Willis Walker PIERCE & Ms. __?_

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Willis Walker PIERCE
Ms. __?__

Please Note: I don't have proof of the connection between Willis Walker and Willis Edgar, but secondary sources are making it, and it does seem reasonable. Still, documentation is desirable.

Husband: Willis Walker PIERCE
Birth: 1851/2, Roane Co., TN
Occupation: farmer
Father: William R. PIERCE (1826-1865)
Mother: Catherine Alice PIERSON (1827-1919)

Marriage:

Wife: Unknown

Child:

1. William / Willis Edgar PIERCE, b. 31 Aug 1876, Roane Co., TN

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Willis Walker isn't born, yet. His parents, William R. PIERCE (æ 24, b. TN) & Catharine (æ 23, b. TN), plus an older sister are living in Roane Co., TN (p. 432A).

3. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find the PIERCE family, and I really looked.

4. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Willis W. PIERCE (æ 19, b. TN) is living in Roane Co., TN (p. 513B), with his widowed mother, Catherine PIERCE (æ 43, b. TN), plus siblings, including Rolly A. (æ 6, b. TN).

5. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image#19-20 of 21): Civil Dist. 16, Roane Co., TN, Roll, pp. 407C-407D, PN 19-20, SD 1, ED 228, enumerated 19-21 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 13 21 24 25 26

172 172 Pierce Catharine W F 54 / Keeping House TN TN TN

______ Willis W W M 28 Son / farmer TN TN TN

______ Ryly Alice W F 15 Dau / at home / TN TN TN

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Davis Loucinda C W F 6 GDau / TN TN TN

Pierce Willis E W M 3 GSon / TN TN TN

It's possible the elder Willis is divorced or widowed and the enumerator simply erred by making him "single." Lucinda DAVIS is the daughter of Reuben A. & Missouri Ann (PIERCE) DAVIS.

6. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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