Muskingum County OhArchives Deaths.....Pierpont, Henry March 26, 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Morgan tdmorgan@swbell.net August 9, 2006, 8:04 pm Name: Pierpont, Henry Date Of Death: March 26, 1909 Time: Place Of Death: Pueblo, Colorado Residence: Pueblo, Colorado Gender: Male Race: W Age: 97 Marital Status: Widowed Spouse: Mosher, Catherine Date Of Birth: March 21, 1810 Place Of Birth: Fredrick, Maryland Mother's Name: Cleary, Henritta Mother's Birthplace: U.S. Father's Name: Pierpont , John Father's Birthplace: U.S. Cause Of Death: Unavailable Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Teamster? Funeral Home: Unavailable Doctor: Unavailable Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Mrs. Harris Date Of Burial: March 28, 1909 Place Of Burial: N. Side City Date Recorded: March 27, 1909 Source Of Record: Death Certificate Certificate No.: 192 Additional Comments: In an article (Pueblo Chieftain), "Henry Pierpont, aged 97 years and said to be the oldest registered voter in the state, died at 10 0'clock yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. L. Harris, 714 East Abriendo Avenue. Mr. Pierpont is survived by fifty-five descendants and was the father of thirteen children, six of whom are now living and are residents of Pueblo. One of his descendants is a great-great-grandchild, who lives in Seattle. Physically Mr. Pierpont was a remarkable man. He was hale and hearty until four weeks ago, when he fell and dislocated one of his hips. His extreme age was against him and he never recovered from the effects of the accident. Mr. Pierpont never needed glasses and until almost the day of his death he was able to read newspaper print without artificial aid. He had also never lost a tooth. Until five years ago Mr. Pierpont followed his usual occupation that of the transfer business. On election days he was a familiar figure, as he was proud of the fact that he was Pueblo's oldest voter and never lost an opportunity to cast his ballot. Mr. Pierpont was born in Baltimore, Md. March 21, 1812. When an infant of 14 months hew was taken by his parents to Zanesville, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. He was married there to Miss Catherine Mosher, August 13, 1837. His wife died May 4, 1897, in Pueblo. In 1853 Mr. Pierpont moved to Missouri, where he remained during the greater part of the Civil War. He served in company D, Second Missouri state militia, as he was then past the active service age. In 1863 he went to Wyandotte, Kas., where he lived for many years, and in 1881 came to Pueblo. In this city twenty-two years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Pierpont celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Since the death of his wife, Mr. Pierpont had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Harris. He is survived by the following six sons and daughters, all of who reside in Pueblo: N. B. Pierpont, H. W. Pierpont, Mrs. H.P. Lull, Mrs. H. Shepler, Mrs. S.C. Young and Mrs. A. L. Harris. His other descendants are twenty grandchildren, twenty-eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. The funeral services will be held at 2 0'Clock Sunday afternoon from the residence of Mrs. Harris, 714 east Abriendo avenue and will be under the auspices of the G.A.R., which is the only order to which Mr.Pierpont belonged. Rev. Milton Fish, pastor of the Mesa Baptist church, will conduct the services. Interment will be in the G.A.R. plot at the North Side Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/muskingum/vitals/deaths/pierpont446dt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb