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He built the first saw-mill in Smithfield Township about 1806. He was twice married, first to Ruth Gaines by whom he had eleven children, second to Ruth Beebe and had three children.
Phineas' 1st wife Ruth Gaines Pierce died November 8, 1802 after a tedious, lingering illness. Phineas was left with seven children, four having died in infancy. Keziah, aged 29 at this time was married and had a home and family of her own, as did Thoda aged 23 years. Lucy, aged 13 was the only girl in the home. There were four boys – Phineas Jr., aged 21; Amos aged 18; Abiram, aged 16 and Stephen, aged 11.
Phineas then took a 2nd wife Ruth Rogers Beebe, widow of Cooley Beebe, who had a daughter Thurza. On January 13, 1803 they were married. Two months and two days after the death of Ruth Pierce. To this marriage was born Horace Pierce, born November 16, 1803 in Vermont. Phineas & Ruth planned to start on the long journey to Smithfield Township, PA as soon as the mother regained sufficient strength. Phineas was about sixty years old at this time.
The Old Squire (Phineas) came up from the mill for his dinner one day in mid December of 1808. While he was waiting for it, he stepped outside. Being especially hungry, he pulled a frozen turnip, as he had often done before, and ate it. Acute indigestion developed and before anything could be found to relieve him, he died.
This was the second death in the community and the first among the Vermont families who were so closely united by ties of friendship and marriage. It was a heavy hearted sorrowing group who followed Phineas Pierce to the grave that had been prepared for him on his own land, that dreary December day. It was just about five years after his entry into what he still considered the Promised Land. He was the most experienced woodsman in the entire settlement. Expert with the axe and unerring with his gun. His calm, cheerful manner of overcoming difficulties had been of help to all of them. The community felt his loss as badly as his family. He was strong in his religious convictions and lived what he believed.
The family and the entire community were stunned by the suddenness of it. The grief of the widow was pitiful to see, as she gathered her little brood of three under five years of age, about her. Another baby Harry, had come to the home in the February previous. Her unwavering faith in God was all that sustained her.
Ruth Rogers Beebe Pierce then married Samuel Kellogg who had just lost his Wife Sarah, and sister to Ruth.
He was born 24 Jan 1751 in Killingly, Windham CT, the son of Amos Pierce and Mary Spaulding. This can be verified both by the book, Pierce Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, An Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, etc.
Source: Findagrave member CLH (#47500533)
Also in the Family Data collection,
Name: Phineas Pierce
Father: Amos Pierce
Mother: Mary Spaulding
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1751
City: Killingly, Windham, Ct
He built the first saw-mill in Smithfield Township about 1806. He was twice married, first to Ruth Gaines by whom he had eleven children, second to Ruth Beebe and had three children.
Phineas' 1st wife Ruth Gaines Pierce died November 8, 1802 after a tedious, lingering illness. Phineas was left with seven children, four having died in infancy. Keziah, aged 29 at this time was married and had a home and family of her own, as did Thoda aged 23 years. Lucy, aged 13 was the only girl in the home. There were four boys – Phineas Jr., aged 21; Amos aged 18; Abiram, aged 16 and Stephen, aged 11.
Phineas then took a 2nd wife Ruth Rogers Beebe, widow of Cooley Beebe, who had a daughter Thurza. On January 13, 1803 they were married. Two months and two days after the death of Ruth Pierce. To this marriage was born Horace Pierce, born November 16, 1803 in Vermont. Phineas & Ruth planned to start on the long journey to Smithfield Township, PA as soon as the mother regained sufficient strength. Phineas was about sixty years old at this time.
The Old Squire (Phineas) came up from the mill for his dinner one day in mid December of 1808. While he was waiting for it, he stepped outside. Being especially hungry, he pulled a frozen turnip, as he had often done before, and ate it. Acute indigestion developed and before anything could be found to relieve him, he died.
This was the second death in the community and the first among the Vermont families who were so closely united by ties of friendship and marriage. It was a heavy hearted sorrowing group who followed Phineas Pierce to the grave that had been prepared for him on his own land, that dreary December day. It was just about five years after his entry into what he still considered the Promised Land. He was the most experienced woodsman in the entire settlement. Expert with the axe and unerring with his gun. His calm, cheerful manner of overcoming difficulties had been of help to all of them. The community felt his loss as badly as his family. He was strong in his religious convictions and lived what he believed.
The family and the entire community were stunned by the suddenness of it. The grief of the widow was pitiful to see, as she gathered her little brood of three under five years of age, about her. Another baby Harry, had come to the home in the February previous. Her unwavering faith in God was all that sustained her.
Ruth Rogers Beebe Pierce then married Samuel Kellogg who had just lost his Wife Sarah, and sister to Ruth.
He was born 24 Jan 1751 in Killingly, Windham CT, the son of Amos Pierce and Mary Spaulding. This can be verified both by the book, Pierce Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, An Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, etc.
Source: Findagrave member CLH (#47500533)
Also in the Family Data collection,
Name: Phineas Pierce
Father: Amos Pierce
Mother: Mary Spaulding
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1751
City: Killingly, Windham, Ct
http://www.joycetice.com/families/pierce.htm
He built the first saw-mill in Smithfield Township about 1806. He was twice married, first to Ruth Gaines by whom he had eleven children, second to Ruth Beebe and had three children.
Phineas' 1st wife Ruth Gaines Pierce died November 8, 1802 after a tedious, lingering illness. Phineas was left with seven children, four having died in infancy. Keziah, aged 29 at this time was married and had a home and family of her own, as did Thoda aged 23 years. Lucy, aged 13 was the only girl in the home. There were four boys – Phineas Jr., aged 21; Amos aged 18; Abiram, aged 16 and Stephen, aged 11.
Phineas then took a 2nd wife Ruth Rogers Beebe, widow of Cooley Beebe, who had a daughter Thurza. On January 13, 1803 they were married. Two months and two days after the death of Ruth Pierce. To this marriage was born Horace Pierce, born November 16, 1803 in Vermont. Phineas & Ruth planned to start on the long journey to Smithfield Township, PA as soon as the mother regained sufficient strength. Phineas was about sixty years old at this time.
The Old Squire (Phineas) came up from the mill for his dinner one day in mid December of 1808. While he was waiting for it, he stepped outside. Being especially hungry, he pulled a frozen turnip, as he had often done before, and ate it. Acute indigestion developed and before anything could be found to relieve him, he died.
This was the second death in the community and the first among the Vermont families who were so closely united by ties of friendship and marriage. It was a heavy hearted sorrowing group who followed Phineas Pierce to the grave that had been prepared for him on his own land, that dreary December day. It was just about five years after his entry into what he still considered the Promised Land. He was the most experienced woodsman in the entire settlement. Expert with the axe and unerring with his gun. His calm, cheerful manner of overcoming difficulties had been of help to all of them. The community felt his loss as badly as his family. He was strong in his religious convictions and lived what he believed.
The family and the entire community were stunned by the suddenness of it. The grief of the widow was pitiful to see, as she gathered her little brood of three under five years of age, about her. Another baby Harry, had come to the home in the February previous. Her unwavering faith in God was all that sustained her.
Ruth Rogers Beebe Pierce then married Samuel Kellogg who had just lost his Wife Sarah, and sister to Ruth.
He was born 24 Jan 1751 in Killingly, Windham CT, the son of Amos Pierce and Mary Spaulding. This can be verified both by the book, Pierce Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, An Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, etc.
Source: Findagrave member CLH (#47500533)
Also in the Family Data collection,
Name: Phineas Pierce
Father: Amos Pierce
Mother: Mary Spaulding
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1751
City: Killingly, Windham, Ct
He built the first saw-mill in Smithfield Township about 1806. He was twice married, first to Ruth Gaines by whom he had eleven children, second to Ruth Beebe and had three children.
Phineas' 1st wife Ruth Gaines Pierce died November 8, 1802 after a tedious, lingering illness. Phineas was left with seven children, four having died in infancy. Keziah, aged 29 at this time was married and had a home and family of her own, as did Thoda aged 23 years. Lucy, aged 13 was the only girl in the home. There were four boys – Phineas Jr., aged 21; Amos aged 18; Abiram, aged 16 and Stephen, aged 11.
Phineas then took a 2nd wife Ruth Rogers Beebe, widow of Cooley Beebe, who had a daughter Thurza. On January 13, 1803 they were married. Two months and two days after the death of Ruth Pierce. To this marriage was born Horace Pierce, born November 16, 1803 in Vermont. Phineas & Ruth planned to start on the long journey to Smithfield Township, PA as soon as the mother regained sufficient strength. Phineas was about sixty years old at this time.
The Old Squire (Phineas) came up from the mill for his dinner one day in mid December of 1808. While he was waiting for it, he stepped outside. Being especially hungry, he pulled a frozen turnip, as he had often done before, and ate it. Acute indigestion developed and before anything could be found to relieve him, he died.
This was the second death in the community and the first among the Vermont families who were so closely united by ties of friendship and marriage. It was a heavy hearted sorrowing group who followed Phineas Pierce to the grave that had been prepared for him on his own land, that dreary December day. It was just about five years after his entry into what he still considered the Promised Land. He was the most experienced woodsman in the entire settlement. Expert with the axe and unerring with his gun. His calm, cheerful manner of overcoming difficulties had been of help to all of them. The community felt his loss as badly as his family. He was strong in his religious convictions and lived what he believed.
The family and the entire community were stunned by the suddenness of it. The grief of the widow was pitiful to see, as she gathered her little brood of three under five years of age, about her. Another baby Harry, had come to the home in the February previous. Her unwavering faith in God was all that sustained her.
Ruth Rogers Beebe Pierce then married Samuel Kellogg who had just lost his Wife Sarah, and sister to Ruth.
He was born 24 Jan 1751 in Killingly, Windham CT, the son of Amos Pierce and Mary Spaulding. This can be verified both by the book, Pierce Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, An Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, etc.
Source: Findagrave member CLH (#47500533)
Also in the Family Data collection,
Name: Phineas Pierce
Father: Amos Pierce
Mother: Mary Spaulding
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1751
City: Killingly, Windham, Ct
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