Israel Day Towle and Eliza Peirce Towle

Israel Day Towle and Eliza Peirce Towle
A Brief History of the Peirce/Pierce Family of Massachusetts

Pierce/Peirce biographical sketches
Biographical sketch of Jarvis Pierce Sr. (1771-1831) of Massachusetts and Illinois
Biographical sketch of Jarvis Pierce Jr. (1800-1880) of Massachusetts, Vermont, and Illinois

Pierce descent charts and family group sheets
Ancestry of Jarvis Pierce Jr., 1800-1880, to Isaac Pierce, 1700-1773
Ancestry of Isaac Pierce to John Pers, 1588-1661, immigrant ancestor of Jarvis Pierce
Descendant Report for Josiah Peirce & Sarah Gale
Children of Jarvis Pierce Jr.
Descendant Reports for Jarvis Pierce Jr.

Pierce Census Information
Census Information for Jarvis Pierce Sr. (1771-1831) of White and Gallatin Counties, Illinois
Census Information for Jarvis Pierce Jr. (1800-1880) of Harrisburg, Illinois

Pierce Obituaries
Obituary for Jarvis Pierce Jr., d.1880, Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois

Pierce Burials
Gravestone of Eliza Pierce Towle, d.1876, daughter of Jarvis Pierce Sr. and Rhoda Darby and wife of Israel Day Towle, d.1875, Harrisburg, Illinois
Gravestone Israel Day Towle, d.1875, husband of Eliza Pierce Towle, Harrisburg, Illinois

Pierce Documents
Marriage Record of Rhoda Darby Pierce and Thomas Johnson, Gallatin County, Illinois
Marriage Record of Jarvis Pierce Jr. and Sally Wilkerson, Jefferson County, Illinois
Marriage Records for Jarvis Pierce Jr. and his Descendants in Gallatin, Jefferson and Saline Counties, Illinois

Miscellaneous Pierce Information
Charcoal portraits of Eliza Pierce, daughter of Jarvis Pierce Sr., and Israel Day Towle

The picture above is a scan of a daguerreotype of Israel Day Towle and Eliza Peirce. Eliza, 1798-1876, was the second child of Jarvis Pierce and Rhoda Darby of Massachusetts and Illinois. Eliza and Israel, 1787-1875, married in Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, on 20 April 1816. They both died and are buried in Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois.

The scan of the daguerreotype was made by Sally Houston, a descendant of Israel and Eliza and the 4th great granddaughter of Jarvis and Rhoda Pierce. The picture was found in a box of photos which a cousin brought to a family reunion.


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