A Short Post on our Great Grandfather Walter Edwin Pierce

One of the few picture surviving of Walter Edwin Pierce
He and Great Grandmother Vesta divorced when Violet and Walter Junior here very young.

From the Fortress of Solitude
Pleasant Grove.

Hello All,
This is a short post giving you additional information on our Great Grandfather, Walter Edwin Pierce. Walter was Grandma Violet's father.

Eldora Elizabeth Fiddler and Edwin Sherman Pierce
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Walter Edwin Pierce and Vesta Althea Dennis
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Violet Mae Pierce and Walter Albert Mattson
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Luella, Linda, John and Marvin
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Us

You'll see in the information below that Walter had several brothers and sisters. You'll also notice that many of them were born in Cascade, South Dakota - just a few miles outside of Hot Springs. I'm guessing that any Pierce found in the Hot Springs area today is a cousin.

Edwin S. Pierce. B. 9 May 1862 in Illinois. Died 1919.
married 31 August 1884 (Hardin Iowa).
Eldora Elizabeth Fiddler. B. 22 Feb. 1859 in Williams Hardin Iowa. Died 2 Sept. 1912 Hot Springs South Dakota.

The Children of Edwin and Eldora:
Walter Edwin Pierce. B. 23 August 1885. Bloomington, South Dakota
Ora Joslyn Pierce. B. 2 June 1887. Bloomington, South Dakota
Frances Herert Pierce. B. 27 Feb. 1889. Cascade Springs, South Dakota
Mattie May Pierce. B. 23 Feb. 1891. Casecade Springs, South Dakota
Henry Raymond Pierce. B. 11 Dec. 1892. Cascade Springs, South Dakota
Dallas Glenn Pierce. B. 17 Sept. 1894. Cascade Springs, South Dakota
Eldora Rose Pierce. B. 17 Feb. 1901, Cascade Springs, South Dakota.

One item of interest is Walter's Draft Registration Card from 1918 pictured below (Click to Enlarge)