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 1
Wife: Laura Lizabelle Ford 8
Also known as: Laura B. Ford 9,10
Married: Apr-22-1906 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
Born: Mar-15-1876 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 12,1,9,10
Died: Apr-15-1943 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Resided: in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Resided: 1918, 1938 in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14
Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: James L. Ford (1851 - 1918)
Mother: Rebecca Jane Ash (1855 - 1917)
M Child 1: Jesse William Pierce Born: May- 1-1909 at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 15,16 Died: Feb- -1994 16 Resided: in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV 17,16 Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Never married: 12 Notes
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) Obituary of husband's daughter. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Columbus M. Pierce, 43, of Doddridge Co; and Laura B. Ford, 30, of Doddridge Co. Married Apr 22 1906. (12) Wade H. Coffindaffer Jr. (1918-1991), Clarksburg, WV, Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Dye Ford (Self-published, July 1991), p. 8. (13) Obituary of father. (14) Death record of husband. (15) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as J. W. Pierce, male, b. May 1 1909 at Avon, father C. M. Pierce, mother L. B. Pierce. A nearby entry on the same birth record ledger page is for an unnamed female Pierce, b. Nov 20 1909 at Avon, father Columbus Pierce, mother Mrs. Columbus Pierce. BR p. 134. (16) Social Security Death Index. (17) Obituary of half-sister. Event Notes Note (1) near Industrial Note (2) Listed as a lodger in the household of Thomas J. & Henrietta Cox and their daughter Amie.