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WILLIAM S. PEARSON, deceased; born in this township the 7th day of the 9th month, 1833; was a son of Benjamin and Dorcas Pearson. Our subject was reared a farmer’s boy, and labored for his father on the farm till his marriage with Mahala McDonald, which was celebrated the 27th day of the 10th month, 1853. To them nine children were born, six of whom are living, viz., Horace M., Jasper N., Ada J., Mary E., Herbert R. and Martha A. The deceased are Laura E., Rachel E. and William S. Mr. P. departed this life the 12th day of the 5th month, 1871. From his marriage till his death, his home was on the farm where his widowed wife and children now reside. He was a member of the Friends’ Church, and lived a life of scrupulous Christian fidelity. Mrs. P. was born where she resides, the 9th day of the 1st month, 1838, and is a daughter of Joseph and Temperance (Elleman) McDonald. Her father was born in South Carolina May 23, 1787, her mother in Tennessee, Jan. 2, 1798; her father died in 1849, aged 62 years, her mother died Nov. 9, 1855. They were parents of ten children, of whom only two survive, viz., Rachel and Mahala. The deceased are Enos, Isaiah, William, Elizabeth, Mary, Denis, Phoebe and Aaron. By her father’s first marriage with Sarah Mote, he had three children, two living, viz., John and Charles. Mark, deceased. Truly, death has been a frequent visitant to this family—has removed and consigned to the tomb many of its members with frightful rapidity. Mrs. P. is a member of the Friends’ Church, and is a most consistent and exemplary Christian woman; she has 98 acres of land highly improved.