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Wow
Got in with no problem at all and hit pay dirt right off the bat. Found
some of my ancestors were involved in several litigations.
Thank you very much for the heads up on this site. I plan on visiting
frequently.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: The Richardson's [mailto:richardson69@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:40 PM
To: INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
Tom,
There is Never a dumb question!
Here is the link to the library site, if you click on Court Documents it
will take you to a sign in, you use the word public as the user name and
password.
http://www.munpl.org/Main_Pages/genealogy_research.htm
I am using Internet Explorer and I don't have a Mac computer, I am running
Windows 98. I am just curious as to what everyone else has, to see if there
is a problem with that.
Gina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <thomc1945(a)comcast.net>
To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:22 PM
Subject: RE: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
> Hmmmm don't want to sound dumb...but what records on line and where do I
> find them...
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Richardson's [mailto:richardson69@comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:43 PM
> To: INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Has anyone had trouble viewing the court documents, obits and Meeks
mortuary
> records on the Library website?
>
> I have not been able to view the records. It keeps coming up a blank
screen.
>
>
> I have talked with Mary Lou and she is going to call the company and see
if
> there is a problem, but I am just wanting to make sure it isn't just me
> having problems and it isn't my computer! <G>
>
> Anyone else having the same problem??
>
> Gina Richardson
>
>
>
> ==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
> Interested in Books On Delaware County? Visit
> http://octk.bravepages.com/paypal.htm and scroll to the bottom.
>
>
>
> ==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
> Delaware County Resources.....
> http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IN/Delaware/
>
>
==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
Please visit the Delaware County Indiana Gen Web Home Page
http://www.rootsweb.com/~indelawa/county.htm
I can't get past the "public" password. It just cycles back to the same
spot, asking for the password. What happened?
Janni
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "unicorn1945" <unicorn1945(a)sbcglobal.net>
> To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
>
>
>> shirley: PC, W98, IE
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: The Richardson's
>> To: INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
>>
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>>
>> There is Never a dumb question!
>>
>> Here is the link to the library site, if you click on Court Documents it
>> will take you to a sign in, you use the word public as the user name and
>> password.
>>
>> http://www.munpl.org/Main_Pages/genealogy_research.htm
>>
>> I am using Internet Explorer and I don't have a Mac computer, I am
>> running
>> Windows 98. I am just curious as to what everyone else has, to see if
>> there
>> is a problem with that.
>>
>> Gina
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom" <thomc1945(a)comcast.net>
>> To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:22 PM
>> Subject: RE: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
>>
>>
>> > Hmmmm don't want to sound dumb...but what records on line and where do
>> I
>> > find them...
>> > Tom
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: The Richardson's [mailto:richardson69@comcast.net]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:43 PM
>> > To: INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com
>> > Subject: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
>> >
>> > Hello Everyone,
>> >
>> > Has anyone had trouble viewing the court documents, obits and Meeks
>> mortuary
>> > records on the Library website?
>> >
>> > I have not been able to view the records. It keeps coming up a blank
>> screen.
>> >
>> >
>> > I have talked with Mary Lou and she is going to call the company and
>> see
>> if
>> > there is a problem, but I am just wanting to make sure it isn't just
>> me
>> > having problems and it isn't my computer! <G>
>> >
>> > Anyone else having the same problem??
>> >
>> > Gina Richardson
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
>> > Interested in Books On Delaware County? Visit
>> > http://octk.bravepages.com/paypal.htm and scroll to the bottom.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
>> > Delaware County Resources.....
>> > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IN/Delaware/
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> ==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
>> Please visit the Delaware County Indiana Gen Web Home Page
>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~indelawa/county.htm
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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> http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IN/Delaware/
>
Hello listers!
Have posted two very interesting photos in the Gallery of the Unknown. I
think you'll enjoy them. Plz contact Donna Huff, If you can identify people
and/or name of school.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~indelawa/roto-gallery-of-unkn-3.html
Cheers,
Virginia
====Indiana Heritage====
Delaware, Henry, Wayne Counties
Brown/Vanarsdol/Gibson/Lee
Complete 1850 Delaware County Census
with index
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~acorntree
Hello Everyone,
Has anyone had trouble viewing the court documents, obits and Meeks mortuary records on the Library website?
I have not been able to view the records. It keeps coming up a blank screen.
I have talked with Mary Lou and she is going to call the company and see if there is a problem, but I am just wanting to make sure it isn't just me having problems and it isn't my computer! <G>
Anyone else having the same problem??
Gina Richardson
shirley: PC, W98, IE
----- Original Message -----
From: The Richardson's
To: INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
Tom,
There is Never a dumb question!
Here is the link to the library site, if you click on Court Documents it
will take you to a sign in, you use the word public as the user name and
password.
http://www.munpl.org/Main_Pages/genealogy_research.htm
I am using Internet Explorer and I don't have a Mac computer, I am running
Windows 98. I am just curious as to what everyone else has, to see if there
is a problem with that.
Gina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <thomc1945(a)comcast.net>
To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:22 PM
Subject: RE: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
> Hmmmm don't want to sound dumb...but what records on line and where do I
> find them...
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Richardson's [mailto:richardson69@comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:43 PM
> To: INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [INDELAWA-L] Delaware County Court Documents
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Has anyone had trouble viewing the court documents, obits and Meeks
mortuary
> records on the Library website?
>
> I have not been able to view the records. It keeps coming up a blank
screen.
>
>
> I have talked with Mary Lou and she is going to call the company and see
if
> there is a problem, but I am just wanting to make sure it isn't just me
> having problems and it isn't my computer! <G>
>
> Anyone else having the same problem??
>
> Gina Richardson
>
>
>
> ==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
> Interested in Books On Delaware County? Visit
> http://octk.bravepages.com/paypal.htm and scroll to the bottom.
>
>
>
> ==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
> Delaware County Resources.....
> http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IN/Delaware/
>
>
==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
Please visit the Delaware County Indiana Gen Web Home Page
http://www.rootsweb.com/~indelawa/county.htm
Hi Harry,
Thankyou for that information. The only difference that I know of is that I
found Silas's father listed as Abner.
You asked if I lived in the county. No I do not, but my dad's brother and
sister still do, so I try to go out and visit when I can. My husband and I live
in MD., near Washington DC. We are hoping to come out for a visit in late July.
If possible, I would love to see a copy of the obituaries that Daisy cut out.
Thankyou,
Jill
I have a Daisy A. Heath that was born in 1878. This is probably from the
Painter history resources.
----- Original Message -----
From: <HarrySPierce(a)comcast.net>
To: <INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] Pierces of Salem Township
>
>
> Msjillec(a)aol.com wrote:
>
> >Harry,
> >
> >I read your e-mail about the Pierce family and forwarded it to a cousin
in
> >Arizona, as I am also researching the Heath family . Daisy Heath, who was
> >married to your Fred Pierce ( by chance do you know where they are
buried?) was a
> >niece of my ggg grandmother Angeline, Through her brother Silas P. Heath,
as
> >well as the Clevengers. Here is my cousins response, I hope this helps,
> >
> >Jill
> >
> >
> >Just turned on my computer and got the history of the Pierces. Yes, Fred
> >Pierce who
> >married Daisy Heath. I didn't know who his father was. I thought it was
his
> >father who lived
> >with he and Daisy, but it says William died in 1917, so it had to be her
> >father that they took
> >care of till his death. I can remember going over to their house and an
> >elderly man was
> >there. He would chew tobacco and aim for the spitoon and miss and Daisy
> >would get so mad at him and I really couldn't blame her. Her father was
a very
> >difficult man so it must have been him that I remember there. I know
none of
> >the other children wanted him so
> >Daisy got stuck with him and as I can remember he was a handful. It was
a
> >good thing she
> >and Fred never had children. Fred was a farmer. Had a big apple
orchard.
> >
> >Yes I know where Crossroads is. We had to go through there to get to
Cowan
> >School.
> >It used to be just a very few houses, but I don't know what it is now.
Maybe
> >this summer we can take a look. Have you heard of Progress? that is
before
> >you get to Crossroads.
> > There used to be a grocery there and that is where the Red Men Lodge
met.
> >There were
> >Clevengers there in Progress.
> >
> >I saved all you sent. I can't remember when Daisy died. I think Fred
died
> >first.
> >
> >
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>
> Dear Jill.
>
> Fred and Daisy Pierce's grave is located @ Miller Cemetery in Henry
> County. IN. Miller is south of Crossroads about 2 miles +/-
> and East of Middletown about a mile and a half. Most of the other
> brothers are also buried there. Do you still live in Delaware?
>
> In response to your cousin the history is only and is some what
> inaccurate the death in 1917 refers to Calaway.
> Freds father was William Bradford Pierce he died in 46, the year I was
> born. Don' know when she visited there
> as far as what years if I knew that that would help. Fred lived with
> him in 1920 according to census and
> in proximity in 1930. By the time I was a teenager Fred and Earl
> brothers were living together. I know Earl liked
> his chaw. He had a large mustache which was stained yellow at the ends.
> Earl died in 1969. Was the place she visited
> On Buck Creek? By father tell me that when he was a boy ,b.1923 John
> William, he would do chore at their place for 25
> cents a day and was thrilled to get that.
>
> Did some searching on "heritage quest" through local library found a
> Silas P. Heath 1900 in Delaware County.
> Checked marriage applications Delaware County listed as Silas Perry
> Heath name of father Arthur.
> Arthur listed 1880 census Familysearch.org Lists a Perry.
>
> My Mother is a Painter and I know that there is some kind of connection
> to the Heaths through the Painters.
>
> If you don't live in the county let me know I have 2 books of obits
> clipped from papers that were passed down to
> me from my Aunt that had been clipped and pasted into old geography
> texts by Daisy. They are in no order except
> most are from the Muncie Papers and are dated some time in the 20's
> until she died.
>
> Harry S Pierce
> CO
>
>
>
> >
> >
>
>
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Harry,
I read your e-mail about the Pierce family and forwarded it to a cousin in
Arizona, as I am also researching the Heath family . Daisy Heath, who was
married to your Fred Pierce ( by chance do you know where they are buried?) was a
niece of my ggg grandmother Angeline, Through her brother Silas P. Heath, as
well as the Clevengers. Here is my cousins response, I hope this helps,
Jill
Just turned on my computer and got the history of the Pierces. Yes, Fred
Pierce who
married Daisy Heath. I didn't know who his father was. I thought it was his
father who lived
with he and Daisy, but it says William died in 1917, so it had to be her
father that they took
care of till his death. I can remember going over to their house and an
elderly man was
there. He would chew tobacco and aim for the spitoon and miss and Daisy
would get so mad at him and I really couldn't blame her. Her father was a very
difficult man so it must have been him that I remember there. I know none of
the other children wanted him so
Daisy got stuck with him and as I can remember he was a handful. It was a
good thing she
and Fred never had children. Fred was a farmer. Had a big apple orchard.
Yes I know where Crossroads is. We had to go through there to get to Cowan
School.
It used to be just a very few houses, but I don't know what it is now. Maybe
this summer we can take a look. Have you heard of Progress? that is before
you get to Crossroads.
There used to be a grocery there and that is where the Red Men Lodge met.
There were
Clevengers there in Progress.
I saved all you sent. I can't remember when Daisy died. I think Fred died
first.
I believe I have a portrait of Walter and Sarah. And I believe they are all in line down from Solomon.
----- Original Message -----
From: HarrySPierce(a)comcast.net
To: INDELAWA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] Pierces of Salem Township
unicorn1945 wrote:
>I am interested in your Icenogle connection. Where is this John from and is it the same as the John Isanogel in Mt. Pleasant Township? There were two John Isanogels, father and son. My Isanogel lineage is as follows:
>
>Self, d. of
>Peggy Patterson Baston, d. of
>Ruth Dickerson Patterson, d. of
>Carrie M. Stewart Isanogel, d. of
>John Isanogel, Sr., s. of
>Solomon Isanogel/Eisenaagel/other spellings.
>
>The above John, my gg grandfather, had a son named John.
>
>Shirley Pearson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: HarrySPierce(a)comcast.net
> A Twentyth Century History of Delaware County VOL II, Biographical by
> G. W. H. Kemper, M.D.
> Originally Published in 1908, by Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago
>
> On the 11th of January 1880, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Pierce
> and Miss Sarah Icenogle. She was born in Ohio, the daughter of John
> Icenogle, and has become the mother of five children: Donata, now Mrs.
> Kierstead, of St. Paul, Minnesota; Lena E., now Mrs. Keltner and a
> resident of Muncie; J. Otis, also a resident of St. Paul; Mattie F.; and
> Walter Stuart. I his fraternal relations Mr. Pierce is a member of the
> I.O.O.F. and the Knights of Pythias fraternities.
>
>
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>
>
Walter and Sarah are not in my direst line . Walter was a brother to my
ggrand father William Bradford Pierce.
I do have something I found that may help you Sarah was listed as as 20
years old in the 1880 census.
I have a copy of an application for Marriage Liscence for one of their
daughters
Martha Fern Pierce to Walter France, dated 20 June 1914, Recorded
C-22-234 Delaware
County, Indiana. In this document it states that Sarah A. Isnogle was
born in Stark County
, Ohio.
Hope this info will help you out.
Harry S. Pierce
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unicorn1945 wrote:
>I am interested in your Icenogle connection. Where is this John from and is it the same as the John Isanogel in Mt. Pleasant Township? There were two John Isanogels, father and son. My Isanogel lineage is as follows:
>
>Self, d. of
>Peggy Patterson Baston, d. of
>Ruth Dickerson Patterson, d. of
>Carrie M. Stewart Isanogel, d. of
>John Isanogel, Sr., s. of
>Solomon Isanogel/Eisenaagel/other spellings.
>
>The above John, my gg grandfather, had a son named John.
>
>Shirley Pearson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: HarrySPierce(a)comcast.net
> A Twentyth Century History of Delaware County VOL II, Biographical by
> G. W. H. Kemper, M.D.
> Originally Published in 1908, by Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago
>
> On the 11th of January 1880, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Pierce
> and Miss Sarah Icenogle. She was born in Ohio, the daughter of John
> Icenogle, and has become the mother of five children: Donata, now Mrs.
> Kierstead, of St. Paul, Minnesota; Lena E., now Mrs. Keltner and a
> resident of Muncie; J. Otis, also a resident of St. Paul; Mattie F.; and
> Walter Stuart. I his fraternal relations Mr. Pierce is a member of the
> I.O.O.F. and the Knights of Pythias fraternities.
>
>
>
>==== INDELAWA Mailing List ====
>Delaware County Resources.....
>http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IN/Delaware/
>
>
>
>
Walter and Sarah are not in my direst line . Walter was a brother to my
ggrand father William Bradford Pierce.
I do have something I found that may help you Sarah was listed as as 20
years old in the 1880 census.
I have a copy of an application for Marriage Liscence for one of their
daughters
Martha Fern Pierce to Walter France, dated 20 June 1914, Recorded
C-22-234 Delaware
County, Indiana. In this document it states that Sarah A. Isnogle was
born in Stark County
, Ohio.
Hope this info will help you out.
Harry S. Pierce
Can anyone claim a Joseph Jones that was living in Albany in 1928?
I have an obituary for Cedric Reed, that states Joseph Jones of Albany is his grandfather.
I am trying to figure out how Joseph is his grandfather. His father was Robert Reed and his mother was Phoebe Gamester Reed. I can't figure out how the Jones family fits in.<G>
I don't have an age for Joseph. Cedric's obit is dated July 12, 1928.
It says he died at the home of his grandfather Joseph Jones, and they had the funeral at the Jones home too.
Cedric Reed was married to a Violet M. Batten, maybe Joseph is her grandfather???
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Gina
I am interested in your Icenogle connection. Where is this John from and is it the same as the John Isanogel in Mt. Pleasant Township? There were two John Isanogels, father and son. My Isanogel lineage is as follows:
Self, d. of
Peggy Patterson Baston, d. of
Ruth Dickerson Patterson, d. of
Carrie M. Stewart Isanogel, d. of
John Isanogel, Sr., s. of
Solomon Isanogel/Eisenaagel/other spellings.
The above John, my gg grandfather, had a son named John.
Shirley Pearson
----- Original Message -----
From: HarrySPierce(a)comcast.net
A Twentyth Century History of Delaware County VOL II, Biographical by
G. W. H. Kemper, M.D.
Originally Published in 1908, by Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago
On the 11th of January 1880, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Pierce
and Miss Sarah Icenogle. She was born in Ohio, the daughter of John
Icenogle, and has become the mother of five children: Donata, now Mrs.
Kierstead, of St. Paul, Minnesota; Lena E., now Mrs. Keltner and a
resident of Muncie; J. Otis, also a resident of St. Paul; Mattie F.; and
Walter Stuart. I his fraternal relations Mr. Pierce is a member of the
I.O.O.F. and the Knights of Pythias fraternities.
Looking for anyone doing rsearch on any of my Clan
Delaware County, Indiana, Originally Published in 1894, by A. W. Bowen &
Co., Chicago
CALAWAY PIERCE, a retired farmer of Daleville, Salem Township, Delaware
County, Indiana, was born in Montgomery County, in what is Now West
Virginia, September 26, 1822, and is a son of Thomas and Susanna
(Thompson) Pierce, natives of the same state. They were married in West
Virginia (then a portion of Old Virginia), in 1818, and resided there on
their farm until 1828, at which time they removed to Clarke county,
Ohio, and then to Miami in 1830, but were not over pleased with the
country, and consequently tarried there but three years, when, in 1833,
they came to Indiana, and settled in Salem township, Delaware county,
when the mother died in 1840, and the father in 1855. Beside their son
Calaway they had born to them ten children, viz: Malinda, Rebecca,
Amanda, Susanna, Eliza, Arminda, Jane, Vorintha and two infants that
died unnamed. The parents were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal
church; the father, who was a very successful man through life, was in
politics a stanch democrat.
Calaway Pierce remained on the home farm, sharing its hard toil and its
rude enjoyments, until he was eight years of age, and doubtless found
more of toil than he did of enjoyment in the rugged life; yet he learned
many lessons in thrift, industry and frugality that were afterward of
benefit to him and laid for him the foundation of a future competence in
the same vocation, which he eventually adopted as his life pursuit. On
leaving the home place, he employed himself at farm labor by the month
for two years, and then engaged in carpenter work for nineteen years in
Tipton County, Indiana He then moved back to Delaware county, and in
1859 resumed his old occupation of farming, purchasing a tract of 120
acres of land in Salem township, which he cultivated with great success
for several years, but which he later sold, and then bought a tract in
of eighty-eight acres in Richwood, same township, which he continued to
work with profit until 1892, when he retired to Daleville, to enjoy in
peace, ease and honor the reward of his early toil.
Mr. Pierce was first married in Delaware county, January 11, 1849, to
Ruannah Goodpasture, of Warren county, born December 10 1827, and this
union was fruitful in the birth of eight children, who were named as
follows: Thomas; Walter, Flora, James E., Calvin, John, William, and
Mattie. The mother of this family was called upon to part from her
children November 28, 1870, and laid to rest in Palmer cemetery. After
duly and sincerely mourning her loss, November 28, 1882, Mr. Pierce
chose a second companion to share his joys and sorrows, and wedded
Matilda McAllister, whose name has been adverted to elsewhere. Mr. and
Mrs. Pierce are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and by their
daily walk through life give evidence of the sincerity of their faith.
Mr. Pierce is also a member of lodge No. 271, A. & F. M., and in
politics is a republican, under which party he has filled several
township offices. To such men as Mr. Pierce it is that the prosperity of
every township is due.
A Twentyth Century History of Delaware County VOL II, Biographical by
G. W. H. Kemper, M.D.
Originally Published in 1908, by Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago
Calaway Pierce, one of the oldest residents of Delaware County, was born
in Montgomery County, West Virginia, September 17, 1822, a son of Thomas
Pierce, born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in 1796, and a grandson of
Richard Pierce, who was born in the mother country of England. He came
with six brothers to America in colonial times, and the seven brothers
served their adopted country in its war for independence. Richard Pierce
first located on Long Island, and after the war moved to Botetourt
County, Virginia, where he purchased land and spent the remainder of his
life. The maiden name of his wife was Peggy Knight, whom he married
before leaving his native country, and there she was also born. She
survived her husband many years and died at the home of a daughter in
Michigan.
Thomas Pierce, their son, ran away from home at the age of sixteen years
and enlisted in the War of 1812, in which he served with two brothers,
and after the close of the conflict he secured warrants for one hundred
and sixty acres of land. At the time of his marriage he located in
Montgomery County, Virginia, but in 1827 removed to Miami County, Ohio,
and in 1832 came to Indiana. His family accompanied him on the trip to
this state, and they made the journey with two yoke of oxen and one
large, old-fashioned Virginia wagon, cooking and camping out on the way.
On arriving in Delaware County he secured land in what is now Salem
Township, Section 9, where he erected a hewed log house, cleared and
improved his land, and there passed away in death in 1859. He had
married a native daughter of Virginia, Susanna Thompson, but her father,
John Thompson, was a native of Scotland, as was also his wife. He was a
farmer and spent the last years of his life in Virginia. Mrs. Pierce
preceded her husband in death, dying on the 23rd of August 1840, in her
fortieth year, and of the eleven children born to them eight were
reared, Malinda, Calaway, Rebecca, Arminta, Amanda, Jane, Susanna and Eliza.
Calaway Pierce was a boy of ten years when the family home was
established in Indiana, and at that time Delaware County was a
wilderness, government land being then on the market and the Indians and
the animals of the forest were its principal inhabitants. Muncie at that
time was but a hamlet and now a railroad traversed the county, and for
some years after the family located here, Cambridge, in Wayne County,
was their nearest market for grain. The young lad remained with his
father until he started out for himself in 1839, and he soon began
learning the carpenter's trade and followed the occupation for
twenty-one years. At the close of that period, in 1859, he purchased the
old homestead farm of one hundred and twenty acres, but in 1864 traded
the land for another farm in Mount Pleasant Township, which he sold one
year later, and he then rented until 1867. In that year he bought eighty
acres In Salem Township and maintained his residence thereon until he
sold the land in 1882 and purchased a farm nearby. He also disposed of
this by sale in 1891 and has since lived retired in Daleville.
On the 11th of June 1849, Mr. Pierce was united in marriage to Ruanna
Goodpasture, who was born in Warren County, Ohio, a daughter of Solomon
and Sally Goodpasture. She was called to the home beyond in 1879, and in
1883 Mr. Pierce married Mrs. Matilda McAllister, who was born in Miami
County, Ohio, on September 15, 1828, a daughter of Benjamin Luce, a
native of Kentucky and a pioneer resident of Miami County, Ohio, where
he spent the remainder of his life. He married Ann Ohio Girrard, a
native of Ohio and a daughter of John Girrard, one of the prominent
early residents of that commonwealth. Mrs. Pierce first married William
Hand, who was born in Miami County, and died at the age of twenty-four
years. She afterwards married Andrew McAllister, who came from his
native state of Ohio to Delaware County, Indiana, in 1831, and his death
occurred in 1881. To this union were born four children who are yet
living, Frank, Henry, Morton and Joseph A. McAllister. A daughter, Katie
A., married William Dillinger and died in Virginia in 1898, and another
daughter, Belle, died in infancy. By his first marriage Mr. Pierce had
eight children, but only four are now living, Thomas, Calvin, Walter and
William. A son, John, met his death by accident at the age of twelve
years. Florence married Frank Dietrich and died in 1888. James died when
about forty years of age. Martha married Oliver Bowers and died in 1884.
A Twentyth Century History of Delaware County VOL II, Biographical by
G. W. H. Kemper, M.D.
Originally Published in 1908, by Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago
Walter F. Pierce. One of the leading and influential citizens of Muncie
is Walter F. Pierce, whose birth occurred in Tipton County, Indiana, May
5, 1854. The pierces are an old and honored family of English descent,
the great-grandfather of Walter F. Having been its founder in this
country, and his son Thomas was a full cousin of President Franklin
Pierce. Calloway Pierce, a son of the latter and the father of Walter
F., was a native of Pennsylvania, from whence he removed to Virginia and
in 1832 to Delaware County, Indiana, where his father entered land from
the government in Salem Township. IN 1850 Calloway Pierce removed to
Tipton County, Indiana, where he was engaged in carpentering and
contracting in partnership with E. M. Sharpe, and to these gentlemen
belong the honor of having built most of the town of Sharpsville.
Returning to Delaware County in 1859 Mr. Pierce resumed his farming
operations in Salem Township, and is now living there at the good old
age of eighty-five years. In his early manhood he had married Ruanna
Goodpasture, a native of Ohio, and they occupy a prominent place among
the early and honored pioneer citizens of Delaware County.
After completing his education in the public schools of this county,
Walter F. Pierce turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and was
numbered among the leading farmers of Center Township until 1900, in
that year coming to Muncie and embarking in the real estate business, in
which his undertakings have been fortunate for the most part, and in
1906 he was elected Justice of the Peace. He votes with the Republican
Party, and is an active worker in its ranks.
On the 11th of January 1880, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Pierce
and Miss Sarah Icenogle. She was born in Ohio, the daughter of John
Icenogle, and has become the mother of five children: Donata, now Mrs.
Kierstead, of St. Paul, Minnesota; Lena E., now Mrs. Keltner and a
resident of Muncie; J. Otis, also a resident of St. Paul; Mattie F.; and
Walter Stuart. I his fraternal relations Mr. Pierce is a member of the
I.O.O.F. and the Knights of Pythias fraternities.
History of Delaware County VOL II, Biographical by Frank D. Hambaugh
Originally Published in 1924, by Historical Publishing Co., Indianapolis
William B. Pierce, former justice of the peace in and for Salem
Township, formerly and for years engaged in the blacksmith business at
Cross Roads, a former drainage commissioner for Delaware County and now
engaged in farming, proprietor of a well improved farm in Salem
Township, residing on rural route No. 1 out of Daleville; is a native
son of Delaware County, a member of one of the real pioneer families
here, and has lived here all his life. Mr. Pierce was born on a farm in
the Cross Roads neighborhood in Salem township, June 9, 1861, and is a
son of Calaway and Ruanna (Goodpasture) Pierce; the latter of whom was
born in Warren County, Ohio, a daughter of Solomon and Sally
Goodpasture, and died at her home in this county in 1879. The late
Calaway Pierce, who lived to be ninety-five years of age, was born in
Montgomery County, Virginia, September 17, 1822, and was a son of Thomas
and Susanna (Thompson) Pierce, both also native Virginians, the latter a
daughter of John Thompson, a native of Scotland. Thomas Pierce, who was
a soldier of the War of 1812, was born in Botetourt County, Virginia, in
1796, a son of Richard and Peggy (Knight) Pierce, who had come to this
country in colonial days from England and the former of whom had served
the colonists as a soldier of the Revolution. Though but sixteen years
of age when the War of 1812 came on, Thomas Pierce succeeded in
enlisting his services in behalf of the army in that struggle, and for
this service received from the government a land warrant. After his
marriage he made his home in Montgomery County, in that part of the Old
Dominion now located in West Virginia, and remained there until in 1827,
when he moved with his family to Warren County, Ohio, making his home
there until in 1832, when he came over here into Indiana with his family
and established his home on an uncleared tract of land in section 9 of
Salem Township, this county, where he developed a farm and where he
spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1859. His wife
had preceded him to the grave nearly twenty years, her death having
occurred in 1840. Of the eleven children born to them eight grew to
maturity, Calaway Pierce and his seven sisters, Malinda, Rebecca,
Arminta, Amanda, Jane, Susanna and Eliza. As will be noted by a
comparison of above dates, Calaway Pierce was but five years of age when
his parents left Virginia for Ohio and he was ten when they left the
latter state and came over here into the New Purchase and settled in
Salem Township, in this county. Here he grew to manhood, early learning
the carpenter's trade, and for twenty years or more followed that
vocation, his building operations being carried on over a wide area
throughout the region in which he lived. He then, in 1859, bought the
old Pierce home place of 120 acres and began farming, later moving into
Mt. Pleasant Township, but in 1867 moved back to Salem Township and
continued farming there until his retirement in 1891 and removal to
Daleville, where his last days were spent, his death occurring in 1917,
he then being thought to be the oldest man in Delaware County. Calaway
Pierce was twice married. By his first wife, Ruanna Goodpasture, to whom
he was married on June 11, 1849, he was the father of eight children, of
whom but three are now living, the subject of this sketch having two
brothers, Thomas and Calvin Pierce; Another brother, the late Walter
Pierce, died in 1914. There were two other brothers, John, who met death
in an accident when twelve years of age, and James, who died at the age
of forty. There were two sisters, Mrs. Florence Dietrich, who died in
1888, and Mrs. Martha Bowers, who died in 1884. The mother of these
children died in 1879 and in 1883 Calaway Pierce married Mrs. Matilda
(Luce) McAllister, a native of Miami County, Ohio, daughter of Benjamin
and Ann Ohio (Girrard) Luce and widow of Andrew McAllister, a pioneer of
Delaware County. This second wife died in 1912. Calaway Pierce was a
Republican, a Freemason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
William B. Pierce grew up on the home farm in Salem Township and
received his schooling in the Cross Roads School (district No. 10).
Until he was twenty-six years of age he continued working with his
father on the farm and then, in 1887, set up a blacksmith shop at Cross
Roads and started in business there, a vocation he followed for
seventeen years, or until in 1904, when he bought a farm of fifty-five
acres, the place on which he is now living in Salem Township, and has
since been engaged in farming, meanwhile having increased his land
holdings until now he is the owner of a well kept farm of 180 acres. Mr.
Pierce is a Democrat. For three years he rendered public service as
drainage commissioner for Delaware County and for eight years he served
as justice of the peace in and for his home township. In 1881 William B.
Pierce married Mary L. McLain, daughter of William and Johanna
(Clevenger) McLain, of Monroe Township, and to this union eight children
have been born, all of whom are living save one daughter, Ethel, the
others being Earl, Fred, Kenneth, Carl, Lulu, Eva and Bertha, all of
whom are married. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce have eleven grandchildren. Earl
Pierce married Laura Davis and has one child, Marion. Fred Pierce
married Daisy Heath. Kenneth Pierce married Bertha Hofherr, who died on
April 2, 1924, and has three children: Freda, Edith and John Wm. Carl
Pierce married Leda Minnick and has one child, Frances. Lulu Pierce
married Homer Schafer and has one child, Mary Ann. Eva Pierce married
Jesse Ross and has three children, Donald, Harry B. and Robert, and
Bertha Pierce married Harry Fehrman and has two children, Boyce and Nina.
Harry S Pierce
Hello Listers,
Additional Photos and "Our Family History" have been added to the Lampkin
Family in the Black Heritage pages.
If you have, or know anyone who has African American ancestors in Delaware
County, plz contact me. Will be happy to receive and post your family
groups, pictures etc.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~indelawa/black-history.html
Cheers,
Virginia
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