Biography of Rev. John Kiernan of Pawlet, VT Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years Hiel Hollister 1867   J. Munsell, Albany KIERNAN, Rev. JOHN, a native of Ireland, was assigned to the Methodist church at the village, in 1866.  Scholarly in his tastes and attainments, high toned in moral and religious purpose, he seems well calculated to exert a beneficial influence over the people of his charge.