Jul-28-2018
Husband: Walter James Pierce Also known as: J. Walter Pierce 1,2,3
Born: Aug-19-1878 4,5 Died: Jan-29-1945 4 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Father: George W. Pierce (1848 - 1922) Mother: Susanna Adams (1852 - 1921) Notes
Wife: Nora Gay Reed Census name: Gay Reed Married: May-17-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
Born: Jan- 5-1885 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8,9,5 Died: Jul-31-1968 at Gore, Harrison Co, WV 9 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6,9,7 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Father: William Reed (1852 - 1932) Mother: Rachel Ann Lowther (1858 - 1939)
M Child 1: Avery Cline Pierce Born: Jan-12-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,4,10 Died: Aug-18-1936 in Lamberton (Ellenboro), Ritchie Co, WV 11,4 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4,6 Census: 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Edith Opal Jones b. Apr- 5-1907 Married: Dec-26-1923 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD 12
F Child 2: Mabel Marie Pierce Born: ca 1906 in Harrison Co, WV 10,13 Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1924 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 13 Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Charles Cecil Boyd b. Feb-12-1893 d. Feb-18-1959 Census name: Cecil Boyd 14,10 Married: Dec-24-1924 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 13
F Child 3: Felcie Viletta Pierce Born: Apr-18-1907 at Jaco Hill, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Oris Irwin Pierce Born: Jan-22-1909 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Died: Feb-24-1943 in Wood Co, WV 11 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1940 at Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 farm worker 3 Wife: Ruth Eloise Fox b. Apr-21-1912 d. Dec-18-1985 Married: Nov-17-1932 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 16
F Child 5: Opal Pierce Born: May-24-1912 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 6: Kenneth Pierce Born: Apr-23-1914 in Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 7: Ruby Waneta Pierce Born: Feb-22-1917 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,17 Died: Apr-15-2003 17 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 18,6 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,19 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: A & P grocery employee 18 Husband: Oda Alf Shepherd b. Apr-24-1916 d. Jan-26-1994 Married: Nov- 6-1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 16 Husband: Cincil H. Williams b. Aug- 9-1909 d. Mar-11-1994 Census name: Cencil Williams 20 Married: Oct-25-1952 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16
M Child 8: Arles Doy Pierce Census name: Arlis Pierce Born: Jul-26-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV 21,8 Died: Jun- 2-1962 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 21 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery in Griffin, Spalding Co, GA 7,21 Cause of death: fell from 4th-floor hotel window 22 Resided: in Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA 21 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Military: (enlisted 5/26/1940) M/Sgt, US Army, World War II, Korea (22 yrs) 23,24,21 Wife: Mary Dunn
Sources: (1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (2) Birth record of daughter. (3) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (4) Headstone. (5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (6) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (7) Findagrave.com. (8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (10) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (11) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, Thursday, Jan 3, 1924: PIERCE - JONES "Avery Pierce, son of J.W Pierce, and Miss Edith Jones, daughter of Mrs. Anna B. Jones, both of West Union, W.Va., evaded their friends on Christmas evening, got aboard an east-bournd train, and landed at Cumberland, Md., where they were quietly united in marriage at the Maryland Hotel, on December 26th, 1923. They returned to West Union on No. 11, on Thursday following, and are now at home in their home city." (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (15) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (17) Social Security Death Index. (18) Obituary. (19) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (20) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (21) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. (22) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV, Obituary incorrectly states automobile accident. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3574794&Type=Death. (23) Military Grave Marker. (24) West Union Herald, 10/14/1915. Event Notes Note (1) In 1910, listed as Gay Reed, 25, single, a servant in the household of Fred Sousae and his widowed mother Amanda.Name Index