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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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David M. Pearce, M. D., was born in Carroll County, West Tenn., August 18, 1836, son of Stokley D. and Mary S. (Killough) Pearce, and is of Irish-English descent His father was born in North Carolina in 1790, and his mother in Georgia in 1795. Arthur Pearce, grandfather of our subject, was born in North Carolina, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He died in West Tennessee about 1825. The family came to Tennessee about 1800, and settled in Rutherford County. Stokley D. Pearce was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in Carroll County, Tenn., in 1855. His wife also died there in 1845. Our subject is next to the youngest of twelve children—four of whom survive. He was raised on a farm and continued to “till the soil” until he attained his majority. He began the study of medicine in 1858 in the office of Dr. Joel P. King, in Gibson County, Tenn. He attended the medical department of the University of Nashville, and came to Union City in 1862, where he has since made his home. He graduated from the Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., in 1870, and is one of the best posted and successful physicians of the county. In 1860 he married Margaret R. McDaniel, of Gibson County, born in 1844. They have three children: Muller, Bookie and Ethel L. Dr. Pearce is a Democrat, and since 1860 has been a Mason. He and Mrs. Pearce belong to the Christian Church.
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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Obion County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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