Robert E Pierce (1797 - abt. 1884)

Born 11 Apr 1797 in Thornbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Harvey — married 23 Jan 1821 in Pennsylvania

Husband of Fanny (Greeley) Pierce — married 29 Jan 1853 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died about 27 Mar 1884 at about age 86 in East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Biography

Robert became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Robert Pierce was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Marriage

: Husband: Robert Pierce

Wife: Fanny Greeley

Date: 29 Jan 1853

Place: Pennsylvania, United States^[1]

Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848
Name: Robert Pierce
Gender: Male
Relationship to Primary Person: Self (Head)
Father: Thomas Pierce
Mother: Margaret Trimble
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1797
Birth Place: Concord, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Alternate Birth Places: Concord, Franklin, Pennsylvania USA
Marriage Date: 25 Nov 1872
Death Date: 27 Mar 1884
Death Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Burial Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
LDS Church Ordinance Data: Ordained High Priest
LDS Temple Ordinance Data: Baptism Date: April 22, 1965 Temple: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Baptism Date: October 25, 1967 Temple: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Endowment Date: December 18, 1845 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock, IL, USA Sealed to Parents Date: February 7, 1895 Temple: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA Sealed to Spouse Date: February 4, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock, IL, USA
Comments: Robert was mentioned on the Continuing Church Record at Nauvoo. He was a member of the Nauvoo 4th ward.
Household Members:
Name Relation
Robert Pierce Self (Head)
Hannah Harvey Spouse
Mary Harvey Pierce Child
Margaret Pierce Child
Anna Eliza Pierce Child
Eli Harvey Pierce Child
Thomas Pierce Child
Joseph Pierce Child
William Pierce Child
Edith Evaline Pierce Child
Elizabeth Pierce Child
Fanny Greeley Spouse
Emma Zundel Spouse

LDS Pioneer and Handcart Companies, 1847-1856
Name: Robert Pierce
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1797
Birth Place: Concord, Pennsylvania
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1821
Death Date: 27 Mar 1884
Death Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
Company: Second Ten of the First Fifty of the Third Hundred
Spouse's Name: Hannah Harvey
Father's name: Thomas Pierce
Mother's name: Margaret Trimble
Notes: Captain of Second Ten of First Fifty of Third Hundred

Utah Deaths and Burials
Name Robert Peirce
Gender Male
Death Date 27 Mar 1884
Death Place Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah
Birth Date 11 Apr 1797
Birthplace Pennsylvania
Marital Status Unknown

Millennium File
Name: Robert Pierce
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1797
Birth Place: Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Date: 27 Mar 1884
Death Place: East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1821
Father: Thomas Peirce
Mother: Margaret Trimble
Spouse: Hannah Harvey
Children: Edith Evalina Pierce
Spouse Father: Eli Harvey Spouse Mother: Mary Painter

Robert and Hannah, though reared as members of the Society of Friends, became identified with the Mormons.

Quaker Meeting Records: 1799

29 May 1841, Joseph Smith and Emma his wife, of Hancock County, Illinois, for $1,550, sell to Robert Peirce, lot N four in Block 99, also lot 3 in Block N1 in Nauvoo, Illinois.^[2]

28 February 1842, Lot 4 Blk 78; Lot 2 Blk 94, Lot 4 Blk 95 in Nauvoo for $2700 from Joseph Smith to Rober Peirce. ^[3]

The Peirce family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble Company in 1847. The family included Robert and his wife Hannah Harvey, and their children Margaret Peirce and her family, Thomas, William, and Edith Evelina. Robert was a Captain of Ten.

Peirce, Robert, Letter 1848 Aug. 31, [1-2].

. . . . We left Winter Quarters the 12 th day of June and arrived at the place of destination the 3 rd day of October a journey of near 4 mo, the first six hundred miles, nothing very worthy of remarks except a tractless wilderness, and wood scarce, but Buffalo dung plenty, Cooked many days with buffalo chips! Immence herds of buffalo, thousands in sight at a time, no serious damage from the savages, here we first came in sight of snow, on the rockey Mountains, about the middle of August, the last six hundred miles, is through mountains & sand desert, it is perfectly sterile and worthless[.] it is not adapted to the support of man or beast, the mountains covered with eternal & perpetual snow, we have traveled as much as three days at a time, without one mouthful for our Cattle and horses to eat or drink, many died, many taken by the Indians, our loss was immence (the Company) we lost fifty horses in one night, & seventy head of oxen at another time, & many small losses, we had six waggons loaded and got through with the loss of but one ox myself.^[4]

1870, Robert (74) and Hannah (68) in

Burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

Timeline

1797 birth in Chester County, Pennsylvania
1821 Jan marriage to Hannah Harvey in Pennsylvania
1821 Nov Mary Harvey Peirce born in Chester County, Pennsylvania
1823 son William born
1823 daughter Margaret born
1827 son Eli born in Chester County
1829 son Thomas born in Pennsylvania
1831 son Joseph born in Pennsylvania
1833 son William born in Pennsylvania
1836 daughter edith born in Pennsylvania
1840 joined the church in Pennsylvania
1841 went to Nauvoo

1848 travel from Winter Quarters to Utah Territory
1850 family in Utah Territory
1853 marriage to Fanny Greeley

1870 Robert and Hannah in Utah Territory 1880 Robert living with daughter Edith Fisher 1884 - Robert dies in Salt Lake City

Research Notes

LNAB Peirce/Pierce. Peirce on tombstone, Peirce in LDS records, Pierce on 1850 census, married as Pierce; children are both Peirce or Pierce.
Birth Place: Ogden Herald Obit Chester County, Pennsylvania; FAG Delaware County, Pennsylvania; LDS records: Concord, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Millennial File: Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania Millennial files are not the best resource

Sources

1. ↑ Page: Birth year: 1806; Birth city: Hampton; Birth state: NH. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=1036928&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 12 January 1806Birth place: Hampton, Hillsborough, NHDeath date: 26 April 1900Death place: South Cottonwood; Marriage date: 29 January 1853Marriage place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co APID: 1,4725::1036928
2. ↑ http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/
3. ↑ http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/
4. ↑ https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/sources/74803489850257391700-eng/peirce-robert-letter-1848-aug-31-1-2?firstName=Robert&surname=Peirce

• Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Burials, 1758-1916; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 123. Source Information. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Robert Peirce 18:00, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

• Book Title: A genealogical record of the descendants of John and Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (now Delaware). North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Robert Peirce 18:00, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSX-MXD : 12 April 2016), Robert Pierce, Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family 5, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). 21:59, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 19, Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1611; Page: 709B; Family History Library Film: 553110. 1870 United States Federal Census for Robert Pierce 19:40, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

• Year: 1880; Census Place: East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: 1337; Page: 219B; Enumeration District: 054. New Jersey, Marriage Index, 1901-1914 for Robert Peirce 19:40, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

• Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. 23:12, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

• Ancestry.com. LDS Pioneer and Handcart Companies, 1847-1856 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2013. 23:12, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

• Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. 23:12, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

• Our Pioneer Heritage Vol 1, Brigham Young His Wives and Family

• Robert Peirce on Find A Grave: Memorial #33334456 22:42, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

See also:

• Robert Peirce on Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 16:35, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

• Ogden Herald obituary for Rober Pierce

• Joseph Smith Papers

Record Abstracts

1850 U.S. Census, Utah Territory
Robert Pierce M 54 Pennsylvania
Hannah Pierce F 47 Pennsylvania
Thomas Pierce M 21 Pennsylvania
William Pierce M 18 Pennsylvania
Edith Pierce M 14 Pennsylvania