G. L. Pierce

Granville Lafayette Pierce was a slave trader and stock trader in Nashville, Tennessee. Pierce was born in Tennessee on November 18, 1835, to Isaac Pierce III and Mary Lyles. The Pierces traveled from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Sumner County, Tennessee,.
During the Civil War, Pierce fought with the 7th Tennessee Infantry, but was given sick furlough on September 9, 1861, and reported deserted on December 14. He married Nancy, the daughter of slave trader Robert J. Lyles, in Sumner County, Tennessee on November 25, 1863. He was the administrator of Lyles' estate. Pierce's son-in-law was Samuel W. Meek, assistant treasurer for the New York Times.