When Jonathan Pierce was born in 1821, in Granby, Oswego, New York, United States, his father, Benjamin B Pierce, was 36 and his mother, Polly French, was 34. He married Celesta Burnham about 1849, in Oswego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States in 1870 and Township of Warren, Midland, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died in 1898, in Coleman, Midland, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Warren Township Cemetery, Coleman, Midland, Michigan, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
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.
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