Biography of Elbert Wilson Pearman - McDowell Co. WV The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 399 ELBERT WILSON PEARMAN, the efficient store-manager and purchasing agent for the Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated, Norfolk and Lick Branch Collieries, was born at Wytheville, Virginia, February 5, 1880, and is the son of Thomas Monroe and Mary Gallimore Pearman, also of Wytheville. Virginia. His father died January 22, 1920, at Ashland, West Virginia. The public schools of Virginia and West Virginia afforded E. W. Pearman his early education, and at the age of eight years he began to work during his vacations as errand boy in the old Shamokin Coal and Coke Company store, which was later purchased by the Pocahontas Fuel Company, his father at that time being a resident of Maybeury, West Virginia. After leaving high school at Princeton, West Virginia, he supplemented his scholastic discipline by at- tending the West Virginia State Normal School at Athens, West Virginia. He began his work as store-manager at the age of twenty- one, after having served as errand boy, janitor and clerk. He is now manager of stores for the Pocahontas Fuel Com- pany at Maybeury and Lick Branch on the Norfolk & Western Railroad, the name of the local post office being Switchback. He has made a splendid record as manager of these stores of this important industrial corporation, in which service he has continued twenty-two years. He is a progressive business man and has a secure place in the confidence and esteem of all who know him. Mr. Pearman is affiliated with the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which he is chairman of the board of stewards. In 1901, at Crockett Springs, Virginia, Mr. Pearman mar- ried Miss Lavinia Conner, daughter of the Rev. Giles A. and Lucy A. Showalter Conner, both natives of the Old Domin- ion State. To Mr. and Mrs. Pearman have been born eight children, five of whom are living, namely: John Watson, Merle Conner, Jean Louise, Elbert Wilson, Jr., and Thomas Monroe. The names of the deceased children are: Nelle Lavinia, Ruth Corinne and Virginia Elizabeth. Submitted by Valerie F. Crook **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************