Duane Pierce (1809 - 1881)

Born 11 Jan 1809 in Burlington, Otsego, New York, United States

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Biography

Duane fifth son of Liberty Lydia Beals Pierce was born in Burlington Otsego county New York January 11 1809 died in Buffalo New York October 20 1881 He was educated in the district schools and at the age of eighteen was apprenticed his Uncle Isaac Pierce of Berkshire county Massachusetts to learn the trade of carpenter joiner and millwright After gaining expert knowledge of t hese callings he to Otsego county where he worked at trade and for several years operated a mill and sash door and blind factory 1838 he removed with his family to Herkimer New York where he built a cotton at Van Hornesville for an operating company In 1841 he again removed with family to Plum Venango county Pennsylvania traveling by the Erie canal to Buffalo thence to Erie Pennsylvania by steamboat finishing his journey by team He built of the early saw flouring and woolen in Northwestern Pennsylvania where he owned and conducted a farm In 1827 retired from active life and removed to Buffalo New York where he died In he was a Republican and in religious faith Universalist He married January 23 1833 at Hartwick Otsego county New York Morse born in Burlington Otsego county January 21 1817 daughter of Morse a pioneer settler of Otsego county came there from Connecticut Nathaniel a son of Stephen son of Daniel 2 son Daniel 1 son of William son of Morse the emigrant ancestor born in Marlboro Wiltshire England came to in 1635 settling at Newbury Massachusetts Nathaniel Morse inherited a large farm from his father Stephen and was a prominent farmer of Otsego county Children of Duane and Mary Morse Pierce 1 Maryette born January 30 1834 died in Van Hornesville Herkimer county New York February 17 1840 2 Amelia M born January 19 1836 died January 2o 1900 she married April 1857 Thomas Tipton one son Ray Pierce Tipton 3 Ray Vaughn of whom further 4 Franklin Duane of further mention 5 John Edmund born June 10 1857 died July 18 1881 after a brief but promising business career married November 28 1879 Louise M Whicher of Buffalo New York

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRN-PRY : 30 December 2015), Duane Pearce, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ2K-SYD : 17 October 2014), Duane Pierce, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 11, family 77, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,959.
• "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVB-T3C : 16 November 2014), Duane Pierce, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 11, line 22, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 825,688.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ89-YXH : 14 July 2016), Duane Pierce, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 166, sheet 235C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0831; FHL microfilm 1,254,831.
• Find-A-Grave Memorial #91848671 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.