Person:Dyer Pierce (1)
Jedediah Pierce
b.2 Apr 1785 Ogdensburg, St Lawrence, New York, United States
d.14 Mar 1857 Miami, Indiana, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 31 Oct 1773
  1. Patience Pierce1775 - 1860
  2. Rev. Isaac Pierce1776 - 1859
  3. Huldah Pierce1783 - 1877
  4. Jedediah Pierce1785 - 1857
Spouse and Children
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Facts and Events
Name Jedediah Pierce
Gender Male
Birth? 2 Apr 1785 Ogdensburg, St Lawrence, New York, United States
Marriage to Diana Barton
Death? 14 Mar 1857 Miami, Indiana, United States
Burial? Castalia, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States

Jedediah Pierce b. 2 Apr 1785 Vermont son of Daniel Pierce and Mary Hicks m. Diana Barton b. 14 Jan 1789 Rhode Island daughter of David Barton and Rebecca Brightman. 

Noted in Hartford, Washington County, New York town minutes 1809 - 1815.
Dyer served in the War of 1812, as sergeant under Captain James Covel in the Regiment of New York Militia.

Farmer, appears on 1818 and 1819 assessment lists of Wells (that portion that became Ridgebury). Enumerated in Ridgebury in 1820. In 1828 the family removed to Castile, Wyoming County, New York and were enumerated there in 1830. 

Father Daniel, and brothers Mial and Truman settled there also. On 15 Feb 1837 purchased land in Sandusky County, Ohio. Enumerated in Townsend, Sandusky County in 1840 and 1850. Sold land in Sandusky County on 19 May 1851 and purchased land in Winneshiek County, Iowa.

Jedediah and Diana were Universalists and donated land for the Universalist Church and cemetery (Bloomfield) in Castalia, Iowa. 

Diana d. 4 Aug 1854 Castalia and Dyer d. 14 Mar 1857 from pneumonia at daughter Eliza Slocum’s home in Miami, Indiana. Body returned to Castalia.

1.  Perlina Minerva Pierce b. 5 Apr 1812.
2.  Seth Pierce b. 1813.
3.  Will D. Pierce b. 1816.
4.  Mial Hix Pierce b. 20 Feb 1819.
5.  Daniel Brightman Pierce b. 27 Jan 1820.
6.  Eliza Pierce b. c. 1822.
7.  James Pierce b. 1830.
8.  Marion Pierce b. c. 1832.
References
  1.   Families of Wells Township, Bradford County, PA.

    http://www.joycetice.com/kelsey/kjwpq.htm

  2.   Find A Grave Index Jedediah, Dyer Pierce.

    Dyer Pierce Find A Grave Index
    Name: Dyer Pierce
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1857
    Event Place: Castalia, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States of America
    Photograph Included: Yes
    Birth Date: 1786
    Death Date: 14 Mar 1857
    Affiliate Record Identifier: 21265565
    Cemetery: Bloomfield Cemetery
    Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVV-QS4N : accessed 20 June 2015), Dyer Pierce, 1857; Burial, Castalia, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States of America, Bloomfield Cemetery; citing record ID 21265565, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com

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