Jefferson Clayton Pearce

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, a Jefferson C. Pearce was listed as an inmate at the US Veterans Hospital 74, in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was listed as Male, White, age 33 and married, born in Alabama, with a father born in Mississppi and a mother born in Alabama. His Mississippi Death certificate indicates he was a veteran of World War I, his usual occupation was shown as clerk, and his parents were listed as Oscar T. Pearce and Pearl Springfield. He died at the a Veterans Administration Hospital.

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Mississippi, Harrison County, Biloxi, District 5
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 24-5 SD 11 Sheet 21B
Reynoir Street
309-521-536
Pearce, Clayton J Head R 25 M W 33 M 26 Ala Ala Ala Propietor Pecan Shop
Pearce, Iduma W Wf F W 30 M 22 North Dakota (sic) Miss Miss
Pearce, Anna G Dtr F W 6 S Miss Ala Miss

1940 Census
Mississippi, Harrison County, Biloxi City, Beat 1
Enumerated May 1, 1940
Sd 6 ED 24-2 Sheet 24B
315----R 22
Pearce, Jefferson C Head M W 43 M No 8 Ala Same Place
Pearce, Nora I Wf F W 40 M No H-1 Miss Same Place
Pearce, Anna G Dtr F W 16 S Yes H-2 Miss Same Place

Jefferson married Nora Iduma Latimer about 1922. Nora (daughter of William Edwin Latimer and Mary Alice West) was born on 24 Oct 1899 in Handsboro, Harrison County, Mississippi; died on 3 Oct 1968 in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Josephine Anne Glennon Pearce was born on 18 Oct 1923 in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi; died on 18 Dec 1994 in San Patricio County, Texas; was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Bexar County, Texas.

Notes:

His Death certificate lists his parents as A. C Pearce, born Georgian, and Miss Adeline West, place of birth unknown. His usual occupation was shown as Night Watchman, at Berman Brothers. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery.

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Alabama, Walker County, Pr. 5, Carbon Hill Town
Enumerated 19 Apr 1910
SD 6 ED 175 Sheet 8B
Pearce, Oscar T. Head M W 38 m1 14 years Miss Miss Miss Laborer Coal Mines
Pearce, Pearl Wf F W 33 M1 14 5/5 Ala Ala Ala
Pearce, Clayton Son M W 13 S Ala Miss Ala
Pearce, Jessica Dtr F W 12 S Ala Miss Ala
Pearce, Othella Dtr F W 10 S Ala Miss Ala
Pearce, Verna Dtr F W 8 S Ala Miss Ala
Pearce, Mary L Dtr F W 3 S Ala Miss Ala

Oscar married Addie Pearl Springfield about 1896. Addie was born about 1877 in Alabama; died on 30 Sep 1910 in Carbon Hill, Fayette County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her Alabama death certificate lists her parents as Dr. and Mrs. Th??? J Springfield.

She had lived in Carbon Hill for 7 or more years, which is where she contracted Pellagra, which she had suffered from for 18 months. She was not yet 33 years old when she died.

Cemetery was shown as Pisgah.