Thomas Pierce Sr. Family

By Jim Pierce

Thomas Pierce Sr. was born June 27, 1849, in South Wales. He came to America, with his mother and three sisters, when he was in his teens, and settled in Willard, Utah. He worked for John Edwards, who had a cattle ranch at Promontory and was married to his sister Margaret Pierce.

Thomas was present at Promontory Point when the Golden Spike was driven. He married Nettie Morgan, also from Wales, and they lived in Willard and had two boys, William and Thomas. When Thomas was six weeks old, they moved to Malad, December 1882, and homesteaded in St. John. They had six more children.

Thomas Pierce Jr. married Ellen (Nell) James, they had four children. James D. Pierce, their oldest son, married Marguerite Wood Merrill. They had three daughters: Sandra, Diane, and Joann. Jim and Marguerite are now living in Orem, Utah. Joann passed away shortly after birth. Sandra married Jerry H. Jones. They have two sons, Derk and Todd. Jerry, Sandra and Derk are living in Malad. Todd lives in Evanston, Wyoming. Diane married George R. Bowen. They have four children: Jim, Kris, John and Jamie. They all live in the Ogden Valley area. John is in Scotland on a mission at the present.

(From St. John, Oneida County, Idaho: A collection of personal histories from the time of the first settlers to the present day, pp. 222-223.)