Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Pearson, William 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1885

William Pearson, general farmer, section 29, Ustick Township, is the 
proprietor of one of the finest farms in Whiteside County, comprising 340 
acres. His first purchase, in 1856, included 60 acres, which has been and 
still is the site of his home. He has been prospered in his business 
relations, and is a very successful farmer. He was born Feb. 14, 1832, in 
Chedelhume, Chestershire, England, and is the son of James and Mary (Fisher) 
Pearson. His parents were natives of England, and the mother died in her 
native country, in 1852. Their children were born in the following order: 
John, Samuel, Thomas, Jane, William, James, Henry and Isaac. Thomas was 
drowned in Clinton, De Witt Co., Ill. Isaac died at 22. The surviving brothers 
and sisters of Mr. Pearson live in England. His father came to America and 
lived about five years, when he died at the residence of his son. He was 
successively a butcher, farmer and silk-weaver. Mr. Pearson came to the United 
States in 1854, and settled at Blackberry, Kane Co., Ill., operating as a 
section foreman on the Chicago & North Western Railroad. In 1856 he came to 
Whiteside County, and has since been engaged in farming. He operated in the 
same capacity in the interests of the same railroad corporation after his 
removal hither, one termination of his route being Unionville. He has since 
resided in Ustick Township, with the exception of six months spent in 
Wisconsin. In 1860 he returned to his native country to fulfill a long 
cherished purpose, the result of which was his marriage to Ann Shotwell. Their 
union was celebrated Jan. 25, and soon after they sailed for their home in the 
New World. They have had 12 children, nine of whom still survive. They were 
born in the following order, in Ustick Township: George, Dec. 25, 1861; James, 
Jan. 27, 1863; Mary J., Jan. 4, 1865; Frances E., March 9, 1866 ; Frederic W., 
Feb. 28, 1868; Emma C., April 7, 1870; Eliza, June 10, 1872; Levi, March 4, 
1874; Allan. Three children died in infancy. Mrs. Pearson was born Nov. 14, 
1836, and is the daughter of George and Frances Shotwell. Her father was born 
in 1806, in Woodford, Chestershire, and died Jan. 9, 1879. Her mother was born 
in 1808 in the same place, and died June 24, 1883. Their children were named 
Sarah, Frederick, Levi, Ann, Samuel, William and Eliza. Two sisters died in 
England. Samuel and William came to America.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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