Husband: Christopher Columbus Marion Pierce
Also known as: Columbus Marion Pierce
Born: Oct- 1-1862 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: Apr-27-1938 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 5,6,7 (see note 1)
Buried: in Robinson Cemetery, PortoRico/MaxwellRidge Rd, near Market, Doddridge Co, WV 3,1,4
Resided: at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 1
Father: Jesse H. Pierce ( - 1870)
Mother: Christena Wilson (1824 - )
Other spouse 2
Wife: Martha Aldora Robinson 2 Married: Sep- 9-1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,9,3
Born: Apr- 8-1869 3 Died: Jul-30-1903 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV 10,3 Buried: in Robinson Cemetery, PortoRico/MaxwellRidge Rd, near Market, Doddridge Co, WV 3,10 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Charles B. Robinson (1841 - 1910) Mother: Emily J. Bee (1845 - 1914) Notes
F Child 1: Ada Margaret Pierce Born: Dec- -1892 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,12 (see note 2) Died: 1949 12 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 13 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Purinton Cox b. Nov-22-1888 d. Mar- -1980 Also known as: Puritan Cox 14 Married: Sep-14-1929 in Harrison Co, WV 14
F Child 2: Nettie Pearl Pierce Born: Jul-23-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,15,16 (see note 3) Died: Dec-29-1990 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4,17 Resided: in Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Husband: Hobert Golden Squires b. Jan-13-1898 d. Sep-27-1983 Married: Sep- 9-1918 16,18
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Birth record of daughter. (3) Headstone. (4) Obituary. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Christofer Columbus Pierce, farmer, resident of Long Run, b. Oct 1 1862 at Oxford, d. Apr 27 1938 at Long Run. Son of Jesse Pierce & Christine Wilson. Surviving wife: Laura Ford Cox. Burial at Robinson Cemetery. Informant: Nettie Squires, Industrial, WV. Basis for wife's name given as Cox is unknown. (6) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (7) Obituary - At home. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Columbus M. Pierce, 28, of Doddridge Co; and Martha A. Robinson, 22, of Doddridge Co. Married Sep 9 1891. (9) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (10) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (12) Headstone (year only) (13) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (15) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Original typed entry had only the child's last name, Pierce, with a different birth date in July 1903. Handwritten corrections adding first and middle names, Nettie Pearl, and making the birthdate Jul 22 1903, were made on Jan 16 1965 by affidavit of brother-in-law, not identified by name. Her mother's birthplace was given as Roberts Fork. BR Bk 3, p. 165. (16) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 511. (17) Social Security Death Index. (18) Obituary of husband. Event Notes Note (1) near Industrial Note (2) Birth date given in marriage record as Dec 1 1894, but 1900 Census states Dec 1892, and headstone date is also 1892. Note (3) Social Security Death Index has birthdate as July 22 1903, with name listed as Nettie P. Squires. Obituary gives birthplace as Snake Run, Doddridge Co, but birth record has it as Avon. Birth record states that she was the mother's second child.