Was a Civil War Soldier ,New York 13th Regiment, G Company , Prisoner of War in Libby Prison, (later moved to Bell Isle),Richmond, Virginia, He wrote a narrative of his experiences in the Civil War.
Born in New York, Moved to DuPage County, Illinois and Married Mary Emma Whitford in Kane County, 1869. Moved to Kansas in 1872 and lived in a dugout in the side of a hill two miles east of Ada, Kansas. His hearing was badly injured in the Civil War. He wore a beard to hide the scars from his Civil War injury.
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Married Mary Emma Whitford October 23, 1869 in Kane, Illinois. (Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935)
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Robert Pierce was an old Civil War Veteran and also an old settler, coming to Salina, Kansas arriving 1870. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wormser, Rev. Griffeth preaching the funeral sermons. He died of old age and heart failure. Robert Pierce is buried in the Northeast corner of the Union Valley Cemetery located 3 miles west and 1 mile south of Barnard in Lincoln County.
In his youth, he was baptized and united with a Baptist Church. His hearing was so injured by his experiences in the war that he could not hear well enough to attend church, but he always urged his family to attend. He was always careful to observe Sunday in a dignified and reverent manner, and compensated himself for his absence from services by reading his Bible and sermons.In 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 13 N.Y. Infantry at Rochester, N.Y. for the unexpired term of the regiment. He was married to Mary E. Whitford, October 23, 1869 atKane, Ill., and resided in the state until the Spring of 1872, when he came to Kansas, locating on a farm two miles east of Ada. Later he moved to a farm one mile south of, Milo, where they lived until 1910, when they moved to Barnard. They lived here about a year and then moved to Trego County, Kansas. In about a year they returned to Barnard, on account of the injury of his wife, where she died October 31, 1914. Six children were born to this union: Jessie, who died at the age of 7 mos.; Mrs. Francis Richardson, Ellwood, Neb.; Mrs. Etta Wormser, Barnard, Kansas; Mrs. Alice Adams, Barnard, Kansas; Mrs. Minnie Mitchell, Lexington, Kansas; Frank Pierce, Beverly, Kansas
Born in New York, Moved to DuPage County, Illinois and Married Mary Emma Whitford in Kane County, 1869. Moved to Kansas in 1872 and lived in a dugout in the side of a hill two miles east of Ada, Kansas. His hearing was badly injured in the Civil War. He wore a beard to hide the scars from his Civil War injury.
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Married Mary Emma Whitford October 23, 1869 in Kane, Illinois. (Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935)
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Robert Pierce was an old Civil War Veteran and also an old settler, coming to Salina, Kansas arriving 1870. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wormser, Rev. Griffeth preaching the funeral sermons. He died of old age and heart failure. Robert Pierce is buried in the Northeast corner of the Union Valley Cemetery located 3 miles west and 1 mile south of Barnard in Lincoln County.
In his youth, he was baptized and united with a Baptist Church. His hearing was so injured by his experiences in the war that he could not hear well enough to attend church, but he always urged his family to attend. He was always careful to observe Sunday in a dignified and reverent manner, and compensated himself for his absence from services by reading his Bible and sermons.In 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 13 N.Y. Infantry at Rochester, N.Y. for the unexpired term of the regiment. He was married to Mary E. Whitford, October 23, 1869 atKane, Ill., and resided in the state until the Spring of 1872, when he came to Kansas, locating on a farm two miles east of Ada. Later he moved to a farm one mile south of, Milo, where they lived until 1910, when they moved to Barnard. They lived here about a year and then moved to Trego County, Kansas. In about a year they returned to Barnard, on account of the injury of his wife, where she died October 31, 1914. Six children were born to this union: Jessie, who died at the age of 7 mos.; Mrs. Francis Richardson, Ellwood, Neb.; Mrs. Etta Wormser, Barnard, Kansas; Mrs. Alice Adams, Barnard, Kansas; Mrs. Minnie Mitchell, Lexington, Kansas; Frank Pierce, Beverly, Kansas
Was a Civil War Soldier ,New York 13th Regiment, G Company , Prisoner of War in Libby Prison, (later moved to Bell Isle),Richmond, Virginia, He wrote a narrative of his experiences in the Civil War.
Born in New York, Moved to DuPage County, Illinois and Married Mary Emma Whitford in Kane County, 1869. Moved to Kansas in 1872 and lived in a dugout in the side of a hill two miles east of Ada, Kansas. His hearing was badly injured in the Civil War. He wore a beard to hide the scars from his Civil War injury.
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Married Mary Emma Whitford October 23, 1869 in Kane, Illinois. (Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935)
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Robert Pierce was an old Civil War Veteran and also an old settler, coming to Salina, Kansas arriving 1870. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wormser, Rev. Griffeth preaching the funeral sermons. He died of old age and heart failure. Robert Pierce is buried in the Northeast corner of the Union Valley Cemetery located 3 miles west and 1 mile south of Barnard in Lincoln County.
In his youth, he was baptized and united with a Baptist Church. His hearing was so injured by his experiences in the war that he could not hear well enough to attend church, but he always urged his family to attend. He was always careful to observe Sunday in a dignified and reverent manner, and compensated himself for his absence from services by reading his Bible and sermons.In 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 13 N.Y. Infantry at Rochester, N.Y. for the unexpired term of the regiment. He was married to Mary E. Whitford, October 23, 1869 atKane, Ill., and resided in the state until the Spring of 1872, when he came to Kansas, locating on a farm two miles east of Ada. Later he moved to a farm one mile south of, Milo, where they lived until 1910, when they moved to Barnard. They lived here about a year and then moved to Trego County, Kansas. In about a year they returned to Barnard, on account of the injury of his wife, where she died October 31, 1914. Six children were born to this union: Jessie, who died at the age of 7 mos.; Mrs. Francis Richardson, Ellwood, Neb.; Mrs. Etta Wormser, Barnard, Kansas; Mrs. Alice Adams, Barnard, Kansas; Mrs. Minnie Mitchell, Lexington, Kansas; Frank Pierce, Beverly, Kansas
Born in New York, Moved to DuPage County, Illinois and Married Mary Emma Whitford in Kane County, 1869. Moved to Kansas in 1872 and lived in a dugout in the side of a hill two miles east of Ada, Kansas. His hearing was badly injured in the Civil War. He wore a beard to hide the scars from his Civil War injury.
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Married Mary Emma Whitford October 23, 1869 in Kane, Illinois. (Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935)
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Robert Pierce was an old Civil War Veteran and also an old settler, coming to Salina, Kansas arriving 1870. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wormser, Rev. Griffeth preaching the funeral sermons. He died of old age and heart failure. Robert Pierce is buried in the Northeast corner of the Union Valley Cemetery located 3 miles west and 1 mile south of Barnard in Lincoln County.
In his youth, he was baptized and united with a Baptist Church. His hearing was so injured by his experiences in the war that he could not hear well enough to attend church, but he always urged his family to attend. He was always careful to observe Sunday in a dignified and reverent manner, and compensated himself for his absence from services by reading his Bible and sermons.In 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 13 N.Y. Infantry at Rochester, N.Y. for the unexpired term of the regiment. He was married to Mary E. Whitford, October 23, 1869 atKane, Ill., and resided in the state until the Spring of 1872, when he came to Kansas, locating on a farm two miles east of Ada. Later he moved to a farm one mile south of, Milo, where they lived until 1910, when they moved to Barnard. They lived here about a year and then moved to Trego County, Kansas. In about a year they returned to Barnard, on account of the injury of his wife, where she died October 31, 1914. Six children were born to this union: Jessie, who died at the age of 7 mos.; Mrs. Francis Richardson, Ellwood, Neb.; Mrs. Etta Wormser, Barnard, Kansas; Mrs. Alice Adams, Barnard, Kansas; Mrs. Minnie Mitchell, Lexington, Kansas; Frank Pierce, Beverly, Kansas
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