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Pierce, Ebenezer, known as Captain Pierce, was a native of Massachusetts, and came with his family to Groton
soon after the War of 1812, and settled in the Bear Swamp neighborhood. His wife was Hannah Spooner, and their
children were: Susan, who married David Teeter, and lived and died in Groton; Otis, born in 1821, married Mary
Ann Savacool, and died December 24, 1879; J. Prescott, living in Freeville, N. Y., a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist
Connection. His first wife was Phebe J. Moe, who died in Peruville, N. Y., August 9, 1889; his second wife was
Mrs. Jane E. Lane, widow of Isaac Lane; she died in Freeville, September 18, 1892; he married third Mrs. Louisa
Johnston, April 13, 1893, widow of Ira Johnston, of Wellsboro, Pa.; Harrison, born in 1826, living in Ohio, married
Rachel Gray, who died in February, 1892; Phebe Jane, who married Luther Townley; Stillman, born in 1832, married
Emeline, daughter of Dr. Isaac Underwood, in 1855, and died in Peruville in July, 1864; and Zeno, born in 1830,
married Caroline Morgan in 1854, and died in February, 1880, at Groton. Captain Pierce was a large and successful
farmer of Groton, and a man highly respected in the community. He was a strong Whig, and later on a Republican.
He was a member of the Baptist church. He died in the spring of 1858, and his wife in 1888. Moses, son of Captain
Pierce, pioneer, was born in Groton in 1831, was brought up and has always lived on a farm, and while not a large
farmer, there are none whose farms are kept under better cultivation. In 1853 Mr. Pierce married Elizabeth, daughter
of William Underwood, of Groton. Mrs. Pierce died April 25, 1891.
From:
Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York
Including a History of Cornell University
Edited by: John H. Selkreg
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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