Doctor Buck Pearce and Carolina Gupton
We pick up the story of Doc and Carrie in 1900. This is that census record.
In 1900 Doc and Carrie are living with their nine children. Doc is 50 years old and Carrie is 45.
Below is the 1910 Census:
In this census we see that the size of the household has definitely gotten smaller. Only Annie and Zeffie are living at home and both girls would marry the following year. Charlie Collins has joined the household to help with the horses, it seems. Doc is now 60 years old and Carrie is 56.
Below is the 1920 Census:
On this census we see that Zeffie and her two girls have moved back into her parents home after the death of Robert West. Doc's age is listed as 69 but we know he is 70 from earlier census records. Carrie is 65. It appears that Carrie is sometimes listed as Carolina and sometimes as Caroline.
Below is the 1930 Census:
In this census we see that Doc is 80 years old and Carolina is 76. This is the last census that these two appear in because they both pass away . In 1932 Zeffie once again moved back into the family home, this time to care for her aging parents. Carrie was bedridden after suffering a stroke and Doc was almost totally senile. Soon Carrie Mullins, one of their granddaughters, took Carrie to live with her in Louisburg so she would be closer to medical attention. Doc lived in the different homes of his children. Both were almost totally deaf by this time.
Doc passed away first on January 27, 1934, only days from his birthday. He would have been 84. Carrie passed the following year on March 2, 1935 at the age of 81.
They are both buried in the Pearce family cemetery near their home. Doc left instructions in his will that 1/8 of an acre was to be set aside for a family cemetery.
In the News
I have not found an obituary in the newspaper for either one of them, but I will continue to search.
One interesting note about Doc's will. He stated this in it.
"Should any of my children attempt to interfere with the operation of this will, the same shall lose all rights to any part of my estate."
This is the end of Doctor Buck Pearce and Carolina Virginia Gupton's story, until I dig up some more!
I hope that you have enjoyed reading about this very colorful couple.
Stop by again, see ya'll then!
Pattie
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