Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin Ellsworth Pierce    
                Born: Sep-  -1868          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
             Resided: 1938                 in Ohio  3
              Census: 1870, 1880, 1900     in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Jesse H. Pierce   (     - 1870) 
              Mother: Christena Wilson   (1824 -     ) 
                Wife: Mary Rosanna Adams     
         Census name: M. Rosa 1
             Married: May-11-1890          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: Apr-14-1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  4,1,2
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Joshua A. Adams   (1835 - 1911) 
              Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Woofter   (1850 - 1921) 
           F Child 1: Jessie May Pierce      
                Born: Jul-  -1891           1
              Census: 1900                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Rosa Pierce      
                Born: ca 1893               5
                Died: 1897                 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV  6
      Cause of death:                      diphtheria  7
           M Child 3: Homer M. Pierce      
                Born: Jan-  -1898           1
              Census: 1900                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) Obituary of brother. 
(4) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Mary R. Adams, b. Apr 14 1875, dau of Joshua & Sarah E. 
Adams. BR Bk 1, p. 71. 
(5) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(6) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identifies as Rosa Pierce, age 4, dau of B. E. & M. R. Pierce, died at 
Summers, cause of death diphtheria.  Informant:  B. E. Pierce, father.  The space for the date of death was left blank, 
but the entry was among those for the year 1897. DR p. 54. 
(7) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 







Name Index