Amos Franklin Pierce

Amos Franklin Pierce (1856-1924) was born in Barnard, Vermont, son of Isaac Pierce. He attended the common schools and Green Mountain Academy at Woodstock, Vermont. Mr. Pierce and Bessie Emmeline Tarbell (1856-1938) were married in 1879. Bessie Tarbell was born at Mt. Holly, Vermont, attended the public schools and took training at the Black River Academy at Brattlesboro, Vermont, and taught school until her marriage. The young couple came west to Osakis, Minnesota, where Mr. Pierce taught in the public schools for two years. In 1883 they moved to Cass County, Dakota Territory, where Mr. Pierce was a station agent for the N. P. Railroad. In 1894 they came to Wimbledon, North Dakota, where he taught school and farmed until moving to Valley City in 1901. Mr. Pierce operated a steam laundry for a time and formed the A. F. Pierce Insurance Co. They. were members of the Congregational Church. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Pierce:

  1. Harold P.;

  2. Ernest F.;

  3. Clara - Mrs. S. J. Saunders, who was North Dakota mother of the year in 1951, and

  4. William Loring.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 195