Pierpont Family in Indianapolis, 1918

Polk's 1918 Directory, City of Indianapolis, Indiana

Continuing my research into the PIERPONT family in Indianapolis, the 1918 Polk's Directory at Archive.org listed the following PIERPONTS [h=house, b=boarder].   I've been hoping to find out more about the early days of Harry PIERPONT.

Pierpont Clarence M bench hd h1819 Southeastern av

Pierpont Edw lab h1747 Blaine av

Pierpont Elpha L furn rms 112 w North

Pierpont Ezra M mach h1036 Blaine av

Pierpont Fern M bkpr Fidelity Trust Co r1107 Blaine av

Pierpont Jno T wood wkr h1742 w Morris

Pierpont Macel r907 King av

Pierpont Raymond clk r2810 Schofield av

Pierpont Wm E lab r967 King av

Pierpont Wm R clk Merrill & Alford r2810 Schofield av

Harry's sister, Fern, is listed as the bookkeeper for Fidelity Trust Company and is living at 1107 Blaine Avenue, the same address she had in the 1916 directory.

The unidentified Clarence PIERPONT appears at the same address as the 1916 directory.


The Edward PIERPONT appears to be the same as Edward L. from the 1916 directory.  Believe he is the son of John T. and Hester PIERPONT, and a younger brother of Joseph Gilbert PIERPONT, Harry's father.


The Elpha L. PIERPONT is unidentified at this time.


The Ezra M. PIERPONT, a machinist, I believe is the brother of Edward and Joseph Gilbert PIERPONT, and son of John T. and Hester PIERPONT.


The John T. PIERPONT, residing at 1742 Morris was Harry's grandfather.


The Macel PIERPONT remains unidentified, as does the Raymond PIERPONT, who was listed as Roy in the 1916 directory.  The William R. PIERPONT at the Schofield address is likewise unidentified.


The other William, William E. PIERPONT is likewise unidentified.


There were multiple PIERPONTs in Indianapolis during this time period, all of whom were probably related, but at this point I haven't tied them all together. Since I'm primarily looking for Harry's family, I haven't spent much time sorting out the other cousins.


Where was Harry's father, Joseph Gilbert PIERPONT during this time?  Found him in 1912 directory, yet I'm not finding him listed in directories after that point until the 1920 census.

Previous posts regarding the directory finds regarding the PIERPONT family in Indianapolis can be found here and here.

No Marker ?

Sometimes there simply just isn't a marker at a cemetery for an ancestor.  Whether due to ravages of time, weather or vandalism, today it is possible that a marker from a few generations back might not be there anymore.  Religious beliefs may have precluded any time of marker, or the family may not have been able to afford to place one on the final resting place.


Recently, I had requested two photos of memorials at the FindAGrave website for my maternal 6th-great grandparents, Jacob SWAFFORD (1762-1845) and Sarah (LARKIN) SWAFFORD (c1772-1852).  Both are listed as being buried at the Brushy Cemetery in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.   There are several members of the SWAFFORD family with tombstone photographs in this cemetery.


However, a transcription of the burials at the cemetery at USGenWeb does not list Jacob or Sarah.  Other SWAFFORDS, however, are listed.


It is possible that whomever created the memorial in the database was in error, and they are simply buried elsewhere.

Wordless Wednesday: Dinner Photo

William Wright, Robert & Ruby (Lambertson) Walsh, Nellie (Barr) & Floyd Lambertson