PIERCE, Luther Wm. (1851-1927)

PIERCE

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Date: 5/31/2021 at 13:03:58

Luther William Pierce
(Feb 27, 1851 - May 9, 1927)

L. W. Pierce, a farmer of section 26, Garfield Township, Ida County, was born in Allegany County, New York, February 27, 1851, a son of William Pierce, a native of that State. His father, Samuel Pierce, was a soldier in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject, nee Elizabeth Burdick, was also born in New York. Mr. Pierce settled in Milton, Rock county, Wisconsin, when L. W. was thirteen years of age, where the father followed farming. Politically, he voted with the Republican Party. The mother died at Alfred, New York, in 1862. L. W. Pierce, one of four children, assisted in clearing the home farm in Rock County, Wisconsin, where he remained until 1880, and in that year removed to Morgan Township, Crawford County, Iowa. During two years of his residence there he resided in the West Soldier valley. In the spring of 1885 he settled on 160 acres of raw prairie land in Garfield Township, Ida County, all of which is now under a fine state of cultivation, and three and a half acres devoted to a grove and orchard.
Mr. Pierce was married in Rock County, Wisconsin, at the age of twenty-one years, to Miss A. E. Ogden, who was born, reared and educated in that county, a daughter of G. W. and Electa (Coon) Ogden, prominent early settlers of Rock County. The father died in 1869 and the mother now resides in Dane County, Wisconsin. Their son, Dr. Henry Ogden, was a soldier in the late war, and is now a leading physician. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce have four children: L. W., Earl A., Daisy E. and Julia I. In his political views, Mr. Pierce is a staunch supporter of the Republican Party. He has been a member of the School Board, and takes an active interest in everything for the good of his county.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.440