Son of Branson Bell & Lydia (Huntley) PEARSON.
Family moved to Lee County Iowa between 1844 & 1846, to Clark County Missouri 1850 and Putnam County MO 1856.
Married Nettie Hull in Putnam County Missouri July 12, 1858. Named along with 100 who pledged in the Highland School Declaration Clark County Missouri March 1861 to oppose secessionists in NE Missouri. This was the month before Fort Sumter and before the Battle of Athens Missouri August 1861. Served in the 45th Militia and the 2nd Missouri Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia.
In Co G 2nd MO.P.E.M.M. between Lancaster and Hannibal, his horse fell, or threw him causing a bayonet to run through his leg. He spent several weeks in an Army hospital at Hannibal being discharged early and escorted back to Putnam County. He was denied enlistment in the 42nd Infantry in 1864 due to the leg injury.
Of 13 children, 9 lived.
Son of Branson Bell & Lydia (Huntley) PEARSON.
Family moved to Lee County Iowa between 1844 & 1846, to Clark County Missouri 1850 and Putnam County MO 1856.
Married Nettie Hull in Putnam County Missouri July 12, 1858. Named along with 100 who pledged in the Highland School Declaration Clark County Missouri March 1861 to oppose secessionists in NE Missouri. This was the month before Fort Sumter and before the Battle of Athens Missouri August 1861. Served in the 45th Militia and the 2nd Missouri Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia.
In Co G 2nd MO.P.E.M.M. between Lancaster and Hannibal, his horse fell, or threw him causing a bayonet to run through his leg. He spent several weeks in an Army hospital at Hannibal being discharged early and escorted back to Putnam County. He was denied enlistment in the 42nd Infantry in 1864 due to the leg injury.
Of 13 children, 9 lived.
Family Members
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John Pearson
1829–1878
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Elizabeth "Betsey" Pearson Paulk
1831–1916
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Jeremiah Pearson
1833–1875
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William Pearson
1836–1915
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Susannah Pearson Hull
1838–1918
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Mary Pearson Grindstaff
1842–1919
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Thomas Pearson
1844–1865
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Samuel Pearson
1844–1909
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Pvt Horace Pearson
1846–1873
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Daniel Pearson
1850–1934
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Lydia Almira Pearson Chodat
1854–1926
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Branson Bell "Brant" Pearson Jr
1856–1924
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Hannah Elizabeth Pierson Easterday
1863–1923
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Horace Wesley Pierson
1866–1907
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Rachel Ann Pierson Handley- Grabosch
1873–1941
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Samuel C. Pierson
1874–1952
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Almira Jane "Myra" Pierson Perkins
1877–1956
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George Riley Pierson
1878–1965
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Mary Ellen Pierson Courtney
1881–1934
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Loren Blaine Pierson
1884–1944
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Martha Belle Pierson Leeper
1886–1964