Arthur Ernest PIERCE

Birth:
24 Apr 1866
McHenry, Illinois
Death:
15 Jul 1932
Rifle, Garfield, Colorado
Marriage:
Abt 1884
of McHenry, Illinois
Sources:
1900 Census - Silver Leaf, Becker, Minnesota
1920 Census Fort Lupton, Weld, Colorado
1930 Census Fort Lupton, Weld, Colorado
Notes:
                   The death certificate of Arthur Ernest Pierce lists his parents as Ira Pierce and Mary Thomas.  Ira Pierce was the first husband of Mary Thomas.  He died 28 May 1863 during a Civil War battle at Vicksburg, Ms.  Mary Thomas Pierce married second Cornelius Cadwell 21 May   1864 in Mc Henry Co., Il.  However in 1866 Cornelius Cadwell had left Mary.  Mary then found that Cornelius had been married previously  and had not been divorced.  Mary's marriage to Cadwell was not legal.  He deserted her and spent all her money.  Ira Pierce could not have been Arthur's father.  He was conceived during her illegal marriage to Cornelius Cadwell.  Mary had received a Civil War pension as  the widow of Ira Pierce.  The information about her marriage, desertion, and treatment by  Cornelius Cadwell is in that pension file.
Arthur will be sealed to both the blood line, and his mother's first husband, due to the strange circumstances.
Emma Juliet TRANSUE
Birth:
May 1859
Missouri
Death:
Aft 1932
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Ira Louis PIERCE
Birth:
15 Dec 1888
Hanover, Washington, Kansas
Death:
17 Sep 1971
Haxtun, Phillips, Colorado
Lillie Alice BARNEBEY 
Marr:
3 Feb 1921
Mullen, Nebraska 
Notes:
                   Haxtun Harvest, Haxtun, Colorado, September 22, 1971IRA PIERCE LAID TO REST AT HAXTUN CEMETERY MONDAYFuneral service was held Monday morning at eleven oclock for Ira L. Pierce, a retired Haxtun farmer, who passed away Friday, September 17 following several weeks illness. He had made his home in Haxtun for the past 20 years or more.Held at The United Methodist Church, the services were in charge of Rev. Gordon Benesh. Mrs. Louis Don Folk of Mullen, Nebraska, was organist and accompanied Curtis Ruch, soloist, who sang Be Still My Soul and Lords Prayer.Bearers were Howard McConnell, Ralph Peterson, Harry Harms, Roscoe Peterson, Gale Burmester and Ralph Burton. Ushers were William Fuesz and J.W. Meakins.Concluding service and burial was at the Haxtun cemetery.The following obituary was read:Ira Louis Pierce, son of Arthur Ernest Pierce and Emma Juliet Transue, was born near Hanover, Kansas, December 15, 1888. At the age of four he moved to Detroit, Minnesota, locating near Frazee on a farm with his parents. At the age of 14 years he went with his parents to Andover, South Dakota. Six years later he went to Lucky Valley, Nebraska. Here he later filed on a Kinkaid homestead.On February 3, 1921 he was married to Lillie Alice Barnebey at Mullen, Nebraska by the Rev. Edward McGill, Methodist minister, in the parsonage. Three daughters were born to this union, Irla Louise Cleveland, Juliet Margaret Kelsey and Lydia Nanabel Dunbar. Some years prior to his marriage he united with the Methodist church at Mullen, Nebraska.From the time of marriage the family lived near Mullen, Nebraska until the spring of 1923 when they moved to Fort Lupton, Colorado, then to Boulder, Colorado and back to Mullen in 1924. Here they stayed until they moved to Phillips County, Colorado in 1929. His parents and two brothers, Ernest Burt and John, and two sisters Mary and Myrtle Margaret (Fisk) preceded him in death. He was a farmer all his life, and was happiest when working. Surviving are his three daughters, four grandsons, three granddaughters, and one great granddaughter.
2
Ernest Burt PIERCE
Birth:
Sep 1886
Hanover, Washington, Kansas
Death:
Bef 1971
 
Marr:
 
3
Mary PIERCE
Birth:
1890
of Hanover, Washington, Kansas
Death:
Bef 1971
 
Marr:
 
4
John PIERCE
Birth:
1894
of Hanover, Washington, Kansas
Death:
Bef 1971
 
Marr:
 
5
Myrtle Margaret PIERCE
Birth:
Nov 1898
Silver Leaf, Becker, Minnesota
Death:
Bef 1971
6
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
FCID:15120:10343
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Arthur Ernest Pierce - Emma Juliet Transue

Arthur Ernest Pierce was born at McHenry, Illinois 24 Apr 1866. His parents were Cornelius Cadwell and Mary A. Thomas.

He married Emma Juliet Transue Abt 1884 at of McHenry, Illinois . Emma Juliet Transue was born at Missouri May 1859 .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Ira Louis Pierce born 15 Dec 1888.
Ernest Burt Pierce born Sep 1886.
Mary Pierce born 1890.
John Pierce born 1894.
Myrtle Margaret Pierce born Nov 1898.
Blocked

Arthur Ernest Pierce died 15 Jul 1932 at Rifle, Garfield, Colorado .

Emma Juliet Transue died Aft 1932 .