PENSIONER 506209
In his younger boyhood day
with his mates he would often play
But now he sleeps beneath the sod
in the soil on which he trod.
Lines from 'Father and Mother,'
a poem written in 1925
by Jesse Pearce, son
of Isaac and Maria Pearce
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Application for reimbursement. Give pensioner's name in full: Isaac Peirce. Give date of commencement of pensioner's last sickness: March 14, 1924. Give date of pensioner's death: Aug. 29, 1924. From what date did the pensioner require the regular and daily attendance of another person constantly until death? From March 14 1924 until death Aug. 29 1924. During what period did you attend the pensioner? From March 14 1924 until death Aug. 29 1924. State nature of disease from which pensioner died? Faluvlor (?) heart disease, hardening of arteries, chronic pleuritis and general impecunities of old age. Give name of any other physician who attended the pensioner in last sickness. G. F. Hogood, M.D., Marietta Ga. Does your bill include a charge for all medicine furnished the pensioner during last sickness? No. Has your bill been paid? If so, by whom? Yes, by W. J. Pierce, pensioner's son. Mention any other facts within your knowledge which, in your opinion,
would be helpful in adjusting this claim for reimbursement.
Bills for attendance were promptly paid each month by W. J. Pierce, pensioner's son.
Mrs. W. J. Pierce, pensioner's daughter-in-law, carefully and tenderly nursed pensioner throughout his last illness. C. D. Elder, attending physician ~~~
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BILLS PAID by Walter J. Pierce, Marietta Ga., 100.00 for F. D. Flythe, undertaker OTHER BILLS: 122.00 physicians Includes:
150.00 casket & box ~~~
Reimbursement approved Dec. 6, 1924, $559.40 for expenses. Accrued pension, $62.40, paid to Walter J. Pierce, Marietta Ga. Check from Walter J. Pierce to J. F. Pearce, Ahoskie NC for $147.40 ~~~~~~~~~
Statement of attending physician.
Marietta Ga., Sept. 18, 1924.
Isaac Pierce/Pearce
c. 1920
Mrs. Walter John Pierce
"Jenny" c. 1900
to J. F. Pearce, Ahoskie NC:
35.00 for cemetery lot
1.75 for recording deed
10.65 for A. J. Dilday's bill, for work on grave bricks; sand, cement
147.40 total
100.00 medicine
190.00 Black Undertaking Co., Marietta, Ga.
25.00 suit
15.00 embalming
Isaac Pearce gravestone at left, Ahoskie Cemetery
Buried in this plot with Isaac
are his daughter Rosa and four of his sons
J. Fred, Ike, Arthur, and Ernest