BIO:  Dr. I. W. PEARSON, Huntington Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 462

DR. I. W. PEARSON, York Springs.  The first of the Pearson family in America 
came over with William Penn in the seventeenth century, and were probably from 
England.  The first to come to Adams County, as far as now known, was Elias 
Person, who with his family lived in Latimore Township.  He had a son, Isaac, 
who reared a family in Huntington Township, where he died.  Isaac, second, also 
had a son, Isaac, who married Mary, a daughter of William Wierman, of Huntington 
Township, and who generally was termed “Prince William,” on account of the 
number of Williams of the same name.  Isaac and Mary (Wierman) Pearson had three 
children:  Charlotte; Martha (who married Joel Cook, and resides in Harford 
County, Md.), and Dr. I. W.  The Pearsons were originally members of the Society 
of Friends.  Dr. Pearson was born June 6, 1824, and is the son of Isaac and Mary 
Pearson, former of whom died when our subject was but four years of age, and 
latter when he was but fourteen, so that early in life the Doctor was thrown 
upon his own resources.  He was educated in the common schools, and in 1848 
began to read medicine with Dr. H. C. Metcalf, of York Springs, completing his 
medical education at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in the winter 
of 1849 and 1850, and in the latter year located at York Springs.  He followed 
his profession in partnership with his preceptor, Dr. Metcalf, for four years, 
and since then has been in continuous practice, being at present (1886) the 
oldest practicing physician in the place.  He is ex-president of the county and 
permanent member of the State medical societies.  The Doctor takes an active 
part in public affairs, and generally votes with the Republican party.  He has 
served in nearly all the offices in the gift of the borough, and was its first 
burgess; has been councilman, and school director, etc.  He is a member of the 
A. F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. lodges at York Springs, and was a charter member 
of each; has served two terms as Master, and is the present secretary of the 
Masonic lodge; and has been a member of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, I. O. 
O. F. since 1850.  He served thirteen years as treasurer of York Springs 
Building Association, which institution was a financial success.  The Doctor 
married, in March, 1854, Mary Caroline Beales, and they have had a family of six 
children:  Mary E., Charles G., and Isaac W. (twins, the former deceased), Harry 
B., Francis W. (deceased), and Charles E.  Their three sons are all “disciples 
of Faust” (printers), although two of them are at present engaged in other 
pursuits.