Melinda Jane (Hunt) Pierce (1847 - 1922)

Born 5 Nov 1847 in Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 Jan 1922 at age 74 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Melinda Jane was born in 1847. She was the daughter of Uriah Hunt and Christeeny Crousore.

She married Henry E. Pierce (1842-1903) in 1867. Their children:

Clinton

William

Lorena or Laurina

Charles

Lillie May

They moved from Indiana to Illinois, and then to Iowa. After her husband died she lived in her son-in-law's household.

She passed away in 1922.

Research Notes

Some records have her as Malinda or Melinda, others as Jane.

In census records she says her father was born in MD, her mother in PA. This conflicts with other siblings' accounts that father was born in NC, mother in PA.

1900 census says she had 6 children, 5 living.

Burial record still needed. Will add husband soon.

Sources

• FamilySearch

• ancestry research and correspondence with descendant chrissie95 on ancestry, who had access to Crousore letters and trunk for a time.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJ5-V2M : 19 December 2020), Melinda J Hunt in household of Christine Hunt, Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WT-1QV : 28 May 2021), Jane Pierce in entry for Henry Pierce, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKY-N4H : 14 January 2022), Jane Pierce in household of H. E. Pierce, Parkersburg, Butler, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HHG2-1N2 : 2 March 2021), Melinda Pierce in household of H E Pierce, Parkersburg, Albion, Butler, Iowa; citing p. 408, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,447.

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNS-1N5Z : 13 March 2018), Jane Pierce in entry for Henry E Pierce, 1892.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M92Q-B9K : accessed 14 May 2022), Jane Pierce in household of H E Pierce, Monroe Township Aplington town & part of Parkersburg town, Butler, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68, sheet 13A, family 247, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,420.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1Q-3JF : accessed 14 May 2022), Jane Pierce in household of W A Miller, Waterloo Ward 4, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 5A, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 392; FHL microfilm 1,374,405.

• Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940 (ancestry.com)