PIERCE, David C. Submitted by: Susan M. Bowman
History of Linn County, Missouri, Birdsall & Dean 1882
DAVID
C. PIERCE
Page 773.
The subject of this
sketch belongs to the honest-hearted, hard-worked, and time-honored profession
of farming. He is located in section thirty-six, township sixty, range
twenty-one. He was born January 10,1840, in the immediate vicinity of where he
now resides. Mr. Pierce is a pioneer, and comes of a family of pioneers. His
father James M. Pierce, who died December 25, 1850, was a native of Alabama, and moved to Kentucky at a very early of the settlement
of that state. His mother, who is still living, was born in South
Carolina, and when young moved to Tennessee. Mr. Pierce, himself, has
experienced as much of the trials and hardships of frontier life as most of men
now living, and has passed through all the succeeding phases of farm
operations, from the day of bull plows to that of reaping machines. He now has
a farm of two hundred and ten acres, all of which is well fenced and one
hundred acres improved. He was married to Miss Emily Ann Van Bebber, December 5, 1867. He has six children.
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The Pierce school-house is located on
section thirty-six, township sixty, range twenty-one, and was erected in 1869,
at a cost of $350. The teacher receives thirty dollars per month, and the
session is five months.T.J. Moffett, Peter Capity (Cassity), and D.C. Pierce
are the trustees”. The last teacher was Emmet B.
Fields.
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Pierce's graveyard was among the first
laid out, if not the first in Benton
township. It contains an acre of ground, and was laid out in the year 1840 by
James M. Pierce and his father. It is located on Section 1, Township
fifty-nine, Range twenty. The first body committed to its keeping was Mrs. Tersey Pierce, the same year it was
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DAVE
PIERCE Obituary
Dave Pierce an
old and highly respected citizen passed to the great beyond at his home 3 miles
northwest of town Sunday eve. Some of his children were at his bedside
others who live in the west were unable to get here. The remains were
laid to rest in the Pierce cemetery. Thus passes another pioneer land
mark of our country.
Browning Leader Record, Browning, Linn County, Missouri.
Thursday, October 10, 1912. Page #5, Column #2.
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Additional Information, and complete listing of Pierce Family
Cemetery at: Find-a-Grave.
1850 United States
Federal Census 1850 United States Federal Census
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Name:
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David
C Perce
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Age:
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10
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Estimated Birth
Year:
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abt
1840
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Birth Place:
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Missouri
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Gender:
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Male
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Home in 1850(City,County,State):
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District
50, Linn, Missouri
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Source Citation: Year: 1850;
Census Place: District
50, Linn, Missouri; Roll: M432_405;
Page: 15; Image: 32.
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1860 United States
Federal Census 1860 United States Federal Census
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Name:
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David Pearce
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Age in 1860:
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20
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Birth Year:
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abt
1840
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Birthplace:
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Missouri
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Home in 1860:
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Township
59 Range 20, Linn, Missouri
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Gender:
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Male
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Post Office:
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Linneus
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Source Citation: Year: 1860;
Census Place: Township
59 Range 20, Linn, Missouri; Roll: M653_630;
Page: 0; Image: 194.
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1870 United States
Federal Census 1870 United States Federal Census
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Name:
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David
C Pearce
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Estimated
Birth Year:
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abt
1841
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Age in 1870:
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29
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Birthplace:
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Missouri
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Home in 1870:
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Baker,
Linn, Missouri
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Gender:
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Male
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Post Office:
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Linneus
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Source Citation: Year: 1870;
Census Place: Baker, Linn, Missouri;
Roll: M593_788; Page: 234; Image: 470.
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1880 United States
Federal Census 1880 United States Federal Census
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Name:
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David
Pierce
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Home in 1880:
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Benton,
Linn, Missouri
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Age:
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39
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Estimated
Birth Year:
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abt
1841
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Birthplace:
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Missouri
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Relation to
Head of Household:
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Self
(Head)
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Spouse's Name:
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Emily
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Father's
birthplace:
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Tennessee
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Mother's
birthplace:
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Alabama
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Occupation:
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Farmer
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Marital
Status:
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Married
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Race:
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White
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Gender:
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Male
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Source Citation: Year: 1880;
Census Place: Benton, Linn, Missouri;
Roll: T9_700; Family
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1900 United States
Federal Census 1900 United States Federal Census
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Name:
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David
C Pierce
[David L Pierce] 
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Home in 1900:
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Benton,
Linn, Missouri
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Age:
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60
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Birth Date:
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Jan
1840
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Birthplace:
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Missouri
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Race:
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White
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Ethnicity:
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American
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Gender:
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Male
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Relationship
to head-of-house:
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Head
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Father's
Birthplace:
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Kentucky
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Mother's
Birthplace:
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Alabama
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Marital
Status:
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Widowed
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Residence :
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Browning Town
(West Part), Linn, Missouri
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Source Citation: Year: 1900;
Census Place: Benton, Linn, Missouri;
Roll: T623_871 Page: 16B;
Enumeration District: 65.
1910 United States
Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census
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Name:
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David
C Pierce
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Age in 1910:
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70
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Estimated
Birth Year:
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abt
1840
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Birthplace:
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Missouri
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Relation to
Head of House:
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Head
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Father's
Birth Place:
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Kentucky
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Mother's
Birth Place:
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Missouri
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Home in
1910:
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Benton,
Linn, Missouri
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Marital
Status:
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Widowed
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Race:
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White
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Gender:
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Male
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Source Citation: Year: 1910;
Census Place: Benton, Linn, Missouri;
Roll: T624_795; Page: 7B;
Enumeration District: 67; Image: 649.
Death Certificate
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Grave Marker: Emily and David Pierce
Pierce Cemetery, Purdin,
Linn Co., Mo.
Submitted by: Susan M. Bowman