- JAMES PIERCE, farmer, Section 7; P.O. Milton Junction; born
in Alfred, Allegany Co., N.Y.,
- Dec. 26, 1817; son of Samuel and Susan PIERCE; his father,
Samuel S. PIERCE, died April 2, 1878; is buried at Rock River
Cemetery; his mother, Susan PIERCE, is still living, 87 years
old; James P. came to Wisconsin July 15, 1838, and settled in
Rock Co.; his first purchase was eighty acres from the Government
on Section 3 of Harmony. Married, Sept. 24, 1840, Olive HALL,
daughter of Gardiner and Mary HALL; had three children - Clarke
R., born Sept. 9, 1841; Alonzo D., born Feb. 12, 1846; died March
13, 1847; Susan M., born Dec. 6, 1849, died Dec. 4, 1863; his
homestead on Sec. 7 consists of 130 acres. Mr. PIERCE was Deputy
County Surveyor from 1841 to 1844; Assessor in 1847 and 1848;
Commissioner of Highways in 1848-49; Justice of the Peace, 1851-55;
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in 1856; Justice of the
Peace, 1857-63, and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in 1864;
Justice of the Peace in 1866-67; County Supervisor of Second
District from 1866 to 1868; Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
and Justice of the Peace in 1869-70. Is a Seventh Day Baptist,
and Republican.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 826.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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