John C. Pierce (1819 - 1900)

Born 25 Dec 1819 in Wythe, Virginia, United States

Husband of Lavina (Jones) Pierce — married 18 Jan 1849 in Boone Township, Madison, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1900 at age 80 in Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

John C. Pierce was born on December 24, 1819, in Wythe, Virginia.

John married Lavina Jones on January 18, 1849, in Boone Township, Marion, Indiana.

The 1850 U.S. Census for Franklin, Marion, Indiana, records the following in a household: John Pierce, age 29, shoemaker, born in Virginia; Lavina Pierce, age 22, born in Indiana; Frances, female, age 11 mos., born in Indiana. Also listed is a family named Scofield and a 13-year-old boy named William H. Chain, born in Indiana.

The 1860 U.S. Census for Franklin Township, Marion, Indiana, finds the following family: John C. Pierce, male, age 40, born in VA; Lavina Pierce, female, age 31, born in IN; Joseph Pierce, male, age 11, born in IN; James B. Pierce, male, age 9, born in IN; Thadius M. Pierce, male, age 7, born in IN; Wm. F. Pierce, male, age 5, born in IN; Josephine Pierce, female, age 3, born in IN: Allace Pierce, female, an infant, born in IN.

The 1880 U.S. Census for Dexter, Cowley, Kansas, finds the following family: John Pierce, male, age 60, white, farmer, married, born in VA, as were his parents; Lavina Pierce, wife, age 52, born in IN; Thomas S. Pierce, son, age 18, born in IN; Mary B. Pierce, daughter, age 16, born in IN; Lavina Pierce, daughter, age 14, born in IN; Ida E. Pierce, daughter, age 11, born in IN; Homer Pierce, son, age 8, born in IN.

John Pierce died on March 28, 1900, at the age of 80, in Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma. He is buried in Newkirk Cemetery in Newkirk, Oklahoma.

Sources

• Pierce Genealogy

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF8F-98K : 10 March 2018), John Pierce and Lavina Jones, 18 Jan 1849; citing reference p73; FHL microfilm 499,368.

• United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FY-D6C : 13 December 2017), John C Pierce, 1860.

• United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPP-GL2 : 29 August 2017), John Pierce, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 173, sheet 506B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0377; FHL microfilm 1,254,377.

• Find-A-Grave Memorial #48573668