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Pearson, Albert J – Pease, Henry Roberts

Pearson, Albert J

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 20, 1846, in Centreville, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney of Monroe county, Ohio, for three successive terms; and a member of the state senate for two years. He was probate judge of Monroe county for six years. He was elected to the Fifty-second and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.

Pearson, Alfred L

soldier, author, was born Dec. 28, 1838, in Pittsburg, Pa.

In 1888 he became commander of the National Union Veteran legion. He edited the Sunday Critic in 1886-87, and is the author of three plays.

Pearson, Jonathan

genealogist, educator, author, was born Feb. 23, 1813, in Chichester, N. H. He is a genealogist who was professor of chemistry and subsequently of botany at Union college from 1839. He is the author of Early Records of the County of Albany; Genealogy of the First Settlers of Albany; and Genealogies of the First Settlers of Schenectady.

Pearson, Joseph

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Rowan county, N. C. He served two years in the state legislature, and was a representative in congress from North Carolina, from 1809 to 1815. He died Oct. 27, 1834, in Salisbury, N. C.

Pearson, Peter Henry

educator, author, was born March 30, 1864, in Sweden. He has been the traveling correspondent of several leading newspapers, and is the author of a History of Sweden.

Pearson, Richard Mumford

lawyer, jurist, was born June 28, 1805, in Davie county, N. C. He was in the North Carolina legislature in 1829-33, and an unsuccessful candidate for congress in 1834. He was a judge of the superior court in 1836-48, and at the latter date he was elevated to the supreme bench. He died Jan. 12, 1878, in Winston, N. C.

Pearson, Richmond

state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 26, 1852, in Richmond Hill, N. C. In 1874 he was appointed United States consul at Verviers and Liege, Belgium; was a member of the North Carolina legislature in 1885 and again in 1887. He was one of the originators of the coalition which overwhelmed the democratic party in North Carolina in 1894. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as an independent protectionist, and re-elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a republican.

Pearsons, Daniel Kimball

philanthropist, was born April 14, 1820, in Bradford, Vt. Among his many gifts for the advancement of Chrisuanity, education and charity, have been $280,000 to the Chicago Theological seminary: $200,- 000 to Beloit college; $50,000 each to Knox college, Colorado college, Yankton college, the Pacific university in Oregon, Whitman college in Washington, and Drury college in Missouri; $60,000 to a hospital in Chicago; and $50,000 for the relief of the suffering poor.

Pease, Alfred Humphreys

musician, composer, was born May 6, 1838, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a brilliant pianist and the author of a number of well known compositions. He died July 12, 1882, in St. Louis, Mo.

Pease, George E. H

lawyer, state senator, was born Oct. 31, 1833, in Norfolk, Conn. In 1876 he was a member of the Colorado state constitutional convention; a state representative in 1885-87, and in 1892 was elected to the state senate.

He died May 22, 1895.

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Pease, Henry Roberts

soldier, journalist, United States senator, was born Feb. 19, 1835, in Connecticut. 1865 he was appointed superintendent of education for the state of Louisiana, while under military rule, and was elected superintendent of education of the state in 1869. He edited and published the Mississippi Educational Journal, the first magazine ever devoted to popular education in the south. He was elected to the United States senate to fill a vacancy for the term ending in 1875.