hmtl5 Dairus E. Pierce: Hedges Genealogy
Home Search Login  
Print Bookmark

Dairus E. Pierce

Male 1932 - 1951  (18 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Less detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Dairus E. Pierce was born on 15 Sep 1932 in Ohio (son of Dewey Cyrus Pierce and Lillie Jane Ward); died on 10 Mar 1951 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio.

    Notes:

    LKH note:
    Photograph of his headstone on Find a Grave shows his name spelled as Dairus

    His obituary and news articles about the accident show his name spelled as Darius.

    His sister's obituary shows his name spelled as Dairus.



    Dayton Youth Killed
    Dayton, O., March 10 - (AP) - Darius E. Pierce, 18, Dayton, was killed today when his automobile went out of control on a rural road 15 miles southwest of Dayton and hit a tree stump. Pierce was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Pierce, who moved to Dayton a few months ago from Mowrystown in Highland County southwest f Hillsboro.
    Springfield News-Sun, Springfield, Ohio. Sunday, 11 March 1951.


    Whiteoak High Grad Is Killed In Auto Crash
    Services Tuesday For Darius Pierce, 18, of dayton
    Injuries received in an automobile accident near Dayton Friday night claimed the life of a 1950 graduate of Whiteoak High School at Mowrystown.
    The victim was Darius E. Pierce, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Pierce, of 25 Brown Street, Dayton, all former residents of the Mowrystown community.
    Young Pierce was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Elizabeth hospital, Dayton, at 4;10 A.M. Saturday, an hour after the accident.
    Riding with him was Donald Mason, 26, of the same Dayton address, who remained in serious condition today from injuries received in the accident. Mason sustained head, neck and torso injuries.
    The crash in which Pierce died occurred about 3 A.M. a short distance west of Germantown. The state highway patrol reported Pierce was driving north. The car approached a left-hand curve, failed to make it and plunged off the road.
    The auto rolled over "several times," the patrol reported, then landed on a stump with its top torn off.
    Pierce was an apprentice toolmaker at Frigidaire Plant 2 and had been employed there about six months. He and his family and moved to Dayton from Mowrystown about eight months ago.
    Funeral services were to be held Tuesday at 2 P.M. at the Methodist Church in Sugartree Ridge, with Rev. Eugene Riffle officiating and burial following in the church cemetery under the direction of Charles Roberts funeral home of Mowrystown.
    Besides his parents, he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Alma Harvey of Centerville, Mrs. Betty Griffith of Dayton, Mrs. Marie Donahue of Aberdeen, Phyllis Pierce, Dayton, and three brothers, William and Joseph of Dayton and Dewey Jr., at Ohio State University, Columbus.
    Mason had been employed for a week as a truck driver at the Gitzinger Trucking Service in Dayton.
    The News-Herald, Hillsboro, Ohio. Tuesday, 13 March 1951.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88034858/dairus-e-pierce


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dewey Cyrus Pierce was born on 16 Jul 1899 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 27 Sep 1957 in Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio .

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer and carpenter
    • Census: 1930, Jackson, Highland County, Ohio
    • Census: 1940, Concord Township, Highland County, Ohio

    Notes:

    Dewey Pierce
    Services for Dewey Pierce, 58, farmer and carpenter for the Mowrystown community, were held Sunday at 2:30 P.M. at the Charles Roberts funeral home in Mowrystown, with burial following in Sugartree Ridge cemetery.
    He suffered a fatal heart attack Friday while working on a farm near Sugartree Ridge.
    He is survived by his widow, Lillie; four daughters, Mrs. Alice Harvey and Mrs. Velvia Griffith of Dayton, Mrs. Marie Donohoo of Vandalia and Phyllis, at home, and three sons; William and Dewey, of Urbana, and Joseph, at home.
    The Press Gazette, Hillsboro, Ohio. Tuesday, 1 October 1957.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88034857/cyrus-dewey-pierce

    Dewey married Lillie Jane Ward in Jan 1920. Lillie (daughter of William F. Ward and Martha Eleanor "Ele" Moody) was born on 2 Aug 1903 in Three Lick, Kentucky; died on 10 Dec 1985 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lillie Jane Ward was born on 2 Aug 1903 in Three Lick, Kentucky (daughter of William F. Ward and Martha Eleanor "Ele" Moody); died on 10 Dec 1985 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio .

    Notes:

    LKH Note: In the census taken 7 Jan 1920, the sisters Minnie, Lillie, and Tina Ward are incorrectly listed with the surname of Moody. They are in the household of their grandmother Ivelia (Hedges) Moody. Ivelia's brother John Hedges is also part of the household and is incorrectly listed as John Moody. The census taker assumed everyone shared Ivelia's surname of Moody.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88034859/lillie-jane-pierce

    Children:
    1. Alma Christine Pierce was born on 25 Oct 1921 in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana; died on 18 Feb 2005 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.
    2. Velvia Maxine Pierce was born on 29 Jan 1924 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 21 Aug 2008; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio.
    3. William Edward Pierce was born on 14 Jan 1926 in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana; died on 2 Dec 2010 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; was buried in Mount Zion Shoup Cemetery, Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio.
    4. Dewey Pierce was born on 23 Feb 1928 in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana; died on 5 Jul 1981 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio.
    5. 1. Dairus E. Pierce was born on 15 Sep 1932 in Ohio; died on 10 Mar 1951 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio.
    6. Joseph Hugh Pierce was born on 24 Nov 1940 in Highland County, Ohio; died on 15 Mar 1988 in Highland County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio.
    7. Phyllis Jane Pierce was born on 15 Sep 1943 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio; died on 9 Jan 2014 in Milford, Hamilton County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  William F. Ward was born on 14 Feb 1874 in Nicholas County, Kentucky; died on 1 Jan 1959 in Hamilton County, Ohio.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Brushy Fork Precinct, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1910, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1920, White Sulphur, Bath County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1930, Concord, Ross County, Ohio
    • Census: 1940, Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio

    Notes:

    MHR note; Willam Ward was living at Camp Denison, Ohio (near Cincinnati) in 1950 and "the boys" had been sent to the Odd Fellows Home, said Tina Esther (Ward) Ellington, his daughter by Martha Eleanor Moody, William's 2nd wife.

    William married Martha Eleanor "Ele" Moody on 21 Aug 1902 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Martha (daughter of Joseph Harvey Moody and Ivelia Jane Hedges) was born about 1876 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died before 1909 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Martha Eleanor "Ele" Moody was born about 1876 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky (daughter of Joseph Harvey Moody and Ivelia Jane Hedges); died before 1909 in Kentucky.

    Notes:

    LKH Note: In the census taken 7 Jan 1920, the sisters Minnie, Lillie, and Tina Ward are incorrectly listed with the surname of Moody. They are in the household of their grandmother Ivelia (Hedges) Moody. Ivelia's brother John Hedges is also part of the household and is incorrectly listed as John Moody. The census taker assumed everyone shared Ivelia's surname of Moody.

    Children:
    1. Minnie Gertrude Ward was born on 10 Dec 1899 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 2 Nov 1953 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    2. 3. Lillie Jane Ward was born on 2 Aug 1903 in Three Lick, Kentucky; died on 10 Dec 1985 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio .
    3. Tina Esther Ward was born on 3 Mar 1906 in Three Lick, Kentucky; died on 19 Oct 1978 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Ellington Cemetery, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Joseph Harvey Moody was born on 12 Aug 1839 in Mason County, Kentucky (son of James Moody and Jane Hawkins); died on 30 Jun 1898 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Ingram-Stevens Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: Civil War
    • Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1880, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Joseph Moody of Rowan county died of cancer June 30th aged about 65 years. Member of the Christian Church. Left a wife and six children. Moore's Ferry.
    Owingsville Outlook. Owingsville, Kentucky. Thu 07 Jul 1898.


    Union Army. Private. Company A, Kentucky 10th Cavalry Regiment. Enlisted on 8 September 1862. Mustered out 17 September 1863 at Maysville, Kentucky.


    _MILT:
    Kentucky 10th Cavalry Regiment. Company A. Private

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95098921/joseph-harvey-moody

    Joseph married Ivelia Jane Hedges on 26 Dec 1861 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Ivelia (daughter of Jesse Hedges and Lucy Ann Hawkins) was born on 23 Dec 1845 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 3 Jun 1922 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 15.  Ivelia Jane Hedges was born on 23 Dec 1845 in Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of Jesse Hedges and Lucy Ann Hawkins); died on 3 Jun 1922 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1910, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1920, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    LKH Note: In the census taken 7 Jan 1920, the sisters Minnie, Lillie, and Tina Ward are incorrectly listed with the surname of Moody. They are in the household of their grandmother Ivelia (Hedges) Moody. Ivelia's brother John Hedges is also part of the household and is incorrectly listed as John Moody. The census taker assumed everyone shared Ivelia's surname of Moody.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148860407/ivelia-jane-moody

    Children:
    1. James Albert Moody was born on 12 Aug 1864 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 21 Apr 1933 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in unknown.
    2. George Wallace Moody was born on 18 Sep 1866 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 3 Mar 1937 in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
    3. Lotta Moody was born in Apr 1870 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died before 1880.
    4. Mary Blanche Moody was born on 1 Jul 1871 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 4 Jan 1955 in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana; was buried on 7 Jan 1955 in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana.
    5. Margaret Mettie Moody was born on 5 Mar 1876 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 23 Jul 1911 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Denton Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky.
    6. 7. Martha Eleanor "Ele" Moody was born about 1876 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died before 1909 in Kentucky.
    7. Jesse Walter Moody was born on 18 Jun 1876 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 3 May 1935 in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana; was buried on 5 May 1935 in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana.
    8. Rosa Moody was born on 25 Feb 1884 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 19 Feb 1946 in Sharkey, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried on 20 Feb 1946 in Caudill Cemetery, Sharkey, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    9. Infant Moody was born on 9 Jun 1882 in Kentucky; died in 1882 in Kentucky.


This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v. 13.0.3, written by Darrin Lythgoe © 2001-2024.

Maintained by Edna Hiltner.