Emory Lowe Pierce Sr. (1886 - 1974)

Born 12 Aug 1886 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Kathleen (Williams) Pierce — married 25 Jun 1912 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Died 11 Jan 1974 at age 87 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Biography

Emory was born 12 August 1886 in Key West, Florida.^[1] He was the son of Charles Richard Pierce and Annie Elizabeth Lowe.

He married Kathleen Williams on 25 June 1912 in Key West.^[2]

Emory died on 11 January 1974 in Key West.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Emory provided his date and place of birth on his World War I draft card. The same date appears on his death record. The month and year is further confirmed by the 1900 census, when he lived in his parents' household in Key West. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918," Emory Lowe Pierce, serial no. 149, order no. 22, 5 June 1917, Monroe County, Florida, Draft Board, Precinct 2; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYTD-S2DB?i=2249&wc=9FW5-HZS%3A928313201%2C928446801%3Fcc%3D1968530&cc=1968530 : accessed August 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication M1509. "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Emory Lowe Pierce, 11 January 1974, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV7C-WJX : accessed August 2016). 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West Northern Part of Ward #3, enumeration district 100, stamped page 42B, sheet 1, dwelling 20, family 21, Charles R. Pierce household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120049_00416/34147657?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19951907984/facts/citation/67957698253/edit/record#?imageId=004120049_00416 : accessed August 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 174.
2. ↑ Monroe County Index to Marriage Licenses, 1826–1945, A–R, Grooms, Emory L. Pierce and Kathleen Williams, 25 June 1912; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KN-TFPJ?i=460&cat=341167 : accessed August 2016); citing Monroe County Marriage Licenses 7: 63.
3. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Emory Lowe Pierce, 11 January 1974, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV7C-WJX : accessed August 2016).