When Juan A. Pierce was born on 16 June 1837, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William G. Pierce, was 39 and her mother, Mary Gatewood, was 34. She married Joseph Miller on 30 July 1867, in Trimble, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Bedford, Trimble, Kentucky, United States for about 50 years. She died on 15 October 1907, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Bedford, Trimble, Kentucky, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
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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