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James Vitus PIERCE

James Vitus PIERCE

Male 1909 - 1996  (87 years)

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  • Name James Vitus PIERCE 
    Born 27 May 1909  Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military ENLISTED 10/21/1942  [3, 4] 
    PFC, Medic, US Army Air Corps, World War II 
    • The following item appeared in the May 20 1943 issue of the West Union Herald:
      "Pvt. Vitus Pierce who is stationed at Columbia, South Carolina, is spending a fourteen-day furlough here with his mother Mrs. Amanda Pierce."
    Census 1920, 1930  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5] 
    Occupation Youngstown Sheet & Tube of Hubbard Ohio (18 yrs, retired 1974)  [5] 
    Residence Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Died 20 Jun 1996  Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I7549  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2022 

    Father Hughy James "Jim" PIERCE,   b. 29 May 1856, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1938, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Amanda Minerva WILSON,   b. 8 Apr 1867, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1956, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F2666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hallie Calare SHINN,   b. 19 Sep 1911, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1993, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 18 Sep 1970  [7] 
    Family ID F2668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 May 1909 - Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    7549_PIERCE_JamesVitus_1909-1996_SouthForkBaptCem_Oxford_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		7549_PIERCE_JamesVitus_1909-1996_SouthForkBaptCem_Oxford_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg
    7549_JamesVitusPierce_HallieCShinn_15Aug1993.jpg    		7549_JamesVitusPierce_HallieCShinn_15Aug1993.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR BK 4, P. 134.

    2. [S1932] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S97] Cemetery marker.

    4. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S14] Obituary.

    6. [S1610] Obituary of half-brother.

    7. [S692] Obituary of wife.