Studio portrait of Dorothy Pierce. She served as Martin County clerk of court from 1951-1972. Pierce won her first term as clerk as a write-in candidate at the polls held in 1950.
Phoebe Cleveland assisted county clerk, J. R. Pomeroy, for many years and served as acting clerk of court following Pomeroy's death in 1949 until Cleveland lost the election to her deputy clerk of court, Dorothy Pierce in November of 1950.
Office staff at the Martin County clerk office. Phoebe Cleveland (third from right) assisted county clerk, J. R. Pomeroy, for many years and served as acting clerk of court following Pomeroy's death in 1949. In the 1950 election for clerk of court, Dorothy Pierce (third from left) ran as a write-in candidate and won in a landslide against Cleveland. Pierce went on to serve as the clerk of court through 1972.
