NameJames Mordecai Pierce, Half 1C5R
Birth25 Sep 1847, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death5 Jul 1923, Bath Co., Kentucky
Marriageabt 1868, Kentucky
SpouseMary Peachie Razor
Birth15 Sep 1846, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death24 Apr 1915, Bath Co., Kentucky
Children
Birthabt 1868, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Birth27 Jun 1869, Menifiee Co., Kentucky
Death2 Mar 1941, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Birth20 Jul 1873, New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana
Death12 Mar 1937, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Birth15 Apr 1876, Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana
Death6 Sep 1944, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky
Notes for James Mordecai Pierce
His death certificate records James M. Pierce, age 76 years 9 months 10 days, born 25 Sep 1847 in Rowan Co., Ky, died 5 July 1923 in Salt Lick, Bath Co., Ky, widowed, occupation gardener, father Greenberry Pierce, mother’s maiden name Susan Brown, both born in Rowan Co., Ky, cause of death interstitial nephritis, informant Dr. C. T. Jones, Salt Lick, Ky, burial in family graveyard.
Census
He was listed twice on p. 15B of the 1920 census of Salt Lick, Bath Co., Ky, both times as age 73, widowed, b. Ky Ky Ky.
Once was as a boarder with Dr. Charles T. Jones, age 33, (who was the informant on his death certificate), and once was as a boarder at a hotel run by Mattie Thompson, age 48.
Notes for Mary Peachie Razor
Her death certificate records Mary Peachie Razor Pierce, age 68 years 6 months 9 days, born 15 Sep 1846 in Bath Co., Ky, died 24 Apr 1915 in Salt Lick, Bath Co., Ky, married, father W. T. Razor, born in Fleming Co., Ky, mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Barnes, born in Bath Co., Ky, cause of death senile paralysis, informant J. M. Pierce, Salt Lick, Ky, burial in Razor graveyard.
Census Notes for James Mordecai & Mary Peachie (Family)
1870 census of Menifee Co., Ky, Beaver precinct, Rock House P.O., enumerated 18 July, lists on p. 7 as family #47:
Pierce, J. M., 24, farmer; Mary P., 24, wife; Eliza, 2; Charles, 1; Phelps, A. B., 7. All born in Ky.
1880 census of Parke Co., Indiana, Union township, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 11 as family #113/115:
Pierce, James, 33, day laborer, b. Ky Ky Ky; Mary, wife, 33, b. Ky Ky Ky; Elizabeth, dau, 12, b. Ky Ky Ky; Parker, 11, son, b. Ky Ky Ky; Other, son, 7, b. Ind Ky Ky; Lilly, dau, 4, b. Ind Ky Ky.
1900 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 7A as family #133:
Pierce, Jas M., 53, b. Sep 1846, day laborer; Peachie, wife, 53, b. Sep 1846, married 32 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living; Parker, son, 28, b. June 1871; Lillie, dau, 24, b. Apr 1876. All born Ky Ky Ky.