William Pearson Apperson (abt. 1821 - 1904)

Born about 25 Sep 1821 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Catharine (Edwards) Apperson — married 3 Nov 1853 in Stokes County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1904 at about age 82 in North Carolina

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Biography

Middle initial/name appears in various records as B, R, or Pearson

Census lists as Epperson & Epison, ages match various Wm. Apperson family records

Notes from Apperson Family and Allied Lines:

William Pearson Apperson was born on 25 Sep 1821. He died on 20 Mar 1904. He was buried in Old Siloam Quaker Ch Cem, Siloam, NC. He was married to Mary Katherine Edwards on 3 Nov 1853/54.

He appeared on the census in 1860 in Siloam, Surry Co., NC: William Persons Epison, age 39; wife, Mary Epison, age 28; Elizabeth Epison, age 5; Nancy Epison, age 4, Thomas Epison, age 2; Edward Epison, age 1.

Mary Katherine Edwards was born on 22 Nov 1830 in NC. She died on 2 Feb 1904. She was buried in Old Siloam Quaker Ch Cem, Siloam, NC.

William Pearson Apperson and Mary Katherine Edwards had the following children:

• i. Naomi Elizabeth Apperson.
• ii. Nancy Matilda"Nannie" Apperson.
• iii. Thomas Bennett Apperson Sr..
• iv. Edward Pearson Apperson.
• v. William Augustus "Willie" Apperson.
• vi. Mary Paralee Apperson was born on 5 Jun 1865. She died on 25 Mar 1914. She was buried in Old Siloam Quaker Ch Cem, Siloam, NC. She was unmarried.
• vii. Luzetta Carolyn Apperson was born on 18 May 1867 in Siloam, Surry Co, NC. She died on 1 Oct 1902. She was unmarried. She was buried in Old Siloam Quaker Ch Cem, Siloam, NC.
• viii. Ada Margaret "Maggie" Apperson.
• ix. Solomon Wesley Apperson was born on 24 Jan 1871. He died in 1936 in GA. He was killed in a cyclone in Georgia when visiting there. He was unmarried.
• x. Lucy Emma Apperson.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD6C-5HV : accessed 2 February 2015), Wm P Epison, Siloam District, Surry, North Carolina, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 92, household ID 620, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,914.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39888104/william_pearson-apperson: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial page for William Pearson Apperson (5 Sep 1821–20 Mar 1904), Find A Grave: Memorial #39888104, citing Old Siloam Church Cemetery, Siloam, Surry County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Cindy Cornwell McCachern (contributor 46810811).

• United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDS-2LV : 12 April 2016), W R Epperson, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 6, family 41, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,660.

• North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZY8-2TT : 10 March 2018), Wm. P. Apperson and Mary K. Edwards, 03 Nov 1853; citing Stokes, North Carolina, United States, p. p 6, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 422,159.

Sources from Apperson Family and Allied Lines:

E-Mail Message from Cindy McCachern <McCachern AT worldnet.att.net> to Rowan Fairgrove, Date: July 1998, Jan 1999

Title: The Apperson Family in America

Author: Vera Apperson English

Publication: self-published, 1977

Type: Web Site

Title: Poindexter Descendants Association

URL: http://www.geocities.com/~poingdestre/

Date: July 14, 2000

URL: http://www.poindexterfamily.org/

Date: 2001

Type: Book

Periodical: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

Publication: Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000

Detail: Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.