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Ebenezer “Eben” Pierce

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Ebenezer “Eben” Pierce

Birth
Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, USA
Death
20 Jan 1865 (aged 63)
Wolcottville, Noble County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Witmer Manor, LaGrange County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Father: Sanford Pierce
Mother: Mary (Molly) King Pierce

Married first to Rachel McQueen Dec 29,1821
Children
1. Polly (Mary) Pierce b: 16 Feb 1824 in New York
2. Henry Seymour Pierce b: 19 Sep 1828
3. Atelia Pierce b: 26 Jul 1830
4. Ebenezer Clark Pierce b: 15 Nov 1831 in Palermo, New York

Married second to Julia Arabella Collins about 1833 in Windham, Vermont
Children
1. Joseph Ansel Pierce b: 24 Nov 1833
2. Francis Edwin Pierce b: 3 Mar 1837 in New York
3. Flora A Fidelia Pierce b: 30 Sep 1841 in Wolcottville, Indiana
4. Fayette A. Pierce b: 22 Dec 1845
5. Maria E. Pierce b: 6 Feb 1850
6. Sophia Arabella Pierce b: 9 Nov 1853 in Wolcottville, Indiana

He taught school at PompeyHill, the winter he was 19, The next spring the family moved to what is now Palermo, then an unbroken forest. Dec. 29, 1821, he was on the the principlas to a double wedding, when Rachel McQueen became his wife, and his sister Catherine became the wife of Ephraim McQueen. Four children were born to them in their little cabin in the clearing, Polly (Mary), Semour, Atelia and Clark. Mrs. Rachel Pierce died Sept. 15, 1832, in her 31st year.

Eben Pierce was a man of sound judgment and irreproachable life. He died of small-pox Jan. 20, 1865, at his home near Wolcottville, Indiana.

Written by Lora S. La Mance - "The Greene Family and Its Branches"
Father: Sanford Pierce
Mother: Mary (Molly) King Pierce

Married first to Rachel McQueen Dec 29,1821
Children
1. Polly (Mary) Pierce b: 16 Feb 1824 in New York
2. Henry Seymour Pierce b: 19 Sep 1828
3. Atelia Pierce b: 26 Jul 1830
4. Ebenezer Clark Pierce b: 15 Nov 1831 in Palermo, New York

Married second to Julia Arabella Collins about 1833 in Windham, Vermont
Children
1. Joseph Ansel Pierce b: 24 Nov 1833
2. Francis Edwin Pierce b: 3 Mar 1837 in New York
3. Flora A Fidelia Pierce b: 30 Sep 1841 in Wolcottville, Indiana
4. Fayette A. Pierce b: 22 Dec 1845
5. Maria E. Pierce b: 6 Feb 1850
6. Sophia Arabella Pierce b: 9 Nov 1853 in Wolcottville, Indiana

He taught school at PompeyHill, the winter he was 19, The next spring the family moved to what is now Palermo, then an unbroken forest. Dec. 29, 1821, he was on the the principlas to a double wedding, when Rachel McQueen became his wife, and his sister Catherine became the wife of Ephraim McQueen. Four children were born to them in their little cabin in the clearing, Polly (Mary), Semour, Atelia and Clark. Mrs. Rachel Pierce died Sept. 15, 1832, in her 31st year.

Eben Pierce was a man of sound judgment and irreproachable life. He died of small-pox Jan. 20, 1865, at his home near Wolcottville, Indiana.

Written by Lora S. La Mance - "The Greene Family and Its Branches"


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