When Susan Pierce was born on 3 September 1822, in Sadsbury MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Levi Pierce, was 30 and her mother, Phoebe White, was 33. She married John Lyle in 1842, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Franklin Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Greene Township, Worth, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 8 August 1907, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ravenwood, Nodaway, Missouri, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries 1836: Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English, Welsh, and Irish: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Piers, Peres, Peris, an Old French nominative of Pierre or Per, the French form of Peter . Pierce is especially frequent in northwestern Wales and Lancashire, while Pearce is the more common spelling in the rest of England. In Ireland Pierce and Pearse represent a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.
Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
History: Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 14th president of the US, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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