Benjamin Pierce, b: 1922 - Ritchie County, WV

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{Jesse H. (William) Pierce}^{b. d.1870}

		^{Benjamin Elsworth Pierce}^b.1868 d.	^{Christena Wilson}^b.1824 d.

	^{Benjamin Pierce}^{b.1922 Ritchie Co., WV d.}		^{Joshua A. Adams}^{b. d.}

		^{Mary Rosanna Adams}^b.1875 d.	^{Sarah Elizabeth Woofter}^{b. d.}

^{Benny Lee Pierce}^{b. Private d.}			^{Morris America}^b.1842 d.

		^{Wesley America}^b.1884 d.	^{Mary M. Woodburn}^b.1841 d.

	^{Wilda Kathleen America}^{b.1925 Doddridge Co., WV d.}

		^Anna M.^b.1894 d.