Paulina (Coy) Pierce (1784 - 1874)

Born 16 Apr 1784 in Bennington Co., Vermont

Ancestors

Wife of Girdion Pierce — married before 1840 in New York, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1874 at age 89 in Waverly, Bremer, Iowa

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Biography

Paulina was born on 10 April 1784 in Arlington, Bennington, Vermont, USA. She was the daughter of Elisha Coy and Mary (Gray) Coy.^[1]

When Paulina was about 17 she married Henry Hamilton in about 1802.

When Paulina was about 55 she married Girdion Pierce before 1840 in New York, USA.

In the 1870 census Paulina (age 86) was living in Waverly, Bremer, Iowa, USA. Ward 2.^[1]

Paulina died at the age of 89 on 7 March 1874 in Waverly, Bremer, Iowa, USA.^[2][3]

Paulina was buried after 7 March 1874 in Harlington Cemetery, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa, USA

Research Notes

Notes from external profile

Note: Born Bennington, VT came to Waverly, Bremer Co., IA in 1869 at age 12 strewed flowers in G. Washington's path as he visited the Rev. Battlefield. One of her grandsons served in the Civil war. First married Henry Hamilton six children, second married Gurdon Gordon Pierce..

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• Changed Current Last Name from LNAB of 'Coy' to the last name 'Pierce' of the last husband 'Girdion Pierce'.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1870 Census: 1870 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record,
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Waverly Ward 2, Bremer, Iowa; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . Record for Paulina Pierce.
2. ↑ Gravestone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42832991/paulina-pierce Birth date: 1784 Birth place: Death date: 7 Mar 1874 Death place:.
   Ancestry Record websearch-3903 #446254 (accessed before 13 October 2021).
3. ↑ Death: Iowa Cemetery Records Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data - Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d.Original data: Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washingt,
   Birth date: 16 Apr 1784 Birth place: Death date: 07 Mar 1874 Death place: (Place of Birth Wennington, VT. She Came To Iowa, Waverly, 1869. At The Age of 12 She Strewed Flowers in G. Washington's Path As He Visited The Battlefield of The Rev. and Received A Pat On The Head As A Token of Appreciation. One of Her Grandsons Served in The Civil War, He Was Albert G. Lawrence of Waverly, and Buried in New Hampton, IA. This Is A Newspaper Clipping and No Mention Is Made of Burial) (Bremer Co. Paper), Iowa.
   Ancestry Record iacem #43754 (accessed before 13 October 2021).

See also:

• Obituary in the Waverly Republican 1874, March 12, p. [5]; Waverly, Bremer Co., Iowa
• "United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9DY-328 : accessed 14 November 2015), Elisha Coy, pension number W. 23,833, service R.I.; from "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files," database and images, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d); citing NARA microfilm publication M804 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1974); FHL microfilm 970,673. Pages 29 & 32
• Genealogy of the Hamilton Family from 1716 to 1894, Salome Hamilton, A.C. Bausman, printer, Minneapolis, 1894 - page 86