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Note: Middle Name: records only show "E.", but it was probably "Emeline", due to the naming practice of the day that often repeating family names was preferable to using new ones.
Many photos of her at school age and other young ladies were taken by Lively at McMinnville, TN. The conclusion is that she went to college in the area. Her brother Norval went to Bethel College, a Baptist college in TN, so she might have gone to a similar school. The most likely one is the Cumberland Female College in McMinnville, which was under the Middle Tennessee Presbyterian Synod.
Items about Dycusburg from "The Marion Reporter" (www.dycusburg.com):
February 8, 1882, Dycusburg: Miss Florence Pierce accidentally shot a Mr. Patton a few days ago. An instance of shooting from using firearms playfully, a thing that should be avoided.
Contributions to American Educational History By Herbert Baxter Adams, 1893:
CUMBERLAND FEMALE COLLEGE.
Cumberland Female College was organized in 1850 and placed underthe management and control of the Middle Tennessee Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. It was located in the town ofMcMinnville, in Middle Tennessee, at the foot of the Cumberland range, which is in full view east and south. The war forced the school to close and left of its building nothing but naked walls. Despite the disheartening prospect the building was refitted and the school reopened; and now it is on a firmer basis than ever. Recently two wings were added to the original college building, making a total frontage of over 200 feet. In 1888 the board of trustees leased the property and transferred the financial management to the Cumberland Female College Association for a term of years, retaining for themselves only such duties as the charter renders obligatory. The college has in all departments twelve teachers. The president, who is also professor of languages and natural science, is K. J. Finney, A. M. The presidents since the foundation of the school have been : Kev. A. M. Stone, 1851-'55; Rev. J. M. Gill, 1855-'57; D. M. Donnell, A. M., 1857-'71j A. M. Burney, A. M., 1871-'80, and K J. Finney, A. M., 1880.
The school prospered, having its highest enrollments in the middle years of the 1880's, with a high of about 150 students and 11 teachers. It apparently was turned over to different management in 1888 and ceased about 1892.
From Wikipedia on McMinnville: "Site of the Southern School of Photography - In 1875, W.S. “Dad” Lively, a McMinnville native, began his photographic career. His studio was located on the 2nd floor in the Lively Building on Main Street. In 1904, where Donnell Street and College Street intersect, Lively opened the Southern School of Photography which closed, due to a fire, in 1928. It was one of the first of its kind in the U.S."
From Zazzle.com: "The Southern School of Photography McMinnville, Tennessee McMinnville Tennessee Built as the Cumberland Female College in 1850. Opened by W. S "Dad" Lively in 1904 as The Southern School of Photography it operated until 1928 and was the second school of photography in the United States."
Crittenden Press, Dec 16, 1938 - Mrs. W. B. Yandell, one of the county's best known and most loved women, died at her home in Marion following an illness of some months. Florence Pierce Yandell, daughter of James P. and Emmeline Pierce, born Oct. 10, 1861 and died Dec. 11, 1938, having attained the age of 77 years, 2 months and 1 day. One Jan. 28, 1885, she was married to W.B. Yandell. Besides her husband, she is survived by two brothers, Norval and Collin Pierce, and one sister, Mrs. Miriam Dobyns.
KY death index: Florence P Yandell 11 Dec 1938 Crtdn 077 Marion
KY Death Records, 1852-1953: Death Cert 29450 Florence P Yandell [Florence P Pierce] 11 Dec 1938 Crittenden 10 Oct 1861 White Female. cause uterine cancer. Father Jim Pierce born KY; Mother maiden name Ralson. Informant Mrs. W. W. Runyon.
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