PIERCE, David Crockett

Date of birth:  About 1834 – Pleasant Township, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 19 Oct 1891 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, October 23, 1891,
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“Crockett” Pierce died at his home on Monroe Street last Monday morning at 7 o’clock after a protracted illness of Bright’s disease. The funeral services were held at the house, Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, and conducted by Rev. T. M. Wiles. Mr. Pierce was born in Pleasant Township, this county, where he resided on a farm until 1875, when he removed to this city, and has since been engaged in the saloon busi­ness.

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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 6, 1891,
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The saloon of the late “Crockett” Pierce is closed.

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Link to David Crockett Pierce’s grave

Note:  The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 159, referencing Book H-16, page 27, records that David C. Pierce, a 57-year-old white-male, died 19 Oct 1891 in Franklin.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry