ID 51969 (Group O)
1."Capt." Edmund Pearce [Not proven] d. ca. 1702

2.Edmund Lazarus Pearce d. ca. 1761 Beaufort Co., NC, m. Rachel R. [Reel?] or A.,
   Children:  Hezekiah, Lazarus, Joshua, Thomas, Benjamin, Mary, Joseph, Sarah,
   Rachel, Edmund

3.Edmund Pearce, R.S., b. ca. 1732 Beaufort Co., NC, d. ca. 1787 Craven Co., NC
   Child:  Benjamin Franklin

4.Benjamin Franklin Pearce b. ca. 1763 Pitt or Craven Co., NC, m. Celia Harris 30 Dec 1788 Craven Co., NC, d. 1825 Autauga   Co., AL,
   Children:  Stephen, Mary Ann,  Edmund,
   Rebecca, John Harris, Emma [Emily?], Elizabeth, Sidney, Permelia [Amelia?]

5.Stephen Pearce b. 12 Feb 1790 Craven Co., NC, m. Sarah Ann Rhymes  27 Jul 1812 Oglethorpe Co., GA, d. 20 Jan 1841 Autauga Co., AL, 
   Children: William R., Mary Ann, Benjamin Wiley, William A., Julia H., John Lovick

6.Benjamin Wiley Pearce (Confederate Lt. Gov. of LA) b. 15 Dec 1816 Greene Co., GA, m. Anne Hunt Hall 21 Jul 1842 Autauga Co., AL, d. 8 Oct 1870 Bienville Par., LA,
   Children:  Sarah Hall, Mary Ann, William Joseph, Julia, Kate Thomas, Stephen
   Dixon

7.William Joseph "Buck" Pearce b. 2 Dec 1847 Ouachita Co., AR, m. Orray "Orrie" T. Bonnell ca. 1870 Shelby Co., TX, d. 9 Apr 1937 Center, Shelby Co., TX,
   Children: Kate Whitney, Anne Eliza, Willie Hamlin, Benjamin Wiley, Stephen Dixon,
Sarah Hall, Stephen Dixon, Archibald Bonnell, Frank Lewis, John Howard, Clyde Hunt

8.Stephen Dixon "Bud" Pearce b. 16  Sep 1882 Tenaha, Shelby Co., TX, m. Cecile Julia Tillman 27 Jan 1919 Shelby Co., TX, d. 4 Apr 1954 Bryan, Brazos Co., TX

 

ID 93942 (Group O)
1. Edmund Lazarus Pearce b. 1715 d. ca. 1761 Beaufort Co., NC, m. Rachel A. Hill.

2. Joshua Pearce, Sr. b. North Carolina about 1735. m. ABT. 1752 Hannah Green in North Carolina. d. 17 April, 1810 in Ga (Probably Screven County).

3. William Pearce, Sr. b. 1754 North Carolina. m. ABT. 1781 Sarah Bray in Georgia. d. 6 Nov. 1813 in Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

4. William Pearce, Jr b. 1782 in Screven, County Georgia. m. Francis Tanner 1812 in Woodville, Mississippi. d. AFT. 1830 in Rapides Parish, La.

5. Alanson Green Pearce b. 14 Dec 1816 in Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, La. m. 1837 Sidney Elizabeth kay. d. 13 Jan 1863 in Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, La.

6. William Oscar Pearce b. 24 March 1840 in Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, La. m. 12 Feb 1880 Ida Augusta Rice in New Orleans, La. Died ?

7. Augustus Rice Pearce b. 12 Sept 1884 in Bunkie, Louisiana. m. Alma Dora Elliot. d. 21 Jan 1967 in Reno, Nevada.

8. William Elliott Pearce b. 21 Dec 1907 in Carbondale, Illinois. m. Muriel Jean Heaton 11 Dec 1937 in Bethesda, Maryland. d. July 1943.

 

ID 807321 (Group O)
1. Calvin Pearce, born about 1816 in NC or GA, married 4 June 1847 in Houston County, GA to Elizabeth Thomas,
died circa 1860 in Houston County, GA.

2. Simeon Franklin Pearce/Pierce, 1854-1922.

3. Chester Waldon Pierce, 1895-1931.

         Sons: Thomas Lowrell Pierce, 1928-2013 and Palmer Lee Pierce, 1925-2015.

4. Palmer Lee Pierce, 1925-2010

All of these Pierces were from the Houston/Bibb County area of middle Georgia.

 

ID MK55578 (Group O)
1. Capt. Edmund Pearce (1655-1710), m. Sarah Blount (1679-1706), Craven Co., NC (Not proven)
    Children: Edmund Lazarus, John, Edward, Martha, Mary, Hester

2. Edmund Lazarus Pearce (1687-1761), m. Rachel Elizabeth Hill (1705-1758), Beaufort Co., NC
    Children: Thomas, Edmund, Sarah (Sallie), Lazarus, Joshua, Rachel

3. Edmund Pearce (1723-1784), m. Rachelle Eley Reel (1738-1790), Beaufort, NC
    Child: Benjamin Franklin Pearce

4. Benjamin Franklin Pearce (1763-1825), m. Selah Harris (1768-1835), Autauga Co., AL
    Children: Stephen Harris, Mary Ann, Edmund, Rebecca, John Harris, Emma, Elizabeth Ann, Emily Harris

5. Edmund Pearce (1793-1826), m. Louisa Elizabeth Tooke (1800-1881), Autauga Co., AL
    Children: Harriet Adeline, Stephen Harris II

6. Stephen Harris Pearce II (About 1823-1877), m.1. Sarah Virginia Tatum (1834-1858), m.2.Harriet Jane Fay (1835-1911), Autauga, AL
    Children: Sarah L., Ella Fay, Edmund Tooke, William Wallace, Hattie Alvord

7. William Wallace Pearce (1863-1961), m.1. Mary Augusta Spigener (1850-1899), m.2. Alice Julia Fraser (1883-1957), Richland Co., SC
    Children: (m1) Llewellyn Fletcher, Alline Wilkinson, Pauline, William Wallace, Jr., Julia Alvord, William Northington (m2) Paul Stephen, Harriet Fraser,  Wallace Farqueharson, Josephine Alice

8. Llewellyn Fletcher Pearce (1886-1972), m. Sarah (Sadie) Eleanor Gregory (1889-1993), Richland Co., SC
    Children: Llewellyn Gregory, Edmund Spigener, Mary Emily

9. Llewellyn Gregory Pearce (1914-1984), m. Alice Witherspoon Barron (1920-1993), Richland Co., SC

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