Joseph White Pierce, born 5 June 1805, Middletown, Massachusetts, died, 2 April 1888, Salt Lake City, Utah
Amanda Mary (Heath) Pierce, born 15 January 1811, Windsor, New York, died, 23 January 1902, Salem, Utah
Their fifth child, a son, Joseph Henry Pierce, was born 17 January 1838, to Joseph W. and Amanda Pierce, at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Young Joseph Henry died 18 February 1838 at Far West, Missouri and is probably buried in the Far West Burial Ground. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=rlpierce&id=I17355
When the Saints were compelled to leave the state of Missouri, the Pierce Family participated in a cooperative plan to help remove needy Saints to Illinois. On January 29, 1839, in Far West, Missouri, Joseph White Pierce subscribed his name, along with many others, pledging their available property and resources for use by the Committee of Removal, to assist the worthy poor and destitute with removal. [LDS History of the Church, Volume III, pages 250 to 254.]
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