Cora Asophia Bruns and Wesley Cullum Pierce

WESLEY CULLUM PIERCE, son of MARGARET CAROLINE THOMPSON and GEORGE W. PIERCE, was born March 29, 1879 in Liberty, Union, Indiana,^{849, 4931} and died August 31, 1963 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana.^{849, 4931} He is buried in Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana.^{849, 4931}

He married CORA ASOPHIA BRUNS on June 28, 1904 in Fairfield, Tippecanoe, Indiana.^{200, 5822} She was born September 5, 1878 in Fairfield, Tippecanoe, Indiana,⁵⁸²¹ and died October 15, 1967 in Providence, Rhode Island.⁸⁵⁰ She is buried in Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana.⁸⁴⁹

• Descendant Reports
  • William H. Thompson Descendant Report (Ancestor of Wesley C. Pierce)
  • Alexander Blair Descendant Report (Ancestor of Wesley C. Pierce)

Children of CORA ASOPHIA BRUNS and WESLEY CULLUM PIERCE:

1. MARGARET CAROLINE PIERCE, b. May 16, 1906, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana;⁴⁵⁶ m. ROBERT SIBERRY ALLINGHAM on July 3, 1927 in First Presbyterian Church, Franklin, Jackson, Indiana⁵⁸²³; d. November 13, 1991, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.⁴⁵⁶
2. GEORGE WILLIAM PIERCE, b. June 18, 1908, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana;^{850, 4931} m. VIRGINIA HAYMOND on June 26, 1937 in St. John's Universalist Church, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana⁵¹⁶⁰; d. March 18, 1975, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana.^{849, 4931}



Personal Information

Cora A. Bruns

• was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana. ⁵⁸²¹
• was a school teacher at Jefferson and Garfield elementary schools and later at Lincoln and Blaine junior high schools⁵⁸²¹
• was a member of the Entre Nous Club, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana⁵⁸²¹
• was a member of the Woman's Club, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana⁵⁸²¹

Education

Marriage Announcements and News

Muncie Morning Star, June 29, 1904⁵⁸²²

The wedding of Miss Cora A. Bruns of Fairfield, and Mr. Wesley C. Pierce, of Muncie, was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bruns, of Fairfield, Tuesday at high noon. The wedding was a quiet one, as only the near relatives of the young people were present. Rev. Harry N. Wilson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church here, performed the ceremony. A wedding luncheon was served after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce arrived here from Fairfield last Tuesday evening and went to the home of the groom's sister, Mrs. Freeman, 318 South Cherry street. They were not supposed to arrive in Muncie until some time today, but several of their friends found out that they were in the city and made up a charivari party. About 9:30 o'clock they went to the Freeman residence with cow bells and other noise producers and kept up a continual racket until Mr. Pierce appeared.

After July 11 Mr. and Mrs. Pierce will be at home to their friends on Proud street. Mr. Pierce is foreman in the composing room of the Evening Times.

Obituaries

August 31, 1963⁸⁵⁰

Wesley C. Pierce, 84, retired Central High School teacher and printer, died today at his home, 622 W. Howard, after a year's illness.

Mr. Peirce came to Muncie in 1898 from Liberty, Ind. He was a printer for the old Muncie Times and was foreman when the Times became the Muncie Evening Press in 1965.

From 1908 until 1913 he owned and operated the Pierce Printery, first located in the Johnson Building and later in the Western Reserve Building. He and Edward Scott later formed the Scott-Pierce Printing Company, predecessor of the present Lincoln Press.

In 1920 he became the first vocational printing instructor at Muncie Central High School, where he was employed until his retirement in 1950.

Mr. Pierce was proud of the part he played in 1923 in taking the first Muncie Central band ever to play for a state championship basketball game in Indianapolis.

The Wesley C. Pierce Chapter of Quill and Scroll, a journalism club at Central, was named for him.

Mr. Pierce was a member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1898. He served the church as a deacon and for 25 years as the secretary of the Sunday school. He was active in The Sons of Union Veterans and was one of the oldest members of the Muncie Typoghraphical Union.

He also was a member of Muncie Lodge, F and AM, and its Muncie Chapter Coucil and Commandery. For more than 60 years he was a member of the Indianapolis Scottish Rite.

Surviving are his wife, Cora B. Pierce, a daughter, Mrs. Caroline P. Allingham, Providence, R.I.; a son, George W. Pierce, Muncie; four grandchildren, Robert P. Allingham, Groton, Conn.; Wesley Robinson, Hanover, N.H., and George Kenner Pierce and Walter Haymond Pierce, both of Muncie, and five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

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Services for Wesley C. Pierce, 84, 622 W. Howard St., will be at noon Tuesday at the Meeks Mortuary. The casket will not be opened. Private interment will follow at Beech Grove Cemetery. The family requests memorials be sent to the journalism department of Central High School. Mr. Pierce died Saturday at his home.

Muncie Evening Press, October 16, 1967^{850, 5821}

Mrs. Cora Pierce Dies in East

Mrs. Cora Burns Pierce, 90, formerly of 622 W. Howard, widow of Wesley C. Pierce, died Sunday in a nursing home in Providence, R.I. She was born in Fairfield, Ind., graduated from Brookville High School, and later from Indiana State College at Terre Haute.

Mrs. Pierce came to Muncie about 1900 and taught at Jefferson and Garfield elementary schools and later at Lincoln and Blaine junior high schools. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Flower Mission, Woman's Club, and Entre Nous Club.

Surviving are a son, George W. Pierce, Muncie attorney; a daughter, Mrs. Robert S. (Caroline) Allingham, Providence, R.I.; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Her husband was a printer for the Muncie Times and foreman of the department when the Times became the Muncie Evening Press in 1905. In 1920 he became the first vocational printing instructor at Muncie Central High School, where he was employed until his retirement in 1950.

The Meeks Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 16, 18801770	Liberty, Union, Indiana	Margaret Caroline Thompson George W. Pierce Frank Leslie Pierce Minnie Leliah Pierce Effie May Pierce Wesley Cullum Pierce
April 3, 1930846	Muncie, Delaware, Indiana	Wesley Cullum Pierce Cora Asophia Bruns Margaret Caroline Pierce Robert Pierce Allingham George William Pierce
April 23, 19402489	Muncie, Delaware, Indiana	Wesley Cullum Pierce Cora Asophia Bruns