Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Obidiah Wayne Pierce    
       Also known as: Wayne Pierce 1,2,3
                Born: May-14-1885          in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV  4,1
                Died: Jul-20-1981          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1,6
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1,2
             Resided: 1938                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Census: 1920                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1913                 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  8
          Occupation: 1913                 teacher  8
              Father: Hughy James "Jim" Pierce   (1856 - 1938) 
              Mother: Nancy Maria Gaston   (1856 - 1891) 
Notes 1 
                Wife: Hallie C. Garner   9  
             Married: Apr-13-1913          in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  10,8
                Born: Mar-13-1892          in Doddridge Co, WV  11,12,13,10
                Died: Mar-  -1987           11,13
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  14
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  9,11
              Census: 1920                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1913                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1900, 1910           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1913                 teacher  8
              Father: Simon Henry Garner   (1846 - 1930) 
              Mother: Susan Snider   (1849 - 1923) 
           M Child 1: Dolliver Wendell Pierce      
                Born: ca 1918              in Doddridge Co, WV  15,16
             Resided: 1981                 in Baden, Beaver Co, PA  7
             Resided: 1943                 in Ritchie Co, WV  16
              Census: 1920                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Catherine Georgia Rogers  b. May-27-1923  d. Dec-28-2001  
             Married: May- 4-1943          in Ritchie Co, WV  16

Sources:
(1) Obituary. 
(2) Obituary of sister. 
(3) Obituary of stepmother. 
(4) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 141. 
(5) Obituary - Nursing home, Identified in obituary as "O. Wayne Pierce, ... a son of the late James and Amariah Gaston 
Pierce."  He was predeceased by two brothers, three sisters, and two grandsons. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, Name on headstone:  O. Wayne Pierce. p. 
555. 
(7) Obituary of father. 
(8) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 4/17/1913. 
(9) Obituary of husband. 
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(11) Social Security Death Index. 
(12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(13) Headstone (year only) 
(14) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(15) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). 
(16) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) 







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