Iowa Family Groupsheet for Simon Pierce Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Isabel Vandervelde Email address: VanceDV@msn.com Husband: Simon Pierce Birthdate: 1841 Birthplace: Ohio Death date: 25 February 1877 Place of death: Jackson County Iowa Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown Marriage date: 6 July 1869 Marriage place: Jackson County Iowa Wife: Sarah Sophia Newberry Birthdate: 9 June 1843 Birthplace: Jackson County Iowa Death date: 9 June 1917 Place of death: Sioux Falls, SD Father: Ansel Newberry Mother: Sarah A. Tobin CHILDREN Child No. 1: Mary Alice Pierce Sex: F Birthdate: 8 September 1870 Birthplace: Jackson County Iowa Death date: 1879 Place of death: Jackson County Iowa Marriage date: none Marriage place: Spouse's name: none Child No. 2: Viola Pierce Sex: F Birthdate: 11 April 1872 Birthplace: Miles, Jackson County Iowa Death date: 1 December 1959 Place of death: Bernadotte, Fulton Co. Illinois Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: South Dakota Spouse's name: First, Lowery Child No. 3: Danae Sarah Pierce Sex: F Birthdate: 17 March 1875 Birthplace: Miles, Jackson County Iowa Death date: 16 January, 1962 Place of death: McDonough, Illinois Marriage date: 8 August 1894 Marriage place: Delmont, Douglas Co. SD Spouse's name: Francis Marion Chambers Child No. 4: Minnie Pierce Sex: F Birthdate: 2 April 1877 Birthplace: Jackson County, Iowa Death date: Unknown Place of death: Marriage date: 16 November 1896 Marriage place: Armour, Douglas Co. SD Spouse's name: Danforth Quinn Millay Documentation: U.S.Censuses Iowa 1860, 1870, 1880, SD 1900, 1910, 1920. Death and burial lists of Jackson County Iowa, Marriages of Jackson County Iowa. Homestead Records of Douglas County South Dakota. Marriages of Douglas County, County Courthouse, Armour SD., Death Certificate of William Chambers, Death Certificate of Sarah Newberry Pierce Chambers, Death Certificate of Danae Pierce Chambers, Death Certificate of Viola Pierce Campbell. Cemetery listings of Fulton county Illinois, Cemetery listings of Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls, S.D. Cemetery listings of Delmont City Cemetery, Armour Cemetery. Death Certificate of Danforth Quinn Millay, Millay family history book from family of LeRoy Millay, Marriage license and application of F.M.Chambers and Danae Pierce. Family tales and traditions from L.J. and Lillie Chambers Manbeck, collected by daughters Gladys Manbeck Hansen and Hilda Manbeck Vandervelde. Book, Centennial celebration of Delmont, published 1986, Centennial of Douglas County, published 1980. Obituary of Sarah Chambers, Sioux Falls Argus Leader files, Obituary of William Chambers, sioux Falls Argus Leader files, Pension File of Sarah Newberry Pierce Chambers, containing the service record of both her veteran husbands, Simon Pierce who served in the 2nd Iowa Cavalry from Jackson County Iowa, and William Chambers who served in the Union Army Infantry from LaSalle County, Illinois, from the National Archives.