Levi Pearson (1803 - 1832)

Born 1 Apr 1803 in Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Huldah (Thomas) Pearson — married 24 Sep 1825 in Wayne, Indiana, United States

Husband of Rachel (Presnall) Newby — married 1 Oct 1829 in Duck Creek, Henry, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1832 at age 29 in Henry, Indiana

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Biography

This profile is part of the Pearson Name Study.

Levi was a Friend (Quaker)

Nathan Pearson, son of Peter Pearson III and Susannah "Ann" Morgan, was born about 1770 in Wayne County, North Carolina Colony.

He married/1 on 03 July 1796 in Randolph, North Carolina to Mary Bailey, daughter of John Bailey and Dorcas Lamb, who was born on 29 Mar 1778 in Randolph County, North Carolina. She died in September 1821 in Wayne County, Indiana.

He was married/2 on 04 September 1823 in Henry, Indiana, to Deborah Hobson.

Children:

Peter Pearson V, born on 19 April 1797 in North Carolina.

John Pearson, born 17 May 1799 in Randolph, North Carolina; died 25 February 1882 in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana (Age: 82); married Lydia Thomas on 24 September 1825 in Wayne, Indiana. She was born about 1803 in South Carolina and died 03 June 1881 in Wabash, Indiana.

Ann Pearson, born 12 March 1801 in Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina.

Levi Pearson, born 01 April 1803 in Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina; died 22 December 1832 in Henry, Indiana; married Huldah Thomas on 17 October 1825 in New Garden Meeting House, Wayne, Indiana (24 Sept. 1825 per Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861). She was born on 07 April 1809 in , Marlboro, South Carolina. She died in 1828 in MM, Henry, Indiana

Catherine Pearson, born 31 January 1805 in Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina; died 26 October 1876 in Fairmount, Grant, Indiana (Age: 71); married/1 to Gabriel Ratiff; married/2 to William Atkinson

Bailey Pearson, born 23 February 1812 in Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina.

Stanton Pearson, born 21 May 1813 in Ohio; died between 1815-1825 (Died as a boy having been thrown against a tree. This in the Jesse Marshall RR Letter of 1942).

Elliott Pearson, born in 1815 in Wayne, Indiana; died 13 September 1889 in Ladoga, Montgomery, Indiana; married/1 on 19 February 1835 to Elizabeth Crane in Clear Spring, Henry, Indiana who was born on 22 January 1813 in Ohio; died 14 October 1871 in Ladoga, Montgomery, Indiana; married/2 to Elenar Pierson who was born about 1826 in Ohio.

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Levi Pearson was born on 04 Apr 1803 in Back Creek, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA as the fourth child of Nathaniel Nathan Pearson and Mary Bailey. He had eight siblings, namely: Peter, John Levi, Ann, Catharine, Bailey, William, Stanton, and Elliott. He died on 22 Dec 1832 in Duck Creek, Henry, Indiana, USA at the age of 29.

When he was 20, he married Huldah Thomas,daughter of John Thomas and Lydia Sneed, on 25 Dec 1823 in New Garden Monthly Meeting, Wayne, Indiana, USA. When he was 26, he married Rachel Presnall,daughter of Stephen Presnall and Hannah Rees, on 01 Oct 1829 in Duck Creek, Henry, Indiana, USA.

Levi Pearson was buried on 25 Dec 1832 in Duck Creek Cemetery, Henry County, Indiana, USA (Friends Cemetery). He was affiliated with the Quaker (Society of Friends) religion.

Levi Pearson and Rachel Presnall had the following children:

Reuben Pearson was born on 30 Jun 1830 in Duck Creek, Henry, Indiana, USA. Enos Pearson was born on 30 Sep 1831 in Duck Creek, Henry, Indiana, USA (Duck Creek Monthly Meeting). He died on 09 Aug 1906 in Amboy, Miami, Indiana, United States. He married Phebe Ann Markle on 02 Oct 1852 in Wayne, Indiana, USA.

Levi Pearson and Huldah Thomas had the following children:

Hiram Pearson was born on 07 Oct 1826 in Duck Creek, Henry, Indiana, USA. Sarah Pearson was born on 07 Dec 1827 in Duck Creek, Henry, Indiana, USA. She died in 1912.

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 May 2018, 14:45), entry for Levi Pearson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LR6J-C54); contributed by various users.
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPB-HPP : 24 August 2017), Levi Pearson, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing 89, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 7,720.
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~myfriendsthelambs2/part8/other/pearson.html#B36