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HORATIO PEARSON, teacher, Pleasant Hill; born in Union Township Sept. 15, 1836; he is a son of Isaac P. and Mary Pemberton, both of Union Township. Robert Pearson, his grandfather, was a native of Newberry District, S. C., and emigrated to Ohio about 1806, locating in Union Township; he had five sons and four daughters; three sons and three daughters still survive, the youngest being 60 years old. He was married to Keziah Hollingsworth, of South Carolina, and was a farmer by occupation, as were all his sons. Isaac was located in the vicinity of the homestead till 1846, When he pre-empted a piece of land in Howard Co., Ind., on which he moved. Here in a few years he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, Mary, who died, leaving a family of four sons and two daughters; Mr. P. then returned to his native place, where his family were reared. He still survives, making his permanent home in Indiana. Our subject is the oldest of the family, and the scenes of his boyhood and youth were passed upon the farm, engaging in such duties as fall to the lot of a farmer boy; his educational opportunities were limited to the common school, except a short time spent in the Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware, Ohio; thus he was left to take the slower but surer route to a thorough education, that of self-culture. By close application to his books, he early qualified himself for the profession of teaching. At the age of 17, he engaged in the carpenter trade, which art he acquired, and has since worked at at intervals; he commenced teaching at the age of 19, which has since been his principal occupation. In the fall of 1875, he took charge of the Pleasant Hill school, and has since superintended it with eminent success. He was recently employed for three years by the Board of Education, a mark of his excellence as a teacher; previous to taking this school, he superintended with satisfaction the Georgetown school. Mr. P. is a Republican in politics. He married, Dec. 10, 1857, Mary P., daughter of Elijah, and a direct descendant of Marmaduke Coate; four sons and four daughters have been the issue of this union; one son died in 1874, at the age of 15.