, 1846; son of Robert C., and Margaret (McAyeal) Grier; grandson of Robert and Margaret (Grier) Grier, and of James and Margaret (Miller) McAyeal, and a descendant of James McAyeal of county Antrim, Ireland, who arrived in America about 1818, entering at Wilmington, Del. He served in the Union army during the civil war from Aug. 15, 1861, to Dec. 15, 1865, and was one of the youngest soldiers who carried arms, being enlisted in the infantry service as an ordinary soldier. He was graduated from Monmouth college, Ill., in 1872, and from the Newburgh theological seminary, N.Y., in 1874. He was pastor at Locust Hill, Pa., 1874-83, and at Mercer, Pa., 1883-86. In 1886 he accepted the chair of systematic theology in the Allegheny theological seminary, Pa. He received from Westminster college the degree of D.D. in 1887, and that of LL.D. in 1898. He is the author of: Secret Societies (1878); Biography of Jeremiah Rankin Johnston D.D. (1892), and contributions to periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Waltz Mill, (Westmoreland County) Pennsylvania

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