Joseph
A.
Pearson
Born in Rowan County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Richmond Pearson Sr.
and Sarah (Haden) Pearson
Brother of
Elizabeth (Pearson) Stokes [half], Jesse A. Pearson, Richmond Mumford Pearson [half], Giles Williams Pearson [half] and John Stokes Pearson [half]
Husband of
Catherine (Worthington) Pearson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Pierson and Josephine (Pearson) Jay
Died
at about age 60
in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Mar 2015
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Biography
Joseph Pearson is Notable.
Joseph was born in 1776 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died on Oct 23, 1834 in Rowan County (became Davie County in 1837), North Carolina. [1]
Profession: Congressman, lawyers, legislature, and planter[2]
He represented the borough of Salisbury in the House of Commons in the North Carolina General Assembly in 1804 and 1805 and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Tenth (western) District (Rowan, Mecklenburg, and Cabarrus counties) in 1809.
Spouses:
- Nancy Anna Maria (McLin) Pearson (1786–1806), married in Rowan County in 1806
- Eleanor (Brent) Pearson (1786–1818)
- Catharine Worthington Pearson (1791–1868)
Children:
- Joseph Rowan Pearson (1821–1837)
- Catharine W. Pearson (1825–1837)
- Eliza Worthington Pearson Patterson (1826–1902)
- Sarah Ellen Pearson (1827–1842)
- Charles W. Pearson (1831–1835)
- William Gaston Pearson (1834–1861)
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #153601115, Joseph A. Pearson, Pearson Family Cemetery, Davie County, North Carolina
- Joseph A. Pearson, NCPedia, accessed Mar 10, 2018
- Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 volumes, edited by William S. Powell
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~3.12%
Gloria (Winovitch) Hemontolor
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
David Dyer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #70979
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~0.39%
Charles Sheard :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CRSheard
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