Author, Journalist. Best known for his classic Civil War story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) and the satirical lexicon "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911). Bierce vanished without a trace in late 1913, allegedly in Mexico while covering the exploits of Pancho Villa. His disappearance is one of literature's great mysteries.
Author, Journalist. Best known for his classic Civil War story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) and the satirical lexicon "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911). Bierce vanished without a trace in late 1913, allegedly in Mexico while covering the exploits of Pancho Villa. His disappearance is one of literature's great mysteries.
Inscription
1ST LIEUT CO C 9 IND INF
CIVIL WAR
Gravesite Details
Fate of his body is unknown to historians
Family Members
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Marcus Aurelius Bierce
1799–1876
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Laura Sherwood Bierce
1803–1878
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Mary Ellen Day Bierce
1850–1905 (m. 1871)
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Abigail Bell Bierce Chappell
1823–1913
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Amelia Josephine Bierce Guthrie
1824–1897
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Ann Marie Bierce Good
1826–1905
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Aurelius Bierce
1830–1862
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Augustus F. Bierce
1832–1912
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Almeda Sophia Bierce Pittenger
1835–1920
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Andrew Jackson Bierce
1837–1923
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Albert Sherwood Bierce
1840–1914
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Ambrose Bierce
1842–1914
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Raymond Day Bierce
1872–1889
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Leigh Bierce
1874–1901
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Helen Ray Bierce Isgrigg
1875–1940
Flowers
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