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Descendants of Hardy Pierce

Generation No. 1

1. HARDY¹ PIERCE

Notes for HARDY PIERCE:
The family bible has hardy next to Arthurs name. It could be his father as it appears or the person writing the entry could be confused with all of the other Hardy Pierces in this family tree. no proof has been found. Some researchers state that Nathan Pierce in NC is the father however I do not agree and feel that it may be one of Nathan's brothers (perhaps he had a brother named Hardy). He was supposed to have several brothers and no researcher seems to know their names. Nathan lived in the correct area and his children names are similar and his uncles and great uncles names are the same ( the use of Arthur, John and Hardy is common in Nathan's branch) . Arthur and his brothers were in the same profession as Nathan's family. Another researcher has Arthur Pierce (Nathan's brother) and Mary Everett as the parents of Arthur who is the parents of John, Arthur and Hardy.
They were all blacksmiths.

Often an archaic medical term is used for the cause of death or other record. This is a list of frequently used terms:
*Apoplexy - Paralysis from a stroke
*Bright's disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys.
*Catarrh - Inflammation of the mucous membranes, especially of the air passages of the head and throat. It is characterized by cough, thirst, fatique, fever, watery eyes, and increased mucus. ( same as Bronchitis, croup, influenza, cold.)
*Childbirth - A cause given for many female deaths. Almost all babies were born in homes and usually were delivered by a family member or a midwife; therefore, infection and lack of medical skill were often the actual causes of death.
*Consumption- Tuberculosis
*Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney disease (Glomeruleonephsitis) or heart disease
*Dysentery - Inflamatory disorders of the intestines with abdominal pain, straining to defecate without the ability to do so, and frequent stools containing blood and mucus. Dysentery and diarrhea accounted for more than one-fourth of all the cases of disease reported during the first two years of the Civil War. Synonyms: flux, bloody flux, contagious pyrexia (fever), frequent griping stools.
*Grippe/grip - Influenza like symptoms; the flu; influenza
*Lumbago - Back pain.
*Lung fever - Pneumonia
*Palsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles.
*Rheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in joints.
*Typhoid fever - Often-fatal, usually occurring in the summer months, caused by the Salmonella bacteria, which is usually introduced by food or drink. Symptoms include fever, fatique,skin rash (rose spots), abdominal pain, enlarged spleen, slow heart rate, delirium, and low white-blood cell count.
*Typhus - Characterized high fever, headache, and dizziness; transmitted by lice and fleas
*White swelling - Tuberculosis of the bone.

Some items a doctor in the mid 1800's would use are: alum, as a gargle for sore throat; balsam copaiva, used for gonorrhea; blister plaster, for application to stop pains about the lungs; spirit of camphor, used in typhus fever; flax seed, made into a tea useful in lung fever; quinine, for intermittent fevers; opium, for pain; tartaric acid, used as a beverage in scurvy. Among the instruments and utensils were included lancets, penis syringes, cylster syringes (enema), gum elastic catheter, bougies, tooth pliers, curved needles and waxed thread. Some physicians had a cylinder stethoscope. Leeches were carried and blood letting was often practiced.

Children of HARDY PIERCE are:

2.	i.	ARTHUR² PIERCE, b. Abt. 1774, Wake County, NC; d. June 04, 1854, Overton, TN (Pickett County).
3.	ii.	JOHN PIERCE, b. Abt. 1772, NC; d. 1808, Carter Co. Tn..
4.	iii.	HARDY PIERCE, b. Abt. 1770, Wake, NC; d. February 11, 1851, Overton, TN (Pickett County).

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