"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana"
Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884


WILLIAM LEMON PEARSON (deceased) was born in Perry Township, Lawrence
Co.,
Ind., January 31, 1832, son of Eliphalet and Amelia Ann (Lemon)
Pearson and
is of English extraction. The father of Mr. Pearson came from
Boston,
Mass., at a very early day and made settlement at Jeffersonville,
Ind.,
where he remained a short time and then removed to Lawrence County
and
settled in Perry Township. He was one of the pioneer men of this
township,
and one of the early-day merchants of Springville. The early
life of the
subject of this mention was spent in clerking in his father's
store and at
work on the farm. The battle of life began with him at
twenty-one years.
He was married April 21, 1859, to Miss Amanda J. Moore, a
native of Lawrence
County, born March 27, 1838, daughter of Uriah and
Amanda Moore. To this
union were born six children, viz.: Emma, Edward
E., Charles E., Eliphalet,
Edith and William A. (deceased). In 1864 Mr.
Pearson settled where Mrs.
Parson now resides. By occupation he was a
farmer and stock-raiser, and at
the time of his death, which occurred in
1875, he possessed eight hundred
and sixty across of land. He was a
Republican, and for twelve years served
as Justice of the Peace in Perry
Township. He was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, a leading
citizen and one of Perry Township's eminent men.
Mrs. Pearson is one of the
prominent women of her neighborhood and a member
of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.


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