Caroline Little (Twitchell) Pierce (1847 - 1936)

Born 21 Feb 1847 in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Osborne J. Pierce — married 24 Apr 1866 in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1936 at age 89 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Caroline Little Twitchell was born on February 21, 1847, in Bethel, Maine, the daughter of Eli Twitchell and Sophronia Barker.^[1][2][3]

She married Osborne J. Pierce on April 24, 1866, in Bethel, Maine.^[4] They resided in Chicago, Illinois.^[2] In 1918, she was living at 5301 Lexington Avenue, Los Angeles, California as a widow.^[4] She and Osborne's children were:^[4][5]

1. Annie Louise, b. 9 Jun 1867
2. Winifred Mabel, b. 15 Aug 1872

She died on November 26, 1936, in Los Angeles, California,^[6] and is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Morse: Page 348
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Lapham: Page 631
3. ↑ Twitchell: Page 221
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Twitchell: Page 222
5. ↑ 7th Maine Light Battery: Page 76
6. ↑ Death: "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4Z-KP47 : 1 March 2021), Caroline L Pierch, 1936.
7. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248912783/caroline-l-pierce: accessed 11 February 2023), memorial page for Caroline L Pierce (unknown–26 Nov 1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 248912783, citing Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by dml (contributor 47161306).

• Lapham, William Berry. History of Bethel, Formerly Sudbury, Canada, Oxford County, Maine, 1768-1890 (Maine Farmer, Augusta, Me., 1891) Page 631
• Morse, Rev. Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans (H.W. Dutton & Son, Boston, 1857) Vol. 1, Page 348
• Twitchell, Ralph Emerson. Genealogy of the Twitchell Family (H.K. Twitchell, New York, N.Y., 1929) Page 221-222
• Twitchell, Albert S. History of the Seventh Maine Light Battery (E.B. Stillings & Co., Boston, 1892) Page 76
• Andreas, A. T. History of Chicago (A.T. Andreas Co., Chicago, 1886) Vol. 3, Page 73
• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VM-SDC : 22 December 2020), Caroline Twitchel in household of Peter Twitchel, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC7-M44 : 18 February 2021), Caroline L Twitchell in entry for Eli Twitchell, 1860.
• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQJ-6PV : 29 May 2021), Carrie B Pierce in entry for Osborne J Pierce, 1870.
• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQ2-W56 : 13 January 2022), Carolyn Pierce in entry for Osborn B Pierce, 1900.
• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLS-FG9 : accessed 11 February 2023), Caraline L Pierce in household of Osborne J Pierce, Los Angeles Assembly District 74, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 78, sheet A, family 293, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 84; FHL microfilm 1,374,097.