Lemira K (Bowen) Pierce (1808 - 1891)

Born 1 Jan 1808 in Ontario, Wayne, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles A Prisbrey Sr — married about 1834 (to 1842) in New York, United States

Wife of William Field Pierce — married before 1850 in Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Died 19 Feb 1891 at age 83 in Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of George Bowen and Philomela (Booth) Bowen, Lemira was born in New York in 1808.^{[citation needed]} She married Charles A. Prisbrey (1809-1842), the son of William Prisbrey and Elizabeth Thompson, migrating to the Michigan Territory around 1834, among the early settlers of Medina Township. Their children included:

1. Charles Prisbrey (1835-)
2. Philomela (Prisbrey) Crane (1837-1920)^[1]

Her husband passed away in 1842 and Philomela remarried, marrying William F. Pierce (1802-1884), the son of John S. Pierce and Deborah Field. Philomena and William married before 1850,^{[citation needed]} when they farmed in Ogden Township, in Lenawee County.^[2] In 1850, their household included not just Lemira and William, but William's five youngest children with his first wife, Sally Taylor, and also Lemira's two children from her first marriage. William Pierce and Sally Taylor had divorced, with Sally leaving her children and marrying Horace Hayt. In 1860, Lemira and William, along with Myron and Lydia Pierce, minors, lived in Madison Township.^[3][4]

Lemira Pierce passed away at the age of 83 and is buried at Crane Cemetery in Lenawee County, Michigan.^[5]

Research Notes

No divorce record was found, so it's possible that William Pierce's youngest children were children of Lemira Bowen and not Sally Hayt.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q593-RY9M : 18 July 2020), Lemira Prisbrey in entry for P Philomela Prisbrey Crane, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8J-H4N : 24 January 2022), Lemira Paisley in household of Myron Bowen, Madison, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW69-M66 : 18 February 2021), Lemira Pierce in entry for William F Pierce, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSP-4ZT : 14 January 2022), Lemira Pierce in household of William F. Pierce, Madison, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKD-24VZ : 24 February 2022), Lemira K Bowen Pierce, Burial, Palmyra Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States of America, Crane Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #40284060