Dear Gina, My great-grandfather, Thomas Ozro PIERCE, born in 1843 to Thomas A. PIERCE and Lydia WARD PIERCE, (early settlers in Randolph County, Indiana). Thomas Ozro married Sarah WELCH, born in 1846 to William and Elizabeth WHITESELL PIERCE; Thomas O. and Sarah mar. on Nov. 2, 1864. I understand a township was named for a brother of Lydia WARD PIERCE; his name was Joab WARD, I believe. The Ward and Whitesell families were also early settlers. Thomas A. and Lydia PIERCE had 10 children in Randolph county on their homestead 3 miles east of Winchester, Indiana. Thomas Ozro and Sarah (Ward) PIERCE moved to Iowa about 1866 and eventually went on to Missouri, and on to California, where they are buried at Altadena. Thomas was a carpenter/builder/contractor. My family line goes from Thomas Ozro Pierce and Sarah (Welch) Pierce, to daughter, Elizabeth Effie Pierce, b. 1872 in Randolph Co; Effie mar. Thomas H. Davis in MO. Their son, Thomas Glenn Davis, b, 1897 in Barton County, Missouri, was my father. My mother, Esther Coles Davis. The Davis family from Ohio and the Coles family came from Ohio and Iowa. Thank you, Gina. Doris L. (Davis) Wolfe