Thomas Harrison Pierce (1897 - 1961)

Born 4 Apr 1897 in Union, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clearcy Jane (Ford) Pierce — married 17 Mar 1916 in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 27 May 1961 at age 64 in Union, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Pierce Name Study.

Early Life

Thomas Harrison Pierce was born in Union, Tennessee on 04 Apr 1897. He was the second child of Joshua L. Pierce (06 Sep 1867) and Mary Isabell Pierce (02 Oct 1873). He had four brothers (Rev. George Washington Pierce (30 May 1895), Asbury Pierce (ABT 1902), Vaughn Pierce (ABT 1908), Dick Austin Pierce (19 Feb 1912)) and six sisters ( Susan Harriett Pierce (16 May 1899), Annie D. Pierce (16 Jun 1904), Reving Pierce (ABT 1908), Rosie Pierce (Abt 1909), Francis Priscilla Pierce (05 Apr 1910), Satre Nancy Pierce (23 Jun 1916)), half-sister Sallie Ann Pierce, and half-brother John W. Pierce. When he was 31 years old, his mother Mary Isebell Pierce died (25 Nov 1928). When he was 35 years old, his father Joshua Little Pierce died (13 Apr 1932).

Family

On 17 Mar 1916, he married Clearcy Jane Ford (30 Mar 1899) in Claiborne, Tennessee. He was 18 years old when he married Clearcy Jane Ford, who was 16 years old at that time. He had five children with Clearcy Jane Ford: Thomas Alton Pierce (27 Apr 1917), Ida Rozella Pierce (03 Jun 1920), Lillie M. Pierce (ABT 1923), Hallie Ola Pierce (ABT 1925), Mildred Pierce (ABT 1926).

Death

On 27 May 1961, he died in Union, Tennessee when he was 64 years old.^[1] He was buried in Ousley Cemetery, Union, Tennessee.^[2] His wife Clearcy Jane Ford died on 16 Dec 1974, 14 years after him.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Thomas Harrison Pierce, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963" "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKMS-869R : 3 April 2015), Thomas Harrison Pierce, 1961.
2. ↑ Source: Find A Grave: Memorial #21897447 : Thomas Harrison Pierce, 1961; Burial, , Union, Tennessee, United States of America, Ousley Cemetery

• Source: Harrison Pierce, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918" "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ65-268 : 12 December 2014), Harrison Pierce, 1917-1918; citing Union County, Tennessee, United States, NARAmicrofilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,697.
• Source: Harrison Pierce in entry for Mrs Hallie Mallicoat, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014" "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKWY-M4WG : accessed 5 March 2018), Harrison Pierce in entry for Mrs Hallie Mallicoat, Tennessee, United States, 13 Oct 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Knoxville News-Sentinel, The, born-digital text.

Census Information

• Source: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZF-17G : accessed 20 March 2019), Harison Pierce in household of Joshua Pierce, Civil Districts 10-11, Union, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160, sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,602.

• Source: Thomas Peirce in household of Joshaway Peirce, "United States Census, 1910" "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGN7-5P7 : accessed 3 March 2018), Thomas Peirce in household of Joshaway Peirce, Civil District 7, Union, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 187, sheet 4B, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1523; FHL microfilm 1,375,536.

• Source: Thomas H Pierce, "United States Census, 1920" "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNR8-SMD : accessed 16 February 2018), Thomas H Pierce, Civil District 7, Union, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 195, sheet 4B, line 55, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1768; FHL microfilm 1,821,768.

• Source: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7F-8Q3 : accessed 3 April 2019), Harrison Pierce, District 7, Union, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 3A, line 43, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2280; FHL microfilm 2,342,014.

• Source: Harrison Pierce, "United States Census, 1940" "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4HX-V77 : accessed 26 February 2018), Harrison Pierce, Civil District 2, Union, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 87-4, sheet 10A, line 34, family 188, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3942.