Branson Bell Pearson (1807-1894) - Find a Grave Memorial

Branson Bell Pearson

Birth

22 Jul 1807

Haymarket, Prince William County, Virginia, USA

Death

11 Dec 1894 (aged 87)

Sullivan County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Pollock Cemetery

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Born 22 July 1807 in Prince William County Virginia. Son of George & Elizabeth Warren Pearson.Family moved to Ohio c1816.Branson Pearson married Lydia Huntley daughter of Joseph Huntley III & Susannah Peckham 1827. Moved to Iowa c1845. To Clark County Missouri 1850 and to Putnam County MO 1856. Lydia died January 1869, Place of burial uncertain. Second marriage in September 1869 to Susan _____ Davis a widow with children. To Cedar County 1870. Sold land in Cedar County 1884 Signed off by B.B. Pearson and Susan Pearson.
Children of B.B.Pearson:
1. George Pearson born 4 April 1828 Athens County Ohio. Later life unknown. May have been George Pearson 18th MO captured at Shiloh April 1862, died Camp Oglethorpe POW December 1863.
2. John Pearson born 6 Feb 1829--21 May 1878 in Cedar County MO. md. Hannah (Paulk) Hull 1857. Md Elizabeth Spencer 1860. Md Lydia (Neely) Addington Jan. 1870.
3. Elizabeth Pearson b. 1 Oct 1831--16 March 1916 Oklahoma. Md William C. Paulk 1850 in Clark County MO.
4. Jeremiah Pearson b. 6 Nov 1833--10 Sept 1875 Ottumwa IA. Md. Emaline Wickham 1854 in Clark County MO. Md. Elizabeth Watkins 27 March 1865 in Putnam County MO.
5. William Pearson b. 3 July 1836--16 May 1915 North Powder OR. Md Almyra Shanklin in Putnam County MO.
6. Susannah Pearson b. 20 Nov 1838--21 Dec 1918 Sullivan Co MO. Md. Harrison Hull 11 July 1858 in Putnam County MO.
7. Washington Pearson/Pierson b. 28 Aug 1840--2 Feb 1913 Sull Co MO. Md Ellenette Hull 12 July 1858 in Putnam County MO.
8. Mary Pearson b. 13 May 1842--28 Mar 1919 Reger MO. Md. Robert T. Cooper 2 Dec 1858, mortally injured Civil War. Md Cain Grindstaff 5 Aug 1864 in Putnam County MO.
9. Samuel Pearson b. 23 Mar 1844--14 Mar 1909 Mooreland OK.
Md.Lydia Ellen Grindstaff 10 Jan 1864 in Sullivan Co MO, enlisted 42nd MO fall 1864.
10.Thomas Pearson b. 23 Mar 1844--19 Feb 1865 Tullahoma TN Army Hospital. Md. Dorcas Ann Demry in Putnam County MO.
11.Horace Pearson b. 7 Aug 1846, Lee County Iowa--1873 Putnam Co MO. Md. Mary Jane Benskin 16 Nov 1865. Md Almiranda Shanklin 26 Sept 1869 in Putnam County MO.
12.Daniel Pearson b. 13 Jan 1850, Clark Co MO--31 Oct 1934 OR. Md. Catherine Smith.
13.Lydia Pearson b. 22 Oct 1851--6 May 1926 in Ottumwa IA. Md. David Chodatt in 1871.
14.Martha Pearson b. 17 Nov 1856 in Clark Co MO died before Census of 1870.
15.Branson Bell Pearson Jr. b.1 Aug 1857--29 Feb 1924 Polk Co MO. Md Anna (Lawyer) Sea.
Two daughters by Susan Davis. Mary B. Pearson, 1870 and Malissa A. Pearson, 1872.