When Eli Harvey Peirce was born on 29 July 1827, in Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Robert Peirce, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Harvey, was 25. He married Susannah Neff on 21 November 1850, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 12 August 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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English: variant of Pierce .
History: The name Peirce first appears in colonial American records in 1623with William Peirce, an English shipmaster who compiled the firstalmanac in English America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThis history was taken from the writings of Edith E. Peirce Fisher and also her daughter Helen Jane Fisher Russell. Also the Church Historians Office in Salt Lake City, where Edith Russell Woods and …
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