Pierson, Alene Southard (b. 9 JUN 1895, d. 19 MAY 1991)

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Note: She was a graduate of Marymont College in Tarrytown, New York. During WW 2, Jeanne volunteered for the British American Volunteer Ambulance Corps. She later became a real estate agent and was an active broker at Southeby's.She was a member of the Huguenot Historical Society.

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Note: He was a member of the 8th Air Force from 1944-1945. He was a B-29 commander. The 333rd bomb group, 316th bomb wing, 460 bomb squadron. Flew combat missions out of Tinian on detached service. He enlisted in the Air Corps again in January 1946 and was sent to Korea after completing a course in Military Government. He was killed "by gunshot wound" in Korea.

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Note: He served in the Marine Corps ("Black Sheep") Fighting Squadron commanded by Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington in the Pacific Theater in WW 2. He earned BA and Master's degrees in Social Work from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts and worked for the YMCA for many years in Baltimore, Maryland and Wilmington, Delaware. Later, he was employed by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Harbel, Liberia. In 1961, he moved to Saugerties, New York where he was a business consultant until his death in 1996. He and Margaret Grimm were divorced in 1964.

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Note: She earned her RN and studied in Kingston, Hudson, and Bellevue Hospitals in pediatrics.

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Note: In 1930, his occupation was salesman for a factory and they resided in Ottawa, Holland County, Michigan. His death certificate indicated his date of birth as shown. Another source cited another date of birth as 5 Sep 1905.

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Note: According to a family member he died in the 1980's.

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