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Artie Forrest PIERCE

Artie Forrest PIERCE

Male 1910 - 1968  (58 years)

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  • Name Artie Forrest PIERCE 
    Born 12 Aug 1910  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date given in marriage record as Aug 12 1908, but his death record and SSDI show it as Aug 12 1910, and date on headstone is also 1910. He does not appear in the 1910 Census, enumerated in Apr 1910, and he was age 8 in the 1920 Census. Harrison County birth records, identifying him as Forest Pierce, show his birth as July 1911, day not specified. Although it is still unclear what his actual date of birth was, he did appear to consistently use the August 12th 1910 date.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Glady Hollow, Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation miner  [5] 
    Residence Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7] 
    Died 1 Oct 1968  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5] 
    Buried K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8] 
    Person ID I53449  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2015 

    Father Marion Hickman PIERCE,   b. Apr 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1947  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Ada Frances WRIGHT,   b. 23 Apr 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1968, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F25378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dessie Elzena MERRYMAN,   b. 16 Jun 1908, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Married 4 Jul 1931  Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Alice Frances PIERCE,   b. 6 Aug 1937, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F22065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S1619] Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR p. 161.
      Identified as Forest Pierce, white male, born July 1911 (day not given) in Salem (Tenmile District), son of H. M. & Ada Pierce. Informant: Grandfather.

    5. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    6. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    8. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.