WILLIAM H. PIERCE.
Patrick Pierce, born in Isle of Wight county, Virginia, died in 1884,
and Lucy (Gay) Pierce, died in 1884, were the parents of the subject of
this sketch. He was born in Isle of Wight county, on July 15, 1849.
At the age of seventeen years, in 1866, he began business as a general
merchant, a career that has been highly successful. He is now the
owner of three general stores in Suffolk, and carries on as a separate
business, a general feed store.
In Suffolk, May 14, 1877, Mr. Pierce married Mary E., daughter of
Sylvester Oliver, of Suffolk. Her mother, whose maiden name was
Mary Fluhart, is no longer living.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce have one child, Olah, born April 23, 1886. Their
first-born was a son, named William H., born April 23, 1879, died
December 15, 1884.
