Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jesse Ervin Pierce Also known as: Ervin Pierce 1
Born: Oct-14-1860 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Died: Oct- -1950 2 Resided: near Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 2,1 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 2 Father: Jesse H. Pierce ( - 1870) Mother: Christena Wilson (1824 - ) Notes
Wife: Martha Frances Clovis 3,4 Married: Nov- 5-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: Mar-16-1863 in Pleasants Co, WV 2,6 Died: Jun-25-1961 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 7,6 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 2,6 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 3,2 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Levi B. Clovis (1833 - 1910) Mother: Matilda Jane Weekley (1838 - 1895)
M Child 1: Jesse Ezra Pierce 8 Also known as: Ezra Pierce 9,10 Born: Jul-24-1883 8 (see note 1) Died: Jan-22-1961 in Ritchie Co, WV 8 Resided: 1950 near Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1900, 10, 30, 40 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 2: Quince C. Pierce Census name: Quincy C. Pierce 11 Born: May- 1-1886 12,13 Died: Aug- 4-1969 in Ritchie Co, WV 8,12,13 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 14,12 Resided: 1950 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Wife: Laura Delphia Collins b. 1898 d. Jun-22-1992 Also known as: Delphia Collins 16 Married: Dec-21-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
M Child 3: Arnold W. Pierce Born: 1889 18,19 Died: 1975 19 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 19 Resided: 1950, 61 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 10,14 Census: 1930, 1940 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1920 in Mannington, Marion Co, WV Wife: Bessie P. Robison b. Nov-11-1895 d. Mar- 7-1990 Married: Apr- 6-1913 in Ritchie Co, WV 18
M Child 4: Baxter McClellan Pierce Born: Aug-21-1891 in Ritchie Co, WV 6,2,18,20 Died: Oct-17-1964 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Resided: in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 21,10,14 Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: Equitable Gas Co employee, farmer 2,22,23 Wife: Gracie Maude Britton b. Aug-29-1894 d. Mar-31-1965 Also known as: Maude Britton 22,24 Married: Nov- 9-1913 at Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 25
M Child 5: Brady C. Pierce Born: Apr- -1895 11 Died: bef Apr 1910 9 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 6: Levi Lincoln Pierce Also known as: Lincoln Pierce 10,26 Born: ca 1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 17,8 Died: Apr- 9-1964 in Ritchie Co, WV 8 Buried: in Holbrook Cemetery (Rt 22/3 near Walnut Grove Meth Church), Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1950 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Felsie Gay Miller b. Oct-11-1899 d. Aug- -1986 Also known as: Felicia Miller 12 Married: Jul- 9-1921 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
F Child 7: Nellie M. Pierce Born: May-19-1900 12,17 Died: May- -1984 12 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 27 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 28 Resided: 1964 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 1 Resided: 1950, 1961 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 10,14 Census: 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Clarence Lafayette Bush b. Dec- 4-1891 d. Mar- 7-1949 Married: May-22-1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
Sources: (1) Obituary of brother. (2) Obituary. (3) Obituary of husband. (4) Death record of son. (5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as jesse E. Pierce, 22, of Doddridge Co; and Martha Clovis, 21, b. Pleasants Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Nov 5 1882. (6) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (7) Obituary - At home. (8) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (9) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (10) Obituary of father. (11) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) Headstone (year only) (14) Obituary of mother. (15) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (16) Marriage record of daughter. (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (19) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (22) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (23) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (24) Marriage record of son. (25) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Baxter M. Pierce, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. Summers WVa; and Gracie Maud Britton, 19, b. Ritchie Co, res. Oxford WVa. Married Nov 9 1913 at Holbrook. MR p. 122. (26) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (27) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (28) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in California in 1952. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date calculated from age 77y 5m 29d reported in death record. Note (2) In 1940, location specified as Central Station.Name Index