Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Pearce, Z. A. 1829 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  Z. A. PEARCE, farmer, P. O. Palestine, was born March 4, 1829, in Warren
County, Ind. He is a great-grandson of Thomas Pearce, who came from New York. He
was a brave soldier in the Revolutionary war, where he fought for independence
under the illustrious George Washington. Thomas Pearce married a Miss Barnes;
their son John married Elizabeth Steward, and their son Lemuel B. married Anna
Hurley, who was a daughter of Zadock and Lilis (Campbell) Hurley, and who is the
mother of eight children, of whom only our subject and his brother John are now
living. Mr. Z. A. Pearce was educated in Fountain County, Ind. In early life he
was engaged in the mercantile business, and in 1851, in company with his father,
he came to this county, where be was joined in matrimony, June 3, 1852, to Miss
Louisa J. Wilhite, born September 18, 1833, on La Motte Prairie. She is a
daughter of Enoch and Mary (Myers) Wilhite, of whom the former was born in
Virginia, and the latter in Kentucky. Mrs. Pearce is the mother of six children:
four are now living-Ora, born February 23, 1853; Eva and Ida are twins, they
were born November 26, 1856; and William C., born May 4, 1864 Mrs. Pearce is an
amiable Christian woman, who, with her husband, is a member of the Union
Christian Church. Mr. Pearce has a fine farm of 390 acres. He is a radical
temperance man, and is identified with the Republican party.

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Extracted From:

HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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