My Pierson Family
This is the earliest we can trace our Pierson family.
The Piersons that first came to America in our line were Scotch/Irish decent.
Samuel Patrick Pierson b. abt 1769 married Cynthia
Jane Brim in 1794 and they came to America
as newly weds. They landed
at Port Philadelphia, Pa., in 1794. In 1795 they went to
Kentucky
traveling by horse and wagon. They settled on open Land, the work was
extremely hard
as the land was covered with forest, but the soil was
rich. Samuel had brought seeds from home and it is
said he grew the
first cabbages in his area.
Children born to Samuel and Cynthia Pierson:
Jacob Pierson b. 1797 in Kentucky m. Jaretta Evans
James Pierson b. 1801 in Kentucky m. Ann Marie Parrish
Isam/Ishom Pierson b. abt 1803 in Kentucky m. Elizabeth Parrish
Patrick Pierson b. abt 1805 in Kentucky
John Pierson b. 1808 in
Kentucky m. Ann Marie Parrish/Pierson
Cynthia Brim Pierson died when her son John was 8
years old. It is said that Samuel did
not remarried, and raised his
sons alone.
James Pierson b. 1801 in Kentucky, married Ann Maria
Parrish on September 24, 1824 in
Washington Co., Indiana, on January
1, 1829, Salem, Washington Co., In., James was in a knife
fight with
his brother Patrick Pierson, and was stabbed, James died on January 5,
1829. Patrick
recieved a 7 year sentence in the penitentiary. Ann
Parrish-Pierson then married his
brother John Brim Pierson on
December 10, 1829 in Posey, Washington Co., In.
Children born to James and Ann Maria Parrish-Pierson
i. Samuel James Pierson, b. 1825, Washington Co.,
In., m. Elizabeth McDaniels
ii. Elizabeth Jerrette Pierson, b.
January 11, 1827, Washington Co., In., m. George Abraham Downing
iii.
Cinthia Evaline Pierson, b. November 25, 1828, Washington Co., IN., m.
John R. McDaniel
Children born to John Brim and Ann Maria Parrish-Pierson
i. Sally Ann Pierson, b. March 26, 1833, Washington
Co., In., m. Dawson Arnold
ii. John Fletcher
Pierson, b. December 26, 1837, Bedford, Washington Co., In., m.
Sarah A. Parker
Additional Information on another Pierson Line
A Brother of James, John and Patrick Pierson, Isom
Pierson, married a sister of Ann Maria Parrish, Elizabeth Parrish, and had
six children, a daughter, Sarah Jane Pierson, b. December 1825, in Posey,
Washington Co., In., m. Elijah Collins on June 17, 1841 in Posey,
Washington Co., In.
Elijah and Sarah Pierson-Collins were the
proginators of the Collins/White/Swinney/Sharp/Stanley/Martin/Dutton
families in Doniphan Co., Ks.
If this is the Pierson/Collins lines
you are researching, I do have additonal information on this line.
Let's exchange information.
1837-1908--------------1841-1927
John Fletcher & Sarah Parker Pierson
John Fletcher Pierson was b. December 26, 1837, Bedford, Washington Co., In., son of John Brim Pierson and Ann Maria Parrish, m. Sarah A. Parker, b. August 25, 1841, in Springville, Washington Co., In., daughter of William Riley and Patsey Hodges-Parker on February 5, 1857 in White Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks.
Children born this union
1. Cora Pierson, b. 1858 d. 1863;
2. Martha
Pierson, b. 1860 d. 1860
1863-1929
John Hinson Pierson
3. John Hinson Pierson, b. September 29, 1863 in
White Cloud, Doniphan County, Ks., d. November 8, 1929 in Falls City, Ne.
He married Olive Frances Penny, daughter of John E. and Lettica
Pilkington- Penny,
on March 23, 1887 in Highland, Doniphan County,
Kansas.
Children born this union
i. Orville L. Pierson
ii. Frank E. Pierson
iii. Eulah Odessa Pierson
iv. Zelma Ray Pierson
1867-1940 ---------------1867-1931
William Virgil and Minnie B. Freeman-Pierson
4. William Virgil Pierson, b. April 8, 1867, d. October 31, 1940, m. Minnie E. Chaffee, daughter of Corwin Wallace and Harriette M. Hopkins-Chaffee, on September 17, 1888, in White Cloud, Doniphan County, Ks.
Children born this union
i. Eliza May Pierson, b. March 3, 1890, Highland,
Doniphan Co., Ks., m. Charles D. Musselman
ii. Boyd Pierson, b.
February 25, 1891, Highland, Doniphan Co.,Ks., m. Pearl White
iii.
Sarah Jane Pierson, b. November 25, 1892, Highland, Doniphan Co., Ks., m.
Luther C. Dunn
iv. Hattie Taliatha Pierson, b. November 3, 1894,
Highland, Doniphan Co., Ks., m. (1) William E. Morley (2) Oscar Francis
Mueller
v. Corwin Wallace Pierson, b. May 20 1896, Highland, Doniphan
Co.,Ks., m. (1) Goldie Grace Smith,(2) Bessie Priscilla Rupe, (3) Thelma
May McGatlin-Woods
vi. Anna D. Pierson, b. January 17, 1898,
Highland, Doniphan Co., Ks., m. (1) Harry Reginald Smith, (2) Nasha W.
Benson, (3) A. Ingram
5. Effie Dell Pierson, b. October 1873, d. July
27, 1963, m. Otto Elverson Benson, son of Darius and Dora Scofield-Benson,
on December 17, 1935, in White Cloud, Doniphan County, Ks.
Children born this union
i. Sterling Leslie Benson, b. July 7, 1891, White
Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks., m. Lois B. Havish
ii. Omar Oscar Benson,
b. July 1, 1893, White Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks., m. Esther Griffis
iii. Bynal Wayne Benson, b. April 25, 1902, White Cloud, Doniphan Co.,
Ks.,m. Norma Ellen Radar
iv. Lyle Jennings Benson, b. March 14,
1905, White Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks.,m. Ombra Snapp
v. Arletta
Louise Benson, b. July 20, 1907, White Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks.,m. John
Hanney
vi. Georgia Lucille Benson, b. April 19, 1910, White Cloud,
Doniphan Co., Ks.,m. Wayne F. Pfaffly
vii. Lois Dora Benson, b.
November 12, 1913, White Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks.,m. Robert Tumblin Hayes
1883-1958---------------1889-1964
Ernest Oren and Ethel Gay Thrailkill-Pierson
6. Ernest Oren Pierson, b. April 11, 1883,White Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks.,m. Ethel Gay Thrailkill, daughter of James W. and Cora Elizabeth Schultz-Thrailkill, on November 29, 1905 in Hiawatha, Brown County, Ks.
Children born this union
i. Eugene Jennings Pierson, b. White Cloud, Doniphan
Co., Ks., m. Fern Leora Bryan
ii. Gladys Marie Pierson, b. White
Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks., m. Samuel Blum
iii. Dana Marvin Pierson,
b. White Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks., m. Blanche Hutcherson
iv. Richard
Robert Pierson, b. White Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks., m. Helen Hagge Delziet
v. Cora Deanne Pierson, b. White Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks., m.
Richard Klasi
vi. Frances Louise Pierson, b. White Cloud, Doniphan
Co., Ks., m. Andrew F. Schied
vii. Ernest Kenneth Pierson, b. White
Cloud, Doniphan Co., Ks.
viii. Helen Mervine Pierson, b. December 8,
1921, d. January 28, 1923
viiii. Melvin Willie Pierson, b. Hiawatha,
Brown Co., Ks., m. Lois Elaine Northwall
x. Ethel Imogene Pierson,
b. Hiawatha, Brown Co., Ks., m. John Bozeman
xi. Deloris Gay
Pierson, b. Highland, Doniphan Co., Ks., m. Calvin Raney