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George Leroy Pierce 1826 – 1897 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 May 1826

Birth Location: Prescott, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: 31 May 1897

Death Location: Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Caleb Pierce

Mother: Sophia Abbott

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Lees

Children(s): George Pierce, Caroline Peirce, Edward Pierce, Henry Pierce

According to available records, George Leroy Pierce was born in 1826 in Prescott, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of Caleb Pierce and Sophia Abbott. Following those early years, George Leroy Pierce married Elizabeth Lees, and their family grew to include George Smith Pierce, Caroline Elizabeth Peirce, Edward Leroy Pierce and Henry Lees Pierce. In the later years of life, George Leroy Pierce died in 1897 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Parents

Caleb Pierce
Birth Location: New Salem
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Sophia Abbott
1793 – 1880
Birth Location: Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Lees
1846 – 1927
Birth Location: Manchester, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
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Children(s)

George Pierce
1872 – 1873
Birth Location: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Caroline Peirce
1874 – 1876
Birth Location: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Edward Pierce
1878 – 1913
Birth Location: Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Henry Pierce
1880 – 1946
Birth Location: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 May 1826
    Event Place: Prescott, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1865, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911, Year: 1880; Census Place: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 562; Page: 55A; Enumeration District: 800, Year: 1870; Census Place: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_651; Page: 357A

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1865
    Event Place: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1865

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Barre, Barre Plains and Smithville, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_651; Page: 357A

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 562; Page: 55A; Enumeration District: 800

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 31 May 1897
    Event Place: Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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