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The Goodspeed History of Tennessee Illustrated Carroll, Henry and Benton
Counties
H. R. Pierce, farmer and old resident of
District No. 7, was born in 1836 in Benton County, Tennessee, and is the
son of John and Rachel (Ross) Pierce. The father was a native of North
Carolina, born in 1801 and of English-German descent. In 1819 he
left his native state and came to Benton County, Tennessee, erected a log
cabin, cleared an acre of ground, went to Kentucky to get married and then
returned to his western home. It is said that Mr. Pierce erected one of
the first houses west of the Tennessee River. He died in 1862. His wife,
Rachel Ross, was born in the state of Kentucky on the Cumberland River in
1806. She was of Irish origin and died in 1871. They had ten
children, five of whom are living. Our subject was reared at home
and received his education in the common schools of Benton County.
At the age of twenty-two he left the parental roof and December 10, 1857,
he married Nancy J. Stockdale, a native of Benton County born 1836 and the
daughter of Dennis and Christia Stockdale. To our subject and wife
were born eight children: Mary C. (Mrs. H. A. Phifer), James F., Martha
(Mrs. H. Melton), Rachel A., John W., Henry H., Roena B. and Victoria C.
Mr. Pierce has resided in his native county since his birth. In 1861 he
located where he now resides on a fine farm of 283 acres. In politics he
has been a life-long Democrat and in August, 1876, he was elected
magistrate of the Seventh District and from that date to the present has
adjusted his neighbors' difficulties with judicial fairness. He has been a
Mason since 1855 and he and wife and six children are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Pierce has been a member of that
church since he was thirteen years of age and has been a class leader in
the same for twenty-eight years. Related Genealogy Resources:
Search OneGreat Family for Pierce Surname New England Early Genealogy for Pierce Surname Family Tree Connection for Pierce
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