Husband: Baxter McClellan Pierce
Born: Aug-21-1891 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: Oct-17-1964 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Resided: in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 5,6,7
Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: Equitable Gas Co employee, farmer 2,8,9
Father: Jesse Ervin Pierce (1860 - 1950)
Mother: Martha Frances Clovis (1863 - 1961)
Wife: Gracie Maude Britton 3,10,11 12 13,14
Also known as: Maude Britton 8,15
Married: Nov- 9-1913 at Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 16
Born: Aug-29-1894 at Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 17,11,3,18
Died: Mar-31-1965 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 11
Resided: in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: George B. McClellan Britton (1862 - 1912)
Mother: Elizabeth Eleanor Maulsby (1869 - 1943)
Notes
F Child 1: Gracie Opal Pierce 13 Also known as: Opal Pierce 6,19,20,21 Born: Sep- 8-1914 in Ritchie Co, WV 22,21 Died: Aug-21-2002 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 23,21 Resided: in Caldwell, Noble Co, OH 24 Resided: 1964, 1995 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 6,20 Husband: George Avery Shepler b. Feb- 7-1905 Also known as: Avery Shepler 6,13 Married: Oct-10-1935 in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 22 Divorced: Nov- -1946 in Washington Co, OH 25 Husband: Harvey McCauley
F Child 2: Ruth Elizabeth Pierce 13 Census name: Elizabeth F. A. Pierce 26 Born: Feb- 3-1916 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,27 Died: Oct-23-2012 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 28 Buried: in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Resided: at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 2,6,29,20,19 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Shirley Shirden Riddle b. Jul- 7-1909 d. Mar- 3-1993 Married: Aug-31-1935 in Ritchie Co, WV 27
F Child 3: Wilma Marie Pierce 8 Also known as: Marie Pierce 2,6 Born: Sep-23-1917 near Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Died: Jan-29-2004 in Belmont, Pleasants Co, WV 2 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 2,6,20,29 Occupation: Economy Industries of Harrisville 2 Husband: Hays J. Riddle b. Nov-25-1902 d. Jan-27-1998
F Child 4: Virginia Maud Pierce 13 Born: Feb- 9-1920 30 Died: Nov-16-1970 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 30 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 31 Resided: in Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1964 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1941) 32 Husband: Lester Dale Pratt b. Aug-16-1916 d. Nov- 2-1987 Also known as: Dale Pratt 13
M Child 5: Benjamin McClellan Pierce 13 Also known as: McClellan Pierce 20 Born: Jan-29-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV 21,8,5 Died: Aug- 1-1989 21 Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 33 Resided: 1964 in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH 6 Resided: 1944 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Military: Sep- 8-1942 - Oct-10-1945 S1, U.S. Navy, World War II 34 Wife: Wilda Kathleen America b. Jun-27-1925 d. Jan-28-2010 Also known as: Kathleen America 19,13 Married: Sep- 9-1944 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5
M Child 6: Jesse Franklin Pierce Also known as: Frank or Franklin 19,14 Born: May- 7-1924 near Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 2,21 Died: Jan- 5-1995 in Harrison Co, WV 21 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2,35,6 Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Occupation: minister & Equitable Gas Wife: Ella Louise Carder b. Jan-23-1923 d. Jul- 9-2011 Married: Nov- 7-1942 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
M Child 7: Arnold Lawson "Doc" Pierce Census name: Lawson Pierce 8 Born: Sep-17-1926 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 36,8,37 Died: Jul- 2-1993 in Mt. Vernon, Knox Co, OH 36 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 31,38 Resided: 1972 in Guernsey Co, OH 39 Resided: 1964 in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH 6 Resided: 1946 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 37 Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Military: (enlisted 4/12/1945) Pvt, U.S. Army, World War II 40,34 Wife: Avis Marie Zinn b. Apr- 7-1921 d. Sep-15-2005 Married: Feb- 8-1946 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 37 Wife: Living
M Child 8: Donald Ray Pierce 13 Born: Mar-30-1931 at Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 41,42,33 Died: Jan-22-1985 33 Resided: 1962, 1964 at Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 42,6 Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Military: Cpl, U.S. Army, Korea 43 Wife: Ruth C. Adams b. Apr-15-1931 d. Dec-13-1964 Married: Nov- 7-1962 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV 42
M Child 9: Dean Patrick Pierce 13 Born: Mar-17-1937 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 41,2 Died: Jun-30-2014 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 28 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Cause of death: esophageal cancer 2 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2,19 Resided: 2004 in Hazelgreen, Ritchie Co, WV 19 Resided: 1995 in Shreve, Wayne Co, OH 20 Resided: 1964 in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH 6 Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Occupation: crane & press operator at U.S. Fabrication (now Crown Steel) in Wooster OH 2 Wife: Living
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (2) Obituary. (3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (6) Obituary of father. (7) Obituary of mother. (8) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (9) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (10) Obituary of daughter. (11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (12) Obituary of Elizabeth Maulsby Britton, West Union (WV) Record, 7/15/1943. (13) Descendants of Wilson Britton, Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992) (14) Obituary of son. (15) Marriage record of son. (16) 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. (17) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV. (18) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (19) Obituary of sister. (20) Obituary of brother. (21) Social Security Death Index. (22) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (23) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (24) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. (25) West Union Herald, 12/5/1946. (26) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (27) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (28) Obituary - At home. (29) Obituary of husband. (30) Headstone (year only) (31) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (32) Yearbook photo. (33) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (34) Military Grave Marker. (35) Death record of father. (36) Death Record - Online. (37) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (38) Findagrave.com. (39) Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Dept of Health Offc of Vital Statistics. (40) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (41) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (42) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (43) Cemetery marker.