John Pierson
[son of ? Pierson and Mary Black]
born: 1762 - Virginia
died: 2 September 1838 - Union County, Kentucky
married: 3 February 1794 - Person County, North Carolina
wife: Elizabeth Warren
[daughter of John G. Warren and Mary Elizabeth ?]
born: 1774 - Person County, North Carolina
died: 12 August 1852 - Hopkins County, Kentucky

Children of John Pierson and Elizabeth Warren Pierson:

1. John Goodloe Pierson
born: 15 February 1795 - Person County, North Carolina
died:
married: 17 January 1815 - Union County, Kentucky
wife: Purity Pennington
born: c1799
died:

2. James T. Pierson
born: 8 December 1796 - Person County, North Carolina
1850 Census - Union County, Kentucky
died: 7 November 1868 - Union County, Kentucky
buried: Caseyville Cemetery - Union County, Kentucky
wife: Emily Henry
born: 7 March 1814
died: 15 November 1870
buried: Caseyville Cemetery - Union County, Kentucky

Children of James T. Pierson and Emily Henry Pierson:

2.1. W. W. Pierson
born: c1836
died:

3. Tilghman Pierson
born: c1798 - Person County, North Carolina
died:

4. William "Will" Scarlette Pierson
born: 21 June 1799 - Person County, North Carolina
1850 Census - Union County, Kentucky
died: 9 November 1880 - Hopkins County, Kentucky
buried: November 1880 - Grangertown Cemetery - Union County, Kentucky
1st marriage: 5 January 1824 - Hopkins County, Kentucky
1st wife: Mary W. Tompkins
born: 14 April 1799
died: 28 October 1836
buried: Grangertown Cemetery - Union County, Kentucky

Children of William Scarlette Pierson and Mary W. Tompkins Pierson:

4.1. M. E. Pierson
born: c1825 - Arkansas
died:

4.2. L. J. Pierson
born: c1827 - Kentucky
died:

4.3. Fredina A. Pierson
born: 17 February 1829
died: 26 October 1846
buried: October 1846 - Grangertown Cemetery - Union County, Kentucky

4.4. S. J. Pierson
born: c1831 - Tennessee
died:

4.5. James T. Pierson
born: c1832 - Kentucky
died:

4.6. J. P. Pierson
born: c1834 - Kentucky
died:

4.7. L. F. Pierson
born: c1836 - Kentucky
died:

 

2nd marriage of William Scarlette Pierson:
2nd wife of William Scarlette Pierson: Sarah Tompkins
born: 20 January 1797
died: 3 March 1863
buried: Grangertown Cemetery - Union County, Kentucky

3rd marriage of William Scarlette Pierson:
3rd wife of William Scarlette Pierson: Mariah ?
born: 26 July 1808 - Montgomery County, Virginia
died: 8 January 1878
buried: Grangertown Cemetery - Union County, Kentucky

5. Hosea Allmary Pierson
Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Minister
born: 1802 - Person County, North Carolina
died:
married: 22 March 1822 - Union County, Kentucky
wife: Eliza Young
born: c1806
died:

6. Benjamin Hogue Pierson
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 27 May 1803 - Person County, North Carolina
died: 22 October 1893 - Witcherville, Sebastian County, Arkansas
buried:
1st marriage: 16 January 1834 - Lafayette County, Missouri
1st wife: Lavinia Jack
[daughter of William Jack and Esther Harris]
born: 6 February [or 4 January] 1812 - Tennessee
died: 10 or 12 August 1849 - Benton County, Arkansas
buried:

Children of Benjamin Hogue Pierson and Lavinia Jack Pierson:

6.1. Elizabeth Esther Pierson
born: 5 November 1834 - Washington County, Arkansas
died: 13 April 1888
married: 5 May 1873
husband: Isaac W. Talkington
born: 5 November 1834 - Washington County, Arkansas
died:

6.2. Bethenia Evaln Pierson
born: 2 June 1836 - Osage, Benton County, Arkansas
died:
husband: James Crawford
born: c1832
died:

6.3. Martha Emily Pierson
born: 20 January 1838 - Osage, Benton County, Arkansas
died:
husband: Augustus Pierson Buchanan
born: c1834
died:

6.4. John Jack Pierson
born: 7 October 1839 - Washington County, Arkansas
died: 7 October 1922
married: 10 October 1866
wife: Maggie White
born: c1843
died:

6.5. William Ewing Pierson
born: 10 June 1841 - Washington County, Arkansas
died: 1842 - Washington County, Arkansas

6.6. Benjamin Addison Pierson
born: 28 April 1843 - Osage, Benton County, Arkansas
died:
died: February 1904
wife: Stella White
born: c1847
died:

6.7. Mary Isabella Pierson
born: 19 July 1845 - Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
died: 25 June 1919 - Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado
buried: 27 June 1919 - Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado
married: 17 November 1879 - Sebastian County, Arkansas
husband: Arthur Judson Lawton
[son of Samuel Lawton and Lydia Umpsted or Olmstead]
born: 22 February 1848 - Chatham, Columbia County, New York
died: 1 April 1925 - Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado
buried: 2 April 1925 - Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado

Children of Mary Isabella Pierson Lawton and Arthur Judson Lawton:

6.7.1. Joseph Clymer Lawton
born: 11 July 1883 - McKinney, Collin County, Texas
died: 2 August 1947 - Denver, Denver County, Colorado
buried: 6 August 1947 - Sanford, Conejos County, Colorado

6.7.2. Dora Evelyn Lawton
born: 30 July 1886 - Conejos, Conejos County, Colorado
died: 1 August 1920
husband: David Albert Feitz
born: c1882
died:

6.7.3. Sheldon Ernest Lawton
born: 20 December 1880 - Sebastian County, Arkansas
died:
wife: Ray Richardson
born: c1884
died:

 

6.8. Sarah Isadora Pierson
born: 22 January 1848 - Osage, Benton County, Arkansas
died: 17 June 1891
married: 4 September 1873
husband: William Benjamin McClure
born: c1847
died:

 

2nd marriage of Benjamin Hogue Pierson: 15 July 1851 - Lafayette County, Missouri
2nd wife of Benjamin Hogue Pierson: Hannah Waldron Jones
[daughter of Rev. Evan Jones - Baptist minister]
born: 20 May 1810
died: 25 September 1876
buried:

Children of Benjamin Hogue Pierson and Hannah Waldron Jones Pierson:

6.9. Lavinia Ann Paulina Pierson
born: 20 June 1852 - Washington County, Arkansas
died: 7 June 1873

6.10. Evan Jones Pierson
born: 31 May 1854 - Osage, Benton County, Arkansas
died: 17 October 1886
married: December 1878
wife: Mary Louisa McMaster
born: c1858
died:

6.11. Gabriella Le Wright Pierson
born: 12 December 1856 - Washington County, Arkansas
died: 21 November 1857 - Washington County, Arkansas

6.12. Kate Givens Pierson
born: 10 October 1858 - Osage, Benton County, Arkansas
died: 1953
buried: 1953 - Ponca City, Oklahoma
married: 27 February 1884
husband: William Horace Council
born: c1854
died:

6.13. Lulie Tilghman Pierson
born: 18 August 1861 - Washington County, Arkansas
died: 18 January 1948
buried: 18 January 1948 - Pryor Cemetery - South of Stewart, Oklahoma
married: 8 October 1889 - Arkansas
husband: T. Jacob Lane
born: 29 July 1848
died: 5 June 1933

6.14. William E. Pierson
born: 13 June 1864 - Salem, Washington County, Arkansas
died: 9 February 1947

6.15. Herbert Pierson
born: c1866
died: