Biography of William W. Pierce

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From "History of Bureau County, Illinois" (1885):

William W. Pierce, Bureau, was born in Plainfield, Sullivan Co., N. H., August 6, 1828. He is the son of Job and Rebecca (Alexander) Pierce, also natives of New Hampshire, whre they spent their lives. The mother died when our subject was but five years old; the father died in November, 1861. W. W. Pierce spent his early life on a farm, and then learned the shoe maker's trade,w hich he followed until 1856, when he came to Bureau County, arriving here February 14. For two winters he worked at his trade in Princeton, and in 1857 engaged in farming for himself, and has since given his attention entirely to that business. November 2, 1862, he came to his present farm, which now contains 270 acres, in Bureau Township. When Mr. Pierce came to this county he had but 75 cents, and his success in life he owes to the energy and united efforts of himself and wife. He was married October 1, 1857, to Sarah Lucretia Stiles, sister of Alvah Stiles. (See sketch.) Mrs. Pierce was born November 30, 1834, in Logan County, Ohio. She is the mother of six children, viz.: Henry Sumner, born March 11, 1861, married to Nancy Carl; Franklin H., born August 29, 1863; Asa, born March 15, 1866; Luther M., born June 11, 1868; Clara M., born June 13, 1871; Sarah L., born July 9, 1858, died November 20, 1861. In politics Mr. Pierce is an active Democrat. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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