James Jefferson Pierce (abt. 1869 - 1932)

Born about 1869 in McLennan County, Texas, United States

Husband of Sarah L. (Armstrong) Caviness — married 17 May 1916 in Johnson county, Texas

Died 13 Aug 1932 at about age 63 in Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States

Biography

Name

Name: James Jefferson Pierce

Given Name: James Jefferson

Surname: Pierce^[1][2][3]

Birth

Date: Abt 1869

Place: McLennan County, Texas, United States^[4][5]

Census

Date: 9 Apr 1930

Place: Tarrant County, Texas, United States^[6]

Residence

Date: 1931 to 1932

Place: Wichita County, Texas

Note: He was at the Wichita Falls State Hospital, an insane asylum seven miles south of Wichita Falls until his death in 1932.^[7]

Marriage

Husband: James Jefferson Pierce

Wife: Sarah L. Armstrong^[8][9]

Child: James Jefferson Pierce^[10]

Death

Date: 13 Aug 1932

Place: Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States

Cause: chronic myocarditis^[11]

Burial

Date: Aug 1932

Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States^[12]

Notes

(Medical):He suffered from senile psychosis the last two years of his life.

Sources

1. ↑ Source:#S637T626, Pct 1, northeast, enumeration district (ED) 220-98, sheet 8A, p. 25 (stamped), dwelling 117, family 147, James J. Pierce, accessed 29 Jul 2012 Enumeration date 9 Apr 1930; Caviness, Charles, head, rents, male, white, 38, married @ 34, b. TX, parents b. TX, farmer in poultry farming industry, owner, vet of WWI; Ima J., wife, female, white, 35, married @ 32, b. TX, parents b. TX, nurse at private home; Pierce, James J., step-father, male, white, 61, married @21, b. TX, parents b. TX, no occupation; Pierce, Sarah L., mother, female, white, 54, first marriage @ 15, b. TX, f b. MO, m b. TX, no occupation. 1930 Tarrant Co., TX U.S. Census for J.J. and Sarah Pierce Date: 9 Apr 1930
2. ↑ Source:#S65 28 Jun 1929. John Armstrong, 79, and an old time resident of Lamar County, died thursday, 27 Jun at the home of his daughter Mrs. Barry Honcock, near Emberson. Funeral will be at Mount Tabor Cemetery near Caviness June 28. His wife died several years ago. Children:Joe and Tommie Armstr5ong, who live near Caviness, Erskine Armstrong of Marietta, Oklahoma, Henry Armstrong of San Antonio, Mrs. Barry Hancock near Caviness, Mrs. Charlie Ryburn of Hugo, Oklahoma and Mrs. J.J. Pierce of Fort Worth.
3. ↑ Source:#S422 death certificate 36688 (1932), James Jefferson Pierce, accessed 8 Aug 2012. James Jefferson Pierce, 63, male, white, married to Mrs. J.J. Pierce, former railroad laborer, resident of Wichita Falls State Hospital, Wichita County, Texas; born 1869 McLennan County, Texas; father's name James Pierce, born Texas; mother's name Susan Carden, born Oklahoma; informant:court record of 1931; died 13 Aug 1932 at Wichita Falls State Hospital, Wichita County, Texas of chronic myocarditis since 1931, contributory:senile psychosis since 1931; buried Aug 1932 in Fort Worth; undertakes:Haines(?) Mortuary, Wichita Falls, Texas.
4. ↑ Source:#S637
5. ↑ Source:#S422
6. ↑ Source:#S637
7. ↑ Source:#S422
8. ↑ Source:#S637
9. ↑ Source:#S65
10. ↑ Source:#S422
11. ↑ Source:#S422
12. ↑ Source:#S422

• Source:S422 Digital Images of Death Certificates Family Search Author: Texas Department of Health Publication: www.familysearch.org :n.d.
• Source:S6371930 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images Author: Texas, Tarrant Publication: www.ancestry.com:National Archives and Records Administration, 2002
• Source:S65 The Paris News Author: Texas.

Pierce-3903 was created by Jim Protz through the import of GED for WIKI.ged on Mar 14, 2014.