James F. Pierce, one of the oldest residents of Tippecanoe county, died Saturday morning [Jan. 19, 1924] at the family home, 354 State street, West Lafayette. He was eighty-five years old and death was due to infirmities of age. He had been ill only a short time.
Mr. Pierce was born Nov. 27, 1838, on a farm near Hebron, on which he made his home until four years ago, when the family moved to West Lafayette. He was married to Martha A. Andrew on April 22, 1862. He held memberships in the Mt. Zion M.E. church, Octagon lodge No. 511, F. and A.M. and Klondike tribe No. 316, I.O.R.M. He was a charter member of the Klondike tribe.
Surviving are the widow; two sons, Frank A. Pierce of Route B, and Ralph W. Pierce of Otterbein; and two daughters, Miss Jessie A. Pierce of West Lafayette and Mrs. Mary Pierce Wright of Burnettsville.
Funeral services will be held at the family home, Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, with internment in the Hebron cemetery.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Sat 1/19/1924
Information received from Vonda Dowell, Find-A-Grave contributor #46922561
James F. Pierce, one of the oldest residents of Tippecanoe county, died Saturday morning [Jan. 19, 1924] at the family home, 354 State street, West Lafayette. He was eighty-five years old and death was due to infirmities of age. He had been ill only a short time.
Mr. Pierce was born Nov. 27, 1838, on a farm near Hebron, on which he made his home until four years ago, when the family moved to West Lafayette. He was married to Martha A. Andrew on April 22, 1862. He held memberships in the Mt. Zion M.E. church, Octagon lodge No. 511, F. and A.M. and Klondike tribe No. 316, I.O.R.M. He was a charter member of the Klondike tribe.
Surviving are the widow; two sons, Frank A. Pierce of Route B, and Ralph W. Pierce of Otterbein; and two daughters, Miss Jessie A. Pierce of West Lafayette and Mrs. Mary Pierce Wright of Burnettsville.
Funeral services will be held at the family home, Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, with internment in the Hebron cemetery.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Sat 1/19/1924
Information received from Vonda Dowell, Find-A-Grave contributor #46922561
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William Grandison Pierce
1814–1849
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Elvila Pierce Kellogg
1820–1899
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George Pierce
1822–1883
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Elihu Pierce
1823–1889
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Ezekiel Carter Pierce
1824–1918
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Dr Richard Carter Pierce
1828–1913
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Isaac Newton Pierce
1829–1914
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Eliza Jane Pierce Wendelborn
1831–1897
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Elizabeth Pierce Reser
1832–1910
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Martha Anna Pierce Brady
1834–1909
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Lewis G Pierce
1840–1864
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