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After receiving his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1810, Peirce went to [[Nantucket, Massachusetts|Nantucket Island]] to take charge of a private school there, but after two years there, he returned to Harvard in 1810 to start divinity school, which he completed in 1815. He then returned to Nantucket where he resumed his teaching career.<ref name="MA-Pierce Project - Massachusetts"/>
 
On April 1, 1816ws
On April 1, 1816, in Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce married Harriet Coffin, (born June 26, 1794), the daughter of William Coffin, II, and Deborah Pinkham Coffin, his wife. They had no children.
 
===Career===