My gr-grandfather George W. PIERCE is my brick wall! George W was born ca 1825 in TN. By 1849 he was living in MO and he lived there until his death in 1886. It's possible that George W is a brother to William Goosby PIERCE and that their father might be Washington PIERCE/PEARCE but we have no actual proof of that as yet. Washington PIERCE/PEARCE may also have other sons as well as brothers with the names Nathan and Thomas. Washington PIERCE bought land in 1840 Jefferson Co MO but a few years later moved to Texas with Nathan and Thomas. Would love to share information with anyone researching these families! George W PIERCE is on the 1850 Jefferson Co MO Census with his first wife, Susannah (LEMMONS). Susannah gave birth to five children before she died ca1858: Thomas - married Margaret BELEW in 1871 Martha Emma - married Benjamin WASHBURN before 1886 John Wesley - ? Susan Elizabeth - married Augustus PARTNEY Mary Frances - married George OGLE in 1872 George next married Eliza ROGERS (d. 1922; daughter of Isaac ROGERS and Henrietta SPOHR) in 1859; they had the following children: William Heenan - married Anna Belle MOTHERSHEAD in 1893 Martha Matilda - married Mark HUSKEY prior to 1880 George Wesley - married prior to 1923 Eliza Jane - married Emil Elias BLEIKER in 1893 Thanks! Jo Ann http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jcat2/