Brief Life History of James Masten
When James Masten Pierce was born on 5 January 1852, in Rusk, Texas, United States, his father, Robert Pierce, was 23 and his mother, Martha Bullock, was 23. He married Nancy J. Matlock on 26 January 1873, in Rusk, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Mount Enterprise, Rusk, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 1, Polk, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 10 May 1931, in Livingston, Polk, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Enterprise, Rusk, Texas, United States.
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- J Mack Pierce, "United States Census, 1920"
- James Pierce, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- James Masten Pierel, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1858
Historical Boundaries: 1858: Buchanan, Texas, United States *1861: Stephens, Texas, United States [*Renamed Stephens in 1861]
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
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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