Dr. Thomas L. Pierce joined the Medhodist Curch at eleven years of age. At twenty years of age he went to Dunklin County, Missouri, where he was granted the first certificate, and taught the first free public school in that county for two years. While teaching there, a young girl, Miss Berlinda Betts, went to school to him. She later became his wife. At the age of twenty-two he entered medical college in Keokuk, Iowa, after attendance there he began to practice medicine with Dr. J.H. Norris in Metropolis, Illinois. In 1876 he moved to Boydsvill, Arkansas, where he practiced medicine very successfully for twenty-five years. After moving to Carbon, Texas, in 1904, Dr Pierce practiced medicine untill ill health prevented further services. His life was spent in loving service for his fellow man. Info from Nolan Pierce
Dr. Thomas L. Pierce joined the Medhodist Curch at eleven years of age. At twenty years of age he went to Dunklin County, Missouri, where he was granted the first certificate, and taught the first free public school in that county for two years. While teaching there, a young girl, Miss Berlinda Betts, went to school to him. She later became his wife. At the age of twenty-two he entered medical college in Keokuk, Iowa, after attendance there he began to practice medicine with Dr. J.H. Norris in Metropolis, Illinois. In 1876 he moved to Boydsvill, Arkansas, where he practiced medicine very successfully for twenty-five years. After moving to Carbon, Texas, in 1904, Dr Pierce practiced medicine untill ill health prevented further services. His life was spent in loving service for his fellow man. Info from Nolan Pierce
Family Members
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Norris Pierce
1881–1949
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Lillie Myrtle Pierce Simpson
1882–1950
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John Edgar Pierce
1884–1960
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Martha Lena Pierce
1885–1887
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Roy Dwight Pierce
1888–1958
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Katie Berlinda Pierce Scott
1890–1969
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Charles Elgin Pierce
1891–1975
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Albert Aaron Pierce
1893–1972
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Eva Mae Pierce Curry
1894–1980
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James Henry Pierce
1897–1951
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Frank Pierce
1898–1968
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Jewell Pierce
1901–1927
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Clara Pierce Cozby
1903–1982
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