Newton Co., IN Biography

Newton County, Washington Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883. 

   RICHARD PIERCE was born in New Jersey January 14, 1823, his parents,
James and Ann (Walker) Pierce, being residents of that State, his father
being a farmer.
   He attended school until about fifteen, then worked on a farm until 
1868, when he came to Newton County, Indiana, and purchased a farm in 
Section 26 in Washington Township. 
   May 1, 1870, he married Nancy J., daughter of Francis Worley, of Iowa.
They have four children--Elizabeth A., Levi C., Lillie M. and Francis
E.  He is a hardworking and self-made man.  He worked for one man 
twenty years, but is now independent, owning a fine farm and extensively
raising swine.  In politics, he is Independent.  He and his wife are 
members of the M.E. Church. 


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