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CIVIL WAR PENSION EXTRACT

 

 

Elias Seeley Pierce

Private
Company H
43rd Pennsylvania Infantry, aka 43rd U.S. Colored Infantry

 

Tombstone of Elias Seeley Pierce, Cuff Cemetery, Canton, Salem, New Jersey
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Photo by B&R Terry

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Photo by B&R Terry


Enlisted: March 29, 1865, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honorably Discharged: October 20, 1865, Brownsville, Texas

Born: 1829 (per various affidavits)
Died: September 30, 1902, buried Cuff Cemetery (note from personal file)

Married: Elizabeth S. Hufman at Salem, NJ on January 27, 1852
Elizabeth S. Pierce, died April 1869, in Quinton Township, Salem County, New Jersey
Children (Per affidavit dated April 1898):
    Nathaniel M. Pierce, Born May 27, 1854
    Elias Pierce, Born August 11, 1859
    Ida Boardley, Born December 28, 1867


    Description: 5'6" / Dark Complexion / Dark Hair

    Occupation: Farmer

    Affidavits:

    William Henry Simpson
    John Berry
    Phineas Smith
    Disability:
    Scurry, Diarrhea, Rheumatism
    Pension:
    Post Office: Quinton Township, County of Salem, State of New Jersey
    Age 61
    March 1891
    Post Office: Town of Quinton, County of Salem, State of New Jersey
    Age 73
    March 1902
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    OTHER ITEMS PERTAINING TO ELIAS SEELEY PIERCE NOT FROM THE PENSION RECORDS:

    Here's alittle more about Elias from my files:

    Elias Pierce (1829-9/30/1902), son of John Pierce and Mary Murray.
    Elias and Elizabeth Children:
    Prudence Pierce (1852 - died young)
    Nathaniel Pierce (5/27/1854-12/28/1937), married Emeline Coombs (1856-1919) buried Gouldtown
    Mary E. Pierce (1856 - died young)
    Elias S. Pierce (8/11/1859-1934), buried Board Street Cemetery
    Charles Pierce (3/1/1863-before 1898), marrried Adeline Cuff (1867-1945)
    Ida Pierce (12/28/1867) married Benjamin Bordley

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    For those who may be new to the list, a few of these Civil War pension extractions have been posted previously, extracted by either John Carter, Paul Johnson or Joseph Romeo. To view some of the others, as well as an explanatory note, please see the following page of the Mitsawokett site: http://www.mitsawokett.com/MilitaryService/DelmarvaAreaCivilWarPensions.htm (Once on the page, scroll down below the Index to see the Overview.)

    Please e-mail Paul Johnson if anyone has any questions or corrections to this extraction of Elias Pierce's pension file.


 

 

 

 

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