Family Group Sheet
NameRobert L. Pierce, Half 1C5R
BirthJan 1866, Putnam Co., Indiana
FatherWilliam Perry Pierce (1833-1911)
MotherEmily Ellen Brown (1834-1895)
Marriage8 Apr 1888, Putnam Co., Indiana
SpouseLennie Hall
BirthSep 1868, Indiana
FatherHenry Franklin “Frank” Hall (~1844-)
MotherSusan F. McCray (~1848-1919)
Children
1 FHallie Blanche Pierce, Half 2C4R
Birth4 Feb 1889, Putnam Co., Indiana
SpouseReese W. Jackson
2 FJessie Hazel Pierce, Half 2C4R
Birth31 Jul 1890, Putnam Co., Indiana
Death15 Oct 1986, Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana
SpouseHarry Lee Wells
3 MRalph R. Pierce, Half 2C4R
BirthJan 1892, Putnam Co., Indiana
4 MRussell I. Pierce, Half 2C4R
Birth9 Feb 1895, Putnam Co., Indiana
SpouseJane “Jennie” Hartley
Notes for Robert L. & Lennie (Family)
Putnam Co., Indiana marriage book 8, p. 58, records the marriage on 8 April 1888 of Robert L. Pierce and Lennie Hall.
Census
1900 census of Putnam Co., Indiana, Monroe township, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 9B as family #201/205:
Pierce, Robert L., 34, b. Jan 1866, Ind Ky Ky, blacksmith; Lennie, wife, 31, b. Sep 1868, Ind Ind Ind, married 12 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living; Hallie B., dau, 11, b. Feb 1889; Jennie H., dau, 9, b. July 1890; Ralph R., son, 8, b. Jan 1892; Russell I., son, 5, b. Feb 1895. All children born Ind Ind Ind.
1910 census of Putnam Co., Indiana, Greencastle ward 1, enumerated 18 April, lists on p. 3B as family #68/73, on Liberty St:
Pierce, Robert L., 43, b. Ind Ky Ky; Lennie, wife, b. Ind Ind Ind, first marriage for both, married 22 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living; Jessie H., dau, 20; Ralph R., son, 18; Russel I., son, 15; Jackson, Reese, son-in-law, 23, married 4 years; Blanche, dau, 21, married 4 years, mother of 1 chlld, 1 living; Hellen, granddau, 2. All except Robert born Ind Ind Ind.
I cannot find this family in the 1920 census. Lennie’s mother’s death notice in April 1919 referred to a surviving daughter Mrs. Robert Pierce of Greencastle, so they were almost certainly in Greencastle in 1920 as well. When I tried to browse by district, instead of searching, though, I noticed that Ancestry.com did not have any set of images for Greencastle ward 2 (where they were living in 1930, see below), just 1, 3 and 4. So quite possibly a whole district was not indexed.
1930 census of Putnam Co., Indiana, Greencastle ward 2, enumerated April 2, lists on p. 2A as family #38/41, at 628 E. Wabash St.:
Pierce, Robert L., 63, cream tester at Wadley Plant, b. Ind Ky Ky; Lennie, wife, 61, age at first marriage 19, b. Ind Ind Ind; Ralph, son, 37, single, laborer at odd jobs.
Pierce, Robert L., 34, b. Jan 1866, Ind Ky Ky, blacksmith; Lennie, wife, 31, b. Sep 1868, Ind Ind Ind, married 12 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living; Hallie B., dau, 11, b. Feb 1889; Jennie H., dau, 9, b. July 1890; Ralph R., son, 8, b. Jan 1892; Russell I., son, 5, b. Feb 1895. All children born Ind Ind Ind.
1910 census of Putnam Co., Indiana, Greencastle ward 1, enumerated 18 April, lists on p. 3B as family #68/73, on Liberty St:
Pierce, Robert L., 43, b. Ind Ky Ky; Lennie, wife, b. Ind Ind Ind, first marriage for both, married 22 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living; Jessie H., dau, 20; Ralph R., son, 18; Russel I., son, 15; Jackson, Reese, son-in-law, 23, married 4 years; Blanche, dau, 21, married 4 years, mother of 1 chlld, 1 living; Hellen, granddau, 2. All except Robert born Ind Ind Ind.
I cannot find this family in the 1920 census. Lennie’s mother’s death notice in April 1919 referred to a surviving daughter Mrs. Robert Pierce of Greencastle, so they were almost certainly in Greencastle in 1920 as well. When I tried to browse by district, instead of searching, though, I noticed that Ancestry.com did not have any set of images for Greencastle ward 2 (where they were living in 1930, see below), just 1, 3 and 4. So quite possibly a whole district was not indexed.
1930 census of Putnam Co., Indiana, Greencastle ward 2, enumerated April 2, lists on p. 2A as family #38/41, at 628 E. Wabash St.:
Pierce, Robert L., 63, cream tester at Wadley Plant, b. Ind Ky Ky; Lennie, wife, 61, age at first marriage 19, b. Ind Ind Ind; Ralph, son, 37, single, laborer at odd jobs.
