Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Pearson, John Adam 1888 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOHN ADAM PEARSON.

   John Adam Pearson, formerly a soldier in the United States army, now a
prosperous farmer of Adams township, Carroll county, Indiana, where he operates
one hundred and ninety-two acres of land, is a native of Adams township, where
he was born on May 11, 1888.

   Mr. Pearson is the son of William and Harriett (Young) Pearson, the former of
whom was born on January 2, 1857, in Adams township, and who was the son of John
S. and Malinda (Million) Pearson; John S. Pearson came from Ohio and settled in
Carroll county in pioneer times. He spent the remainder of his life in Adams
township. Mr. Pearson's mother was born in Pennsylvania. She came with her
parents when a child to Carroll county. Mr. Pearson's maternal grandparents,
after coming to Carroll county, spent the rest of their lives in the county and
were farmers by occupation.

   John Adam Pearson is one of seven children born to his parents. One died in
infancy; Edith is the wife of Harley Schock, of Jefferson township; Olga Lee is
the wife of Rocha Quinn, of Monticello, Indiana; Mary Malinda is the wife of
Raymond Coble, of Monticello; Doris lives with her parents at Burnettsville,
Indiana; Ralph Eugene also lives at home. William Pearson owned four hundred and
eight acres of land in Adams township, but retired on September 20, 1910,
purchasing a farm of sixty-four acres near Burnettsville. After retiring he sold
his farm in Adams township. He died on September 27, 1915. He was a stanch
Republican in politics and both he and his wife were members of the Christian
church.

   John Adam Pearson was educated in the district schools of Adams township and
lived at home with his parents until he was married to Maud B. Temple, a
daughter of H. B. and Mary E. (Moorman) Temple, both of whom are natives of
Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson have had three children, namely: Russell Eugene was
born on August 12, 1911; Opal Pearl, May 30, 1913; John Devere, June 20, 1915.

   Mr. Pearson is a Republican in politics. Mrs. Pearson is a member of the
Christian church. Before his marriage Mr. Pearson served three years in the
United States army. He was first attached to Troop H, of the Thirteenth United
States Cavalry and was transferred to Troop A, of the Fifteenth United States
Cavalry, which was located at Ft. Myer, Virginia, across the Potomac river from
Washington, D. C. At the end of his enlistment he received an honorable discharge.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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