PLEASE NOTE THE OTHER PIERCE FAMILIES MENTIONED IN STORY.
Kinfolks
by Evelyn Flood
The song playing is "Barbara Allen", an old, old folktune.
Barbara Allen Pierce House Smith was named after this song.
NOTE: CORRECTIONS:
I found several errors when I first listed this story.
If you have read this story before, please skim down through to see
any corrections.
Mary"Polly"BURDINE was born in 1818 in Missouri, probably St.Charles
County.
She was the daughter of Amos BURDYNE and Jennie DAVIDSON(Davison).
She married JOHN LINDSEY PIERCE, Senior of Lincoln County, Missouri
on 26 November l834 in St.Charles County, Missouri.
Some people spell the name Pearce, while others spell it Pierce.
I have record of the following children:
(l)JOSEPH PIERCE born 20 June l836 in Arkansas.
Joseph served in Co. K & B of First Arkansas Cavalry (Union) during
Civil War and drew a Civil War Pension (this is where I get most of
my family information.
Joseph married :
(l) NANCY HAMPTON about l860 in Newton County,Arkansas
I believe Nancy Hampton Pierce was sister to Martha Hampton who
married David Flood, son of Nathan Flood.
Children were:
(1)MARGARET EMELINE "Tony" PIERCE, born 20December 1865
in Newton County, Arkansas.
She married JOHN BARNES on 8 October 1885 in Newton County.
John was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth EDDINGS BARNES.
It is thought they had one child that died as an infant.
John Barnes died in 1919 and is buried in Carver Cemetery in Newton
County, Arkansas
After John Barnes died, Margaret married TOM EDDINGS in 1924 at Coalgate, Oklahoma.
Tony Pierce Barnes Eddings died on 8 August 1957 at Coolidge,
Arizona where she had gone to live near her adopted daughter
Rebecca Sarah Annie SMITH EDDINGS (daughter of Nathaniel Smith
and Mary Ellen Pierce Smith whose parents died after having several
children in 1892 in Newton County, Arkansas.
See the "Nathaniel Smith Story" on this website.
Joseph's other children by Nancy Hampton were:
(2)JAMES M PIERCE, born September 1868.
James M Pierce married:
(1) Ocedona KEY TEEL(TELL?) on 11 August 1890 in Newton County,
Arkansas
Ocedona was the daughter of George KEY and Margaret SHULER.
Ocedona had a daughter Lilly M TEEL(TELL?), born July 1888, from her
first marriage.
Ocedona Key Teel Pierce died before 1902.
James then married Nancy E STARR on 9 April 1902 in Newton County.
Nancy E Starr had married (1) Mr. CHRISTIAN (2) James M PIERCE and
(3)RanzyATNIP.
Nancy died on 9 December 1960 and is buried in Haskell Cemetery,
Muskogee County, Oklahoma under the name Nancy ATNIP.
James M Pierce was the father of:
i: George F Pierce, born August 1891.
ii: Maud M Pierce, born May 1894
iii: Martha J Pierce, born June 1896
iv: Rebecca E Pierce, born August 1899
I do not know when and where James M Pierce died
(3)JOHN A PIERCE, born 1872.
He married Sarah Jane FLUD on 25 September 1898 in Newton County.
Sarah Jane was daughter of John Kink Flud and Emeline Cooper Flud.
Their children were:
i: Elgie Pierce, born 13 June 1899.
Elgie married Bessie(mnu)in
McIntosh County, Oklahoma. Elgie died 22 November 1980 and is buried
in Greenwood Cemetery, Eufaula, Oklahoma.
ii: Bertha Pierce, born 31 July 1900. She did not marry.
She died 30 January 1965 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery at
Eufaula, Oklahoma.
I also believe Joseph and Nancy were the parents of:
(4)ALLIE (A.J.) PIERCE born 1875 who married
LEVI TORIX on 5 April l89l in Newton County, Arkansas.
Levi Torix was son of Peter Torix and Mary Ann Flud Brewer Torix
Levi obtained a divorce from Allie (Adeline?)Pierce on the grounds of
adultery in January 1896. They had two sons
See the TORIX story.
I believe this Allie Pierce married (2)R. H. CASEY on 28 June 1896
in Boone County, Arkansas (F-065).
After Nancy Hampton Pierce died, Joseph married:
(2) MARTHA ELIZABETH (MATHEWS)MATHIS on the 4 April l876 in
Newton Co, Arkansas.
By his second wife Martha Elizabeth Mathis, Joseph was father of:
(5)ROSA PIERCE , born 1883.
She married H. TOM COLLINS on 22 November 1900 in Newton County,
Arkansas.
Their children were:
i: Walter Collins, born 18 September 1900.
Walter died on 16 February 1936 and is buried in Smith Cemetery,
Newton County, Arkansas.
ii: Elcie E "Lizzie" Collins, born 21 March 1904
Lizzie married Calmus CAMPBELL on 3 August 1923 in Newton County.
Elcie "Lizzie" died on 18 August 1939 with burial in Smith Cemetery
in Newton County
iii: Mary Ellen Collins, born 6 December 1906
Mary Ellen married Floyd FOSTER on 22 April 1923 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Mary Ellen died 6 October 1992 at St. Mary's Hospital in Russelville
Pope County, Arkansas and is also buried in Smith Cemetery
in Newton County
Mary Ellen was survived by four daughters: Florene Freeman;
Leonia Fountain; Beatrice Johnson and Venita Ricketts.
Rosa Pierce Collins died in 1906 and is buried in Sexton Cemetery,
Newton County.
(6)NANCY PIERCE, born 1887 in Newton County
She married John Riley OWENS on 22 September 1901 in Newton County.
John Riley Owens was son of Lavicie Catherine OWENS JONES
John Owen's father is unknown
Their children were:
i: Ida M Owens, born 1903. She married Frank DECKARD(uncomfirmed)
ii: James "Doc" Clarence Owens, born 1904. He never married
He is buried in Smith Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas with no
tombstone. He was known as "Doc" Owens and performed many marriages
in Newton County, Arkansas
iii: William Jeff Owens, born 20 January 1905.
He married Sallie CAMPBELL.
He died 24 May 1961. He was a Judge.
iv: Arvil Estie Owens, born 22 October 1908.
He married Ora EDDINGS on 2 May 1932 in Newton County.
Arvil died on 19 November 1981 and is buried in Smith Cemetery,
Newton County, Arkansas
Nancy and John Riley Owens were divorced.
She is buried in Smith Cemetery with no marker, unknown death date
John Riley Owens remarried to
(2) Dulcie COLLINS on 7 November 1910 in Newton County, Arkansas.
The names of their children are unknown to me
John Riley OWENS died 3 August 1969 in Oklahoma.
(7)CINTHEY ANGELINE"Annie" PIERCE, born 6 November 1890.
She married John Taylor FOSTER on 2 June 1908 in Newton County,
Arkansas. She died on 8 February 1919 and is buried in Smith
Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas.
(8)JEFF ANDREW PIERCE, born 22 March 1896.
He married Allie GILMORE on 9 October 1913 in Newton County.
One daughter that I know about was :
INOLA PIERCE, born ca 1914.
Inola married Leonard NORTON on 21 May 1932 in Newton County.
They divorced.
They had three daughters.
Jeff Pierce died 24 November 1946 with burial in Smith Cemetery.
Joseph Pierce died on 29 Jan l9l6 and is buried in the Smith
Cemetery, Vendor(Newton County)Arkansas.
I believe Piercetown in Newton County, Arkansas was named for him.
Martha Elizabeth Mathis Pierce, born November 1858, died on
3 July 1931 with burial in Smith Cemetery.
She was the daughter of Stephen W MATHEWS (MATHIS) and
Melinda (maiden name unknown) BROWN MATHIS
(2)JAMES PIERCE born 31 May l839 in Missouri.
Believe he served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
When he returned from the Civil War he divorced Charlotte Owens Pierce
James married :
(l)CHARLOTTE OWENS on l0 Feb l86l in Newton County, Arkansas
and they lived together as man and wife until 5th of June 1862.
James filed for divorce on grounds of adultery. "said defendant
was guilty of adultery subsequent to said marriage", Page 29 of
Chancery Court Records of Newton County.
NOTE:
Charlotte OWENS PIERCE later married Alvester(Alvestus) Monroe Stacey
l3 June l875 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Found Alvestus Monroe and Charlotte Stacey on the 1880 Johnson County
Arkansas Census at Pilot Rock Township. There were no children listed
with them, so that proves to me that Charlotte did not have any
children by her first marriage to James Pierce
I thought, at first, there may have been a child Mary Ellen Pierce
by this marriage, but further information was found to change this
theory. (See Nathaniel Smith Story).
Mary Ellen Pierce was daughter of Morgan Pierce and Martha Hines.
Divorce filed 18 April 1867.
James Pierce's divorce from Charlotte Owens was granted on
23 March 1868 (page 32)and James married :
(2) RACHEL OWENS on 27 March l868 in Newton County,Arkansas.
Rachel was daughter of Richard Owens and Emma J. Moody
NEW FINDINGS:
Mary Ellen Smith WAS NOT the daughter of James Pierce and
Charlotte OWENS as once thought.
Mary Ellen was the daughter of MORGAN PIERCE and MARTHA JANE HINES
of Lincoln County, Missouri.
See the NATHANIEL SMITH Story
James and Rachel Owens Pierce children were:
1) MARY ELIZABETH "Lizzie" PIERCE, born 1867.
She married:
(1) William K (Kenison)CAMPBELL in Boone County, Arkansas on
7 June 1885.
William was born 20Aug1842 in Lewis County, Tennessee
William Kennison Campbell had served in Co. G, 20th Tennessee
Infantry (CSA) in Civil War.
He married (1) SUSAN PRICE on unknown date.
Known children from this marriage:
1. Sarah Jane Campbell, born 1868 in Lewis County, Tennessee
2. Sampson Campbell, born November 1883 (on Newton County, Arkansas
census.
There are probably other children from this first marriage:
3. John Campbell?
4. William K Campbell?
First wife Susan probably died about 1883
Second wife Mary Elizabeth Pierce Campbell filed for William Kenison
Campbell's Civil War Pension from Newton County, Arkansas. Have a
copy of this Civil War Pension record.
Campbell children from second marriage were:
i:Ollie B Campbell, born 16 June 1886 in Arkansas
She married Charles William Foster on 7 November 1901 in Newton County
Ollie B Campbell Foster died on 16 April 1973 and is buried in Gibson
Cemetery, Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma.
ii:Carrie M Campbell,born January 1887 in Arkansas.
She married George W FREEMAN on 6 August 1903 in Newton County
Carrie M Campbell Freeman died in 1951 and is buried in Sexton
Cemetery, Newton County.
iii: Samuel R."Bobby" Campbell, born February 1889 in Arkansas
He married Rhoda Annalee FREEMAN on 15 October 1909 in Newton County
1) Elgie May Campbell, born 1913 in Arkansas.
there are probably more children
Samuel "Bobby" Campbell died between 1930 and 1938 at Haskell,Oklahoma
with burial in Gibson Cemetery, Haskell, Oklahoma
iv: James Andrew Campbell, born January 1891 in Arkansas.
Does anyone have information on James?
v:Myrtle A Campbell, born January 1895 in Arkansas.
She married J. Frank SMITH on 7 August 1910 in Newton County
J. Frank Smith was son of James W. and Mary Tennison Smith.
Their children shown on the 1930 Newton County, Arkansas Census in
Hudson Township, were:
1)Russell Smith, age 16
2)Lela Smith, age 11
3)Alice Smith, age 8
4)Ted Smith, age 5
5)Dale Smith, age 2-2/12
6)Daisy Smith, age 2-2/12
vi: Minnie R Campbell, born March 1897 in Arkansas.
Another source states she was born 31Mar1898 in Mellette, McIntosh County,Oklahoma
She married Ralph E. LUCK in Garfield County, Oklahoma
Ralph was born 25 Nov 1896.
They had six children, all living at present
Myrtle died 15 Jan 1971 in Tushka (near Atoka),Oklahoma
Note:
Minnie's information from Brenda Luck Duncan (bduncan1@aol.com)
After William Kenison Campbell died on 22 January 1916,
Mary Lizzie Pierce Campbell married
(2) Archibald Yell POOL on 22 Oct l9l6 in Newton County,Arkansas.
Have family group sheets on children.
Family moved to Oklahoma.
continuing with James and Rachel Owens Pierce children:
2) MARGARET EMILY PIERCE,born 1869. On 1870 census
3) SARAH PIERCE , born 1869. On 1870 Newton County census.
4) SAMUEL C PIERCE , born April 1870
Samuel married Mary Tennessee FARMER 3 September 1892 in Newton
County, Arkansas.
Questions:
She is listed as Tennessee Farmer on marriage license. Was that a nickname??
She is listed is Mary A on 1900 Johnson County, Arkansas Census
She is listed as Mary Angeline Pierce on California Death Records
Children were:
i: Ozey R Pearce born 1896
ii: Zelphia Belle Pierce, born 5Nov1899 in Jasper, Newton County, Arkansas
who married Dal Coe SKAGGS on 5Feb1917 in Newton County.
Zelpha Pierce Skaggs died 16 July 1975 in Modesto, California and is
buried in Acacia Memorial Park.
Am in touch with a member of this family and will be adding photos
and more information, so please come back and visit later.
iii: James Pierce, born 1908.
1900 Johnson Co. AR Census, Low Gap Township
(did not know there was a Low Gap Township in Johnson Co.AR.,but there is
a Low Gap in Newton County, Arkansas. The writing is small and sometimes faint)
PIERCE, Samuel C, 30 M8yrs(forgot to get date) AR,AR,MO Physician
...........Mary A, wife, Mar1874, 25, M8yrs, 5-2 living AR,-- ---
..........Ozie R, daug.,Feb 1896, 4, AR,AR,AR
..........Zelphie B, daug., Nov 1899, 6/12?, AR,AR,AR
The 1910 Newton County, Arkansas Census states Samuel Pierce had
seven children with three living.
Samuel Charles Pierce, born 20 April 1870 in Arkansas
Died 13 February 1949 in Contra Costa County, California
5)SUSANNAH JANE PIERCE, born 11 January 1871
Susannah "Susie" Jane married
James Pleasant"Babe" SMITH, son of Martin Tackett Smith and Rhoda
STANDRIDGE.
Married on 19 January 1890 in Boone County, Arkansas
(Martin was brother to Henry W Smith, my husband's great grandfather)
Put the "Martin Tackett Smith Story" on my website in "Kinfolks Stories"
Susanna Jane Pierce Smith also had a brief marriage to William Riley
FLUD ca 1917, but it did not work out
There were too many children in the families
Susannah Jane Pierce Smith died 26 August 1959 and is buried in
Smith Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas
6) LETHA PIERCE, born 7 February 1875
Aletha "Letha" married Charles W HOLT on 14 January 1892 in Newton
County, Arkansas.
Their children were:
i: Zelmer Holt who married Angie DUCK
ii: George L Holt who married Letha SUTTON
iii: Otis Holt who married Florence Rachel SMITH
iv: Mabel Bertha Holt who married W.R. McCUTCHEON.
Mabel was mother of Dorcus COONTZ and Jimmie (f) SMITH
v: Dewey Holt who married Lilly FLOOD
Letha died 15 January 1959 and is also buried in Smith Cemetery
Charles William Holt died in 1952 and is also buried in Smith
Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas
7) GEORGE W PIERCE , born 4 March 1877
George married Mattie Louise MOSS on 11 June 1899 in Newton
County, Arkansas
Mattie was daughter of Lewis S MOSS and Savannah Alice WILSON Moss.
children were:
i: Garland Jones Pierce, born 7 October 1901 in Arkansas.
Married Eugenia Louisa BRUCKER. Garland died on 24 July 1983 in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ii: John Charles Franklin Pierce, born 1904. He died in 1956
iii: Margy Alice Pierce, born 1906. She died in 1972.
iv: Rachel Savannah Pierce, born 1908 in Arkansas. She died in 1968
v: James Louis Pierce, born in 1910 in Oklahoma.
vi: Ruby Hazel Pierce, born in 1913 in Oklahoma
vii: Ruben Jarrett Pierce, born 11 April 1916. Died 18 January 1917
and buried in Mellette Cemetery, Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma
George W Pierce died on 27 November at Phoenix (Maricopa County)
Arizona.
Mattie Moss Pierce died on 4 April 1959 in Oakland, California
8)JAMES M PIERCE, born October 1879
He married Dora A (mnu).
9) JOHN BUNN PIERCE, born 1885
John Bunn Pierce married Sarah FOSTER on 6 August 1905 in Newton
County.
10) ROBERT EDGAR PIERCE, born 15 April 1890
who married DULLA "Dullie"IRENE O'NEAL on 10 April 1910 in Newton County, Arkansas. Dullie was born 9 November 1892.
children were:
i: James Raymond Pierce, born 16Sept1911,married ETHEL BURDINE
He died 17 July 1973.
ii: Raymond Velmer Pierce, born 16 April 19?.He married ANNA BELLE COCHRAN. Raymond died 13Jan1954 in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas.
iii: Samuel Jess Pierce, born 10Jan1915 and died 17Dec1976. He married (1) JEATH CARHART and (2) RUBY INEZ NUNLEY.Lived Haskell, Oklahoma
iv: Arnold L Pierce, born 28 Nov 1917. He died 11 Dec 1918 with burial in Smith Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas.
v: Augusta Chloe Pierce, born 22Dec1919. She married HERSHELL EDELL STARNES on 22Dec1940. Hershell Edell Starnes, born 30July1920, died 29July1992.
vi: Homer Hayes Pierce, born 6July1922. He married (1) MARY BELLE TRAMMEL and (2) VIVIAN CREWS, and (3) MARIE COWELL.
vii: Rachel Paralee Magdalene Pierce, born 18July1924. Married ROBERT DIXON HUGHES on 11Oct1942.
Robert Edgar Pierce died 15 August 1971 in Castro Valley, Alameda County, California. Dullie Irene O'Neal Pierce died 4February 1977.
Updated information from Roberta (RobertaE25@aol.com).Thanks Roberta for the information.
On the l900 Newton County, Ark. census Rachel Owen Pierce stated she
had 11 children with 7 living.
This has been a very hard family to trace, with conflicting stories,
but if anyone has anything to add, please write me.
James Pierce died on 22 May l9l7 and is buried in the Smith Cemetery
at Vendor,Arkansas.
Rachel Owens Pierce died 15 November 1920 and is buried in Smith
Cemetery in Newton County.
continuing with children of John Lindsey Pierce Sr.
(3)WILLIAM PIERCE, born l9 Oct l84l in Missouri.
He was in Co. K, First Arkansas Cavalry (Union) during Civil War.
He died at home on l4 December l864 of congestive chills which
"incurred at Clipper Mills, Carroll County, Arkansas", so apparently
was at home on leave.
It is unknown where he is buried, but he is entitled to a military
marker if someone would apply. It does not have to be placed on his
grave, but I understand can be placed in any cemetery in his memory.
His mother Mary"Polly" Burdine Pierce applied for his pension in l890
and so we know she was alive at that time. She also homesteaded
80 acres in Section l5, Township l5 North, Range 20 West in l889 and
proof of Homestead was filed in l894.The exact date and place of burial
for Mary Burdine Pierce is unknown by me at this time.
Per William Pierce's Civil War Pension record, his father,
John Lindsey Pierce,Senior died on 5 May l875 in Taney County, Missouri.
(4)BARBARA ALLEN PIERCE,born ll August l843 in Arkansas.
I believe she was named for the old folk song "Barbara Allen".
If you have not heard this song,listen to it now.
Really a nice old song.
Will be writing Barbara's story in another Kinfolks episode.
Barbara married:
(l) Mr. HOUSE ca l860 and they had two children who died during
Civil War Time. So many little children died during the Civil War
time; many of starvation.
I have not been able to find her on the 1860 census in Arkansas as yet
Barbara Allen Pierce House then married:
(2)Henry Woody SMITH in l866 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Barbara and Henry Smith are my husband's great grandparents.
Their children were:
(a) John Henry Smith who married Sarah MACKEY in 1885.
He died in 1893.
(b) Thomas Martin Smith died young.
(c) James Calvin Smith
James married Julie CAMPBELL
(d) J.P. Smith died young.
(e) Martha Isabell Smith, married Jerry CAMPBELL.
(have family group sheets on her family)
(f) Febary" Ann " Smith, married James C FLOOD.
(have family group sheets)
(g) William E Smith, died young.
(h) Mary Louvina"Viney" Smith Burdine Smith,
(wife of James F BURDINE and David Crockett SMITH).
Have researched this family also.
(i) Grover "Cleve"land Smith, married Lulu HAMILTON
(my husband's grandpa). He is the only son to live to middle age.
Grandpa Henry Woody Smith was also the father of:
(J) Fanny Leoma Smith Peoples.
Grandma Barbara took care of Fanny and raised her as one of her own.
Sarah Melvina Pierce Armstrong Tennison was Fanny's mother.
Will write more about Fanny in another story.
Have a picture of Fanny Smith Peoples to share later.
See the JOHN THOMAS PEOPLES STORY in my 'Kinfolks Stories'.
Barbara Allen Pierce House Smith died on l3 Aug l9l6 and is buried in
the Smith Cemetery, Vendor, Ark. Have details of all their children.
(5)MARGARET ELIZABETH PIERCE born l6 January l847 in Arkansas
married:
(l) George W SMITH on 5 May 1867 in Newton County, Arkansas.
They had a daughter Mary Jane SMITH who married John Snooker FLUD
Margaret married:
(2)Lorenzo Dow COWAN on 11 September 1875 in Newton County
Lorenzo Dow Cowan was in Newton County in 1884 as he signed an
affidavit for a Civil War veteran' application.
NOTE:
Earlier I had written that Margaret Pierce Smith had married a
WILLIAM COWAN but I now believe she married Lorenzo COWAN instead.
A daughter or stepdaughter Sarah COWAN married Dill COLLINS.
Margaret Elizabeth Pierce and Lorenzo Dow Cowan had one known son:
Bill COWAN born 1884
Bill COWAN married Cora SMITH of Jasper on 2March1905
in Newton County.
Will write more on this family later.
Margaret Elizabeth Pierce Smith Cowan then married:
(3) Anderson CABLE 15 January 1897 in Newton County, Arkansas.
The date and place and burial of Margaret Elizabeth Pierce Smith
Cowan Cable is unknown at this time.
Will write later about this family.
(6)JOHN LINDSEY PIERCE, JR. born 20 May l849 in Arkansas.
He married:
(l) Mary Maranda FLOOD(daughter of Nathan FLOOD and Mary Polly JONES)
on 22 July l869 in Newton County, Arkansas
Children were:
i: GEORGE WASHINGTON PIERCE, born 13 November 1870.
He married Delilah Emmaline Smith on 15 September 1893 in Newton
County. She was daughter of Gilbert SMITH and Mary BRASSFIELD SMITH
After Delilah died, George married :
(2) Margaret E. ANDERSON on 22 June 1902.
George married:
(3) Ruth"Choctaw" PEOPLES HAGAR on 17 August 1903 in Newton County
They had a son TROY PIERCE, born ca 1904
Ruth Peoples had married
(1) H C HAGAR on 15 January 1900 in Newton County.
George W Pierce died on 22 July 1904 and is buried in Smith
Cemetery in Newton County.
Ruth Peoples Hagar Pierce married (3) Joseph FARMER.
Ruth was on the 1920 Newton County, Arkansas census with her
two Farmer children and her son Troy Pierce, age 15
Joseph Farmer had died before 1920
ii:MARY ELIZABETH "Lizzie" PIERCE, born 1872.
Lizzie married WILLIAM NICHOLS on 22 September 1887 in Newton County.
William was actually the son of George W FLOOD and Martha NICHOLS
(they did not marry)
Lizzie and William were actually first cousins. Lizzie was daughter of Mary Maranda Flood Pierce who was sister to George W Flood.
Martha Nichols was daughter of "Old John"NICHOLS and unknown wife.
William Nichols was born while George Flood was in the Union Army during Civil War Time and before his marriage to Rachel Caroline Harris.
Will write a 'Kinfolks Story' about this family later, so watch for
that story
Thank you Mary Nichols Moore of Eufaula, Oklahoma for sending me the
pictures of your family and the most appreciated information.
iii:WILLIAM RILEY PIERCE, born October 1874.
William Riley married Bonnie Lee ADAMS HARP on 17 April 1900 in
Newton County. She had been married to Sammie HARP on 15 September
1895 and she had William and Esker Harp.
The Pierce children were:
1) Hugh Pierce, born 1903
2) Venus Pierce, born 1906
3) Delbert Pierce, born 30 June 1908. Married Irene (mnu).
Delbert died 5 April 1989 and is buried in Mellette Cemetery,
Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma.
William Riley Pierce died on 7 November 1938 and is buried in the
Mellette Cemetery at Eufaula.
Bonnie Lee Adams Harp Pierce died on 6 February 1968 and is also
buried in Mellette Cemetery
Bonnie was daughter of George W Adams and Martha E Holt.
iv: REBECCA PIERCE, born 24 November 1876. She died young
v: NANCY JANE PIERCE, born in 1878.
She married:
(1) E.E. BATTENFIELD on 26 July 1896 in Newton County
She had a daughter Gertie Battenfield.
Nancy Jane married (2) CHARLEY BOX on 4 August 1904.
Nancy Jane Pierce Battenfield Box married (3) JOSEPH HARTMAN
,
age 48, on 10 March 1912 in Newton County.
vi:SARAH EMMA PIERCE, born 1881. She married GEORGE RILEY SHATSWELL on 8 April 1897 in Newton County.
vii: DORA A PIERCE, born 26 September 1883.
She married :
(1)CHARLES FRANKLIN MASON on 16 December 1906 in Newton County
After Charles died, Dora married:
(2) CHARLES N WILLIS in 1929 at Eufaula, Oklahoma.
Dora married:
(3)ANDERSON ARMSTRONG in Eufaula,Oklahoma
Dora died on 27 October 1970 and is buried in Mellette
Cemetery,Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma
Dora had a daughter Sally Mason who is also buried in Mellette
Cemetery
viii:GROVER CLEVELAND "CLEVE" PIERCE, born 20 March 1886.
He married:
(1) Lona TENNISON on 3 September 1905 in Newton County.
They were divorced
He married :
(2) ROSE SMITH FLOOD 28 July 1917 (J-309)in Newton County
Grover Cleveland died in 1967 and is buried in Smith Cemetery,
Newton County.
ix:THOMAS JEFFERSON PIERCE, born 23 January 1888. He died on
12 September 1900. While playing in the school yard a limb from a
tree fell and struck him, killing him instantly. He was 12 years
old. He is buried in Smith Cemetery
x: MAUDE LEONA PIERCE, born November 1890.
She married:
JOHN RILEY RICKETTS on 6 December 1906 in Newton County
She died in California
xi:ROSETTA "ROSE" PIERCE, born 1 February 1897.
Married :
(1)WILLIAM CHARLES "Charley" REDDELL on 10 August 1912 (I-199)
in Newton County. Charley was son of William Thomas "Billy" Reddell
and Nancy C Holt
Charley died on 13 April 1928 of tuberculosis.
Their children:
1)Boyd Ricks Reddell, born 4 December 1914 in Arkansas.
He died in 1927 of epilepsy and fevers
2) John William Reddell,born 21 May 1916 in Arkansas. He died in April 2004.
3) Mary Oleta Bua Reddell, born 1 February 1919 in Oklahoma
She married Mr. Fowler. She died in 1995 of cancer
4)Vera Irene Reddell, born 2 July 1921 in Oklahoma.
5) Hershell Wendell Reddell, born 26 July 1923 in Oklahoma. He died in the 1960s.
6) Geneere Juanita Reddell, born 3 December 1925. She died in 1957
in a house fire
7) Charlescie "Choky"Gladys Reddell, born 13 April 1928. She died
in 1994 of cancer
After Charley's death, Rosetta married :
(2) Thomas Jefferson PITTS in September 1931.
The Pitts children were:
8) Donald Wesley Pitts, born 24 June 1932
9) Geraldine Pitts, born 3 December 1933 at Checotah, Oklahoma
Geraldine married Mr. Bounds
10) Eugene Dewayne Pitts, born May 1936.
11) Tommy Pitts, born May 1939
Mary Maranda Flood Pierce died on 22 September 1914 and is buried
in Smith Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas
PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF MARY MARANDA FLOOD PIERCE or any of her children, WOULD YOU SHARE THEM WITH ME? Am trying to collect pictures of
each of Nathaniel Flood's children so that I can put their story on my
website, complete with pictures.
WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY PHOTOS YOU COULD SHARE WITH US.
John L Pierce, Jr. then married:
(2) Sarah Allen EDDINGS REYNOLDS on 1 October l9l5 in Newton County
After John L Pierce Jr. died, Sarah married R J Eddings, age 73,
for the second time.
She was age 64 and living at Cave Creek at the time of her marriage
to R J Eddings on 23 October 1926.
John L Pierce, Jr. died in 1926, killed in a car accident while
riding with Jay Smith at Eureka Springs, Arkansas
He is buried in Smith Cemetery
John L Pierce was a Justice of Peace and married many,many couples
in Newton County.
If anyone has any photographs on this family to share, please write
me. Would love to see what the Pierce families looked like.
I get emotionally involved with the people I am researching and
often wonder how their lives turned out and what joys and sorrows
they had in their lives.
And could I put the photos in this story?
Please write
NOTE:
A note here on the Pierce family.
BENJAMIN PIERCE who was born
in l830 in Missouri and his wife JANE (maiden name unknown),
born l834 in Missouri were the parents of :
(a) John J.Pierce born l85l in Illinois
(b) David Pierce born l852 in Arkansas
(c) Julia A Pierce born l856 in Missouri
(d) Susannah Pierce born l858 in Arkansas
(e) Sarah Melvina Pierce who married HENRY C ARMSTRONG and
JAMES 'STRIKER' TENNISON.
(f) Barbara Elizabeth Pierce born l865 who married James Steagal
(g) Narcissus Pierce born l869.
It is unknown when either Benjamin and his wife Jane ? Pierce died
or where they are buried.
PLEASE, if you have any information on this Benjamin Pierce family, would greatly appreciate your help.
MARY PIERCE:
Also would like to point out that MARY PIERCE born l830 in Missouri
was the mother of SARAH J PIERCE who married NATHANIEL BURDINE.
Sarah was Mary's daughter before Mary married JOHN OWENS.
I do not know the relationship of Benjamin Pierce and Mary Pierce to
the other Pierce Family members.
They were probably from Lincoln or St. Charles County, Missouri area
ALSO, MORGAN PIERCE, the father of Mary Ellen Pierce Smith, was somehow related to this Pierce family. Morgan Pierce married Martha Jane Hines in 1846 in Lincoln County, Missouri.
See the "NATHANIEL SMITH STORY" on my website.
There was also a GEORGE PIERCE who married ELIZABETH BURDINE. They
apparently lived in Lincoln County, Missouri. Am trying
to get more information on George Pierce also.
Evelyn Flood
Rkinfolks@aol.com
Published in my "Kinfolks" column in the Newton County, Arkansas
Times Newspaper on 15 October 1998
In further research, have found a GEORGE PIERCE who had married
ELIZABETH BURDINE (daughter of Amos Burdyne & Jennie Davison).
This Pierce family was in Lincoln County, Missouri in September 1833
with the following children under 14 years:
(1)Susan Pierce
(2)Margaret Jane Pierce
(3)Nancy Pierce
(4)Polly Pierce
(5)James Pierce
There was a Bill of Sale from George Pierce to Landor Lindsey,
dated 28 Sept 1835 or 1838
The land was sold Feb 1837. Personal property were sold in 1835
There is a newspaper clipping dated 5Dec1836 on the land
NEW PIERCE information:
DANIEL PIERCE married SARAH COLEMAN in St. Charles County, Missouri.
Known children:
1. Benjamin Pierce, born ca 1823
2.Elizabeth Pierce married DAVISON BOWLIN on 1Nov1846 in Lincoln County, Missouri.
3. George Pierce, born ca 1825-1830. Married CATHERINE EMERSON on 2July1854. George died 8July1863
Children:
i:Celia Elizabeth Pierce
ii: Georgianna Pierce
iii: Leona Pierce
4. Joshua Pierce, born ca 1832. Married Mrs. SUSANNA "Susan CREECH COLLAR.Died 14Sept1860, struck by lightening.
children:
Lewis Alexander Pierce
5. Julia Ann Pierce, born ca 1834. Married BENJAMIN SHELTON on 23Feb1858
6. Daniel Pierce, born ca 1838. Married SARAH BRAY on 11Mar1860.
children:
i: Syran Pierce
ii: Paul Pierce
iii: Sarah Pierce
7. John J Pierce, born ca 1840
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GIDEON PIERCE
From the book "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri"
A Gideon Pierce is listed. There was a Gideon Pierce in Searcy County, Arkansas, living by a Morgan Pierce 1860.
St. Charles County, Missouri
PEARCE, Gideon Pearce, of England, settled in the State of Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay about the year 1675. He had a grandson named Thomas Pearce who was married three times. The name of last wife was ANN EVERT by whom he had five children....
Gideon, James, Thomas,Jr., Elizabeth and Bartrus.
Thomas, Jr. married Catherine Comegys of Maryland and settled in St. Charles County, MISSOURI in 1820.
They had ten children.
Anna, Maria, Elinga, Miranda, Caroline, William, Catharine, Thomas, Matilda and Benjamin.
Anna married Cautious Money and returned to Maryland.
Maria was married twice, first to Richard Talbott and second to Henry Rengo(Ringo)
Elinga married, lived and died in Maryland.
Miranda and Catherine died young.
William married Eve Baldridge.
Thomas married Mrs. Elizabeth Wetmore.
Matilda married Jonathan Zumwalt.
Benjamin married Martha Camp.
1860 SEARCY COUNTY, ARKANSAS
I found a MORGAN PIERCE living in Searcy County, Arkansas in 1860, Tomahawk Township, visit #449-441 with wife listed as NANCY C, 18 born in Alabama,
children :
Charles W age 2 and Charlotte 2/12 born Arkansas,
Malinda(Matilda?) Jane Pierce, 16 living with them,born Arkansas
James G Pierce age 41, born Ky is at visit No. 448-440
Wife Mary, 37, born Tenn
Franklin, 18, son, Missouri
Daniel, 15, son, Missouri
Sally or Polly, daughter, 13, Arkansas
Alizena, 8, daughter, Arkansas
Lewis, son, 6, Arkansas
Lodicia, daughter, 5, Arkansas.
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Visit 449-441
Gideon H Pierce, 32, head, born Tenn
Elizabeth, wife, 32, born Ind
Sarah Jane, daughter, 12, Missouri
William G, son 10, Missouri
Lewis B, son 8, Missouri
Mary S, daughter, 7, Arkansas
Joseph G, son, 5, Missouri
Jesse R, son, 2, Missouri
A POLLY PIERCE age 67, born Kentucky, lives at visit No.452-444 with a Lewis Gower 21 born Tenn and Charlotte age 16 born Missouri.
There were McBrides also in Searcy Co.Ark. in Tomahawk Township, Visit
#406-399 in 1860 census.
Note the JAMES G PIERCE, age 41 above.
This ties into the Gideon Pierce information.
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