Husband: Merle James Pierce
Also known as: James Merle Pierce 1
Born: Dec-14-1917 in Salem, WV 2,3
Died: Jan-14-1989 in Salem, WV 2
Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 2,4
Census: 1930 in Salem, WV
Father: Winfred Wayne Pierce (1885 - 1957)
Mother: Rebecca Ellen Slussar (1886 - 1967)
Wife: Alma Maysel Hileman
Also known as: Maysel Hileman 5,6,7
Married: Oct-23-1937 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 8,1,9,10
Born: Feb-22-1918 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 11,2,12
Died: Aug-31-1996 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 2
Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 4
Resided: in Salem, WV 5,6
Resided: 1935 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13
Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Isaac Lynch Hileman (1860 - 1921)
Mother: Lucinda Richmond (1891 - 1949)
M Child 1: Living
F Child 2: Living Husband: Living
F Child 3: Living Husband: Living
F Child 4: Living Husband: Living Husband: Living
Sources: (1) Newspaper wedding announcement. (2) Obituary. (3) Social Security Death Index. (4) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (5) Obituary of mother. (6) Obituary of half-brother. (7) Headstone. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 4, p. 59. (9) Obituary of husband. (10) Obituary of wife. (11) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Alma Maysel Hileman, dau of Isaac L. Hileman & Lucinda Richmond Hileman. Original entry had child's name as "Macel Hileman" and mother's name as "Lucy Hileman." Changes to reflect the above were made by hand, with the notation "Corrections made on Affidavit of Half-Bro. 7/24/78." This is the only instance we have found of the first name Alma, as she went only by Maysel, to include her marriage record (spelled Maycel) and obituary. BR Bk 4, p. 80. (12) Hileman Genealogy (1305) 1780-1981, Pearl Hileman Cooper and Maysel Hileman Pierce (self-published, 1981), p. 38. (13) Obituary of brother.