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Willis J Pierson (1829 - 1884)

Willis J Pierson
Born in Vigo, Indiana, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 20 Oct 1854 in Vigo, Indianamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 55 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Corporal Willis Pierson served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 30 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 2 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. F, 63rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Biography

= Estimated birth based on birth of daughter Samantha 1861.

=

Birth

23 APR 1829 Vigo, Indiana, USA

Death

23 APR 1884 Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States[1]

Marriage

20 Oct 1854 Vigo, Indiana, United States[2]

Husband: Willis J Pierson
Wife: Martha Jane Bridwell
Child: Joseph Liston Pierson
Child: Nancy Pierson
Child: Dorcas Pierson
Child: Eunice Pierson
Child: Willis J Pierson
Child: Moses Pierson

Military Service

1861 to 1865 63rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry[3][4]

Sources

  1. Source: #S258 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Polly Liston
  2. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ6-NQJF : 3 August 2022), Willis Pierson and Martha Bridwell, 1854.
  3. "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F95S-63N : 24 August 2021), Willis G. Pierson, 1861-1865.
  4. "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRQC-KK6 : 12 March 2018), Wm H Pierson, 1862; citing p. 311, volume 56, , , Indiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 350,334.


= Maud Russell 1937: “Compiled and drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma (1937) from bible records and other records, remembrances of older relatives, county records, History of Sullivan and Green Counties, Indiana, by Professor John W. Spencer (1887). Information furnished by many relatives, notably, Miss Gay Edna Calvert.”

Mary L. Pickrell, March 1979: “This information was taken from a chart on file at the Vigo County Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.”

“ The information was compiled and the chart drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma, 1931, from bible and other private records, county records, and the Pound Genealogy as to some dates.”

“Also on file at the Vigo County Library is a chart on the St.Clair family which was also prepared by Maud Russell. In comparing the Fanny/Siner/Eli St.Clair section, a few discrepancies were found.”

  • "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27JR-1M8 : 10 December 2017), Willis Pearson and Martha Bridwell, 20 Oct 1854; citing Vigo, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,392,800.
  • "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27JR-1M8 : 10 December 2017), Willis Pearson and Martha Bridwell, 20 Oct 1854; citing Vigo, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005329128.




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Pierson-1093 and Pierson-464 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse
posted by Greg Hays

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