CHARLES R. PIERCE

 

 

     Charles R. Pierce, b June 30,1894 in Homer, New York, d in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas on January 26, 1960 and buried in Chilton Cemetery, Falls County, Texas-married in 1915 in Homer, New York to Olive Sheppard, b December 19, 1896 in Canada, d September 2, 1984.

     Charles and Olive Pierce settled in the Chilton area of Falls County, Texas in 1935, and were the parents of five children:

     Raymond F. Pierce, b February 9. 1916 in New York, d July 12, 1979 and buried in Chilton Cemetery - married Jean Cox, and moved to Houston, Texas.

     Harriett Alice Pierce, b December 20, 1918 in New York - married Clifford King of Lott, Texas. They were the parents of Cecilia Ann King, b January 17, 1942 in Lott, who married David Brodie on January 21, 1961 and had Holly Jan Brodie, b February 12, 1964 who married September 22, 1984 to Michael Strong; and Teri Lynn Brodie, b May 8, 1967. Harriett and Clifford are active in Lott's civic and public affairs, with Harriett working to help get a historical marker for Lott and publishing a cookbook, including recipes and historical notes of early Lott settlers - a project sponsored by the Lott Civic Club.

     William Kenny Pierce, b April 25, 1921 in New York, d October 7, 1945 in Chilton. He was not married.

     Marion Cecilia Pierce, b November 10, 1922 in New York - married on August 3,1946 to James Russell and moved to Waco, Texas. They had two children: Robert Russell, b June 6, 1949 who married Sherri Hamilton and had Jennifer Russell, b October 19, 1968, and James Russell, b December 3, 1972; and Nancy Russell, b December 1950 who married Steve Severson and had a daughter, b March 16, 1980, and a son, Matthew Severson, b May 13, 1983.

     David Andrew Pierce, b October 27, 1930 - married Betty Jean Easter, and had two children: Andrew Pierce, b August 29, 1955 who married Beverly Schwarst and had Jeannette Pierce, b October 3,1982, and Julia Pierce, b July 3, 1984; and Michael Earl Pierce, b ca 1932 who married and had Michael David Pierce, b November 11, 1976.  In 1963, David was with the U. S. Army in Munich, Germany.

     In September 1962, Olive (Sheppard) Pierce was married second to Haywood F. Rice, b December 2, 1886, d February 1, 1963 and buried in Chilton Cemetery – a son of Dr. Ulysses Ashford Rice and his second wife, Henrietta E. (Hughes) Rice.

 

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 356 column 1 and 2 and page 357 column 1.  
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