FamilySearch ID: KWVS-L9L
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William Peirce

Birth	2 April 1833	Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Peirce (1823-1909), memorial #69680742. Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Wm Peirce, folder "Third 100, first 50, returns, 1847 June" (#42), image 3, line 5; entry for Wm Peirce, folder "Third 100, first 50, schedule, 1847 June" (#43), image 1, line 35. Box Elder News (Box Elder County, Utah, United States), "Pioneer of '47 Gone," 13 February 1908, p. 1, column 4.
Death	7 February 1908	Harper Ward, Box Elder, Utah, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Peirce (1823-1909), memorial #69680742. Box Elder News (Box Elder County, Utah, United States), "Pioneer of '47 Gone," 13 February 1908, p. 1, column 4.
Burial	10 February 1908	Calls Fort Cemetery, Honeyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Peirce (1823-1909), memorial #69680742. Box Elder News (Box Elder County, Utah, United States), "Pioneer of '47 Gone," 13 February 1908, p. 1, column 4.

Father	Robert Peirce
Mother	Hannah Harvey

Marriages Label

• Jerusha Smith

Married

28 December 1854

Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Peirce and Jerusha Smith, ID: KWVS-L9L and ID: KWVS-L9K.

Box Elder News (Box Elder County, Utah, United States), "Pioneer of '47 Gone," 13 February 1908, p. 1, column 4.

          Children:
               Hannah Evaline Peirce
               Hyrum Robert Peirce
               Martha Lovina Peirce
               Margaret Jerusha Peirce
               Sarah McKay Peirce
               William Harvey Peirce
               Eli Thomas Peirce
               Edith Irene Peirce
               Lucy Lucinda Peirce

• Mary Electa Walker

Married

21 November 1863

Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Peirce and Mary Electa Walker, ID: KWVS-L9L and ID: KWJR-Y69.

          Children:
               Infant Peirce
               Rosette Peirce
               Rosanna Peirce
               John Henry Peirce
               Heber Kimball Peirce

Residences Label

• 1840	Brandywine Twp, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
• 1842	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850	Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870	Box Elder, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880	Calls Fort, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States
• 1900	Lake Side, Box Elder, Utah, United States

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1840 Population Census	Brandywine Township, Chester, Pennsylvania	Extract	Image
• 1842 Population Census	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois	Extract	Image
• 1850 Population Census	Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1870 Population Census	Box Elder Precinct, Box Elder, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1880 Population Census	Calls Fort Precinct, Box Elder, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1900 Population Census	Lake Side Precinct, Box Elder, Utah	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble Company		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	19 Jun 1847
Arrival	2 Oct 1847

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

William Peirce

Crossing the Plains