When Nelle Motlow Pearson was born on March 30, 1907, in Tullahoma, Tennessee, her father, Thomas, was 31, and her mother, Leila, was 25. She had an older sister, Sarah Francis Pearson, who was born three years before Nelle in 1904. Nelle grew up in Sparta, White, Tennessee and is listed in the 1930 US Federal Census as a public school teacher in Sparta. She was living with her widowed father in 1940 in Sparta. No occupation is listed. She died on April 11, 1992, in Sparta, Tennessee, at the age of 85, and was buried there at Highland Cemetery.
Nell Pearson in household of Thomas D Pearson, "United States Census, 1910"
Nelle Pearson in household of Dwight Pearson, "United States Census, 1920"
Nell Pearson in household of Thomas D Pearson, "United States Census, 1930"
Nell Pearson in household of Dwight Pearson, "United States Census, 1940"
Nell Motlow Pearson, "Find A Grave Index"
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