3310-3316 Powelton Ave.
are no longer standing. This is now the site of part of Myers hall.
1893, June 3: Title for 3310-3316 Powelton Ave. transferred to Henry Bruner,
Jr. by John Sellers, Jr. and wife
John Sellers, Jr. lived at 3300
Arch St. He and his brother, William Sellers, owned a lot of property in
Powelton.
The deed was immediately transferred to James I. Comly, a real estate agent.
Previous Residents
1894
Directory: J. Herbert Hillman, clerk
1895, Apr.
5: Title transferred to Cyrus N. Pierce by James I. Comly
and wife
Four
of Cyrus Peirce’s sibling lived across the street at 3323
Powelton Ave.
1895
Directory: C. Newlin, dean, 307 S. 11th, & dentist, 1415 Walnut, h 3309
Powelton Ave.
In 1870, they lived in
“In 1858, four years after his
graduation, Dr. Peirce was elected to the chair of Dental Physiology, Histology
and Operative Dentistry in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, on the
death of Professor Elisha Townsend. He was elected to the office of Dean in
1861, and held that position until he retired from the school in 1866 on
account of ill health. On being re-elected to the Faculty in 1878, he was again
chosen by his colleagues as Dean, and has held that position to the present
time. He has been longer identified with the faculty of that institution than
any other man now living. Prof. Peirce's long connection with the college as a
teacher and officer has made his influence an important factor in the success
which it has attained. His extraordinary capacity for work is doubtless
attributable to inheritance, Quaker education and early training on a farm. Dr.
Peirce has for over twenty years delivered each year before the classes of the
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, ten lectures on Dental Physiology and
Dental Pathology. This college was the first, and for many years the only
medical school in this country to appreciate the importance of such instruction
for its students. The practical information conveyed in these lectures, not
embraced in the medical text books, is of great value to the graduates of the
school. Dr. Peirce is a member and has served as President [1881-‘82] of the
American Dental Association and of the Pennsylvania Dental Association. He has
made many and valuable contributions to dental literature, and ranks high in
his profession as teacher and practitioner.”
(Pennsylvania Biosketches,
1886.)
“Mrs. Charlotte L. Peirce was the
last survivor of the Seneca Falls Convention [which marked the start of the
women’s suffrage movement in 1848] and its only participant that lived to cast
a vote. One of a family of fourteen children, Mrs. Peirce, then Charlotte
Woodward, found herself at an early age face to face with the realities of
life. At fifteen, she left home and taught school ‘five sessions.’
“In 1848, she was living in Waterloo,
N. Y., just four miles from Seneca Falls, and was greatly stirred by the
published Call to the Convention. She and a few friends excitedly planned to
attend it, and early Wednesday morning, July 19, in a democrat wagon drawn by
farm horses, were on their way. When they arrived at Wesleyan Chapel where the
meetings were to be held, they found about fifty men crowded before the locked
doors although men were not invited to the first day's sessions!
“When Charlotte Woodward returned to
her boarding house and began to tell her fellow boarders about her thrilling
experience, she happened to mention the fact that Frederick Douglass, a speaker
at the Convention, had come back with the Waterloo party in their wagon. A man
at the table, shocked by her double boldness in attending a woman's convention
and in being associated with Frederick Douglass, said, ‘Young ladies who do
such things cannot expect attention from gentlemen.’ Her quick reply was,
‘Gentlemen had better wait until their attention is desired.'
“Fortunately, the man of her choice,
Dr. C. N. Peirce, whom she met in Philadelphia, (her home for about seventy
years) was not only deeply interested in her efforts, to improve the status of
woman, but, like her, was also an ardent abolitionist. Throughout their long
and happy married life their constructive work in various fields added lustre
to the name of Philadelphia.
“Shortly after the Pennsylvania
Legislature had ratified the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment, I asked Mrs.
Peirce, then in her 90th year, if she expected to vote when ratification of the
Amendment was completed. She replied, ‘I'll vote if I have to be carried to the
polls.’" (from Caroline
Katzenstein. Lifting the Curtain.
1959: 20-21.)
For more on Poweltonians role in the
suffrage movement, see “Powelton’s
Suffragettes.”
Caroline Katzenstein
later lived at 3411 Powelton Ave.
1900:
Cyrus N.
Peirce 71 Dentist; mother born in N.H.; owner,
free of a mortgage
Charlotte L.
Peirce 70 Married 43 years, 3 children, 2 surviving; born in N.Y., Jan.
1830
1909, May 22: DEATHS: Peirce. – On Fifth month 16th, 1909,
at his residence, 3316 Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia, Dr. C. N. Peirce, aged 80
years” (Friends’ Intelligencer)
1909, May 25: Title transferred to Gertrude K. Easby by will
1910:
Charlotte L.
Peirce 80
Gertrude P. Easby
49 Daughter
Francis H. Easby 47 Mechanical
engineer, structural iron
John W. P. Easby 13
Charlotte Easby 8
Annie M. Murphy 30 Chamber
maid; born in
Katy B. Murphy 24 Cook;
born in
Gertrude Klein Peirce and Frances H.
Easby were married in Media, Pa. by the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia,
Jan. 24, 1884. The 1894 Biographical Catalogue of Matriculates of the
University of Pennsylvania lists:
“b. Phila., 1859. dau. Cyrus Newlin
Peirce, D. D. S., and Charlotte Van Vorst Woodward. Entered as a special
student 1876, and received a certif.
of proficiency
June, 1878. Studied in post-graduate course, 1878-79. Mem. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Phila. Joint author with Prof. E. F. Smith, Ph. D., “ Nitration
Meta Chlor.
Salicylic Acid." m, Francis Hoskins Easby (Class 1881). Address,
Wilmington, Del.”
The same volume notes:
“FRANCIS HOSKINS EASBY, B. S. b.
Phila., Aug. 18, 1861. s. William Easby and Mary Ann Hoskins. Entered 1877. A.
T. O. Meehan. engineer. Mem. Am. Soc. Meehan. Engrs. m. Gertrude Klein Peirce
(Class 1878), dau. C. Newlin Peirce, D. D. S., Phila. Address, Wilmington,
Del.”
Gertrude Klein Peirce Easby
1920:
Francis H. Easby 58 Inspector
at the Navy Yard
Gertrude Easby 58
John P. Easby 23 Civil
engineer
Charlotte Easby 18
Charlotte Peirce 84 Mother-in-law;
born in N.Y.
In 1923, John Newlin Peirce Easby
married Josephine G. Garber. In 1900, she was living at 3722
Baring St. and in 1906, she was at 201 N. 35th
St. In 1930, they were living in Lower Merion.
1924, Mar. 15: Death of Charlotte L. Peirce, 94 years old
1924: Marriage license issued to Charlotte Easby and William C.
Grave
1930:
Francis H.
Easby 68 Engineer at the Navy Yard; married at 22
Gertrude K. Easby
70 Married
at 24
William Grave 31 Son-in-law;
Real estate salesman; born in Mass., father born in Mass., mother in N.Y.;
married at 25
Charlotte Grave 28 Daughter,
Psychologist, own office; married at 23
1932, Mar. 1: Death of Francis Hoskins Easby, 70 years old, of
Hodgkin’s Disease
1939, Sep. 6: Title transferred to Myer Burt by Gertrude K. Easby
In 1940, Gertrude was living in the
Sunderland Apartments at 3427 Powelton Ave. William
and Charlotte Grave lived in Langhorne, Pa.
1940:
Samuel Burt 43 Clerk in grocery store, unemployed in 1939; born in Russia; 8
years of education; owner, house valued at $7,500
Fannie Burt 38 Born in Russia; 8 years of education
Myer Burt 21 Clerk in grocery store, unemployed in 1939; four years of
high school
Max Burt 19 Clerk in grocery store, unemployed in 1939; born in Va.; two
years of high school
Janette Burt 15
Norman Burt 10
Lauretta L
Chapman 65 Lodger; currently looking for work, previous was a
stenographer and did “outside selling’ of general supplies, earned $300 for 30
weeks of work in 1939; single; born in N.Y.; four years of high school; renting
for $12 per month
—next household
Sallie R.
Mitchell 70 Widow; born in W.D.C.; renting for $30
per month
—next household
John M. Muir 30 Medical photographer in hospital, earned $1,080 n 1939; born
in Wisconsin, lived in Minnesota in 1935; three years of college; renting for
$32 per month
Ida B. Muir 31 Nurse in hospital, earned $960 in 1939; four years of high
school; lived in Pennsylvania in 1935
Samuel Burt immigrated from Russia
in 1903, Fannie Burt arrived in 1911.
Sally Mitchell was the widow of
Charles M. Mitchell. In 1920 and 1930, they lived at 3610
Hamilton St. He died in 1932 and she sold the house in January, 1940.
1942 Draft Registration: Samuel Burt; place of work: 3237
Powelton Ave.
1947, Aug. 4: Title transferred to Fannie Burt, wife of Samuel by
Myer Burt
1951: David Auerbach 3316 Powelton Avenue Philadelphia Temple Class
of 1951, electronics
David Auerbach, Temple Univ.
1951
Revised 5/23/2015