William Garrett and Anna Bevan Pearson

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Husband William Garrett ¹

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Wife Anna Bevan Pearson ²

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           Born: 24 May 1774 3
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           Died: 8 Apr 1856 3
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         Father: John Pearson (1740-1829) 2 4 5
         Mother: Anna Bevan (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M John Pearson Garrett ¹

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           Born: Bef 1806
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2 F Mary Ann Garrett ¹

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           Born: Bef 1806
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General Notes: Husband - William Garrett

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His grandfather, William Garrett, came from Leicester County, England, to America in 1684.

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General Notes: Wife - Anna Bevan Pearson

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In 1806 a number of the Pearson family came from Darby, Delaware County, PA, to settle in Western Pennsylvania; among the number were John Pearson and his sons George, Bevan, and Thomas Pearson and Anna B. Garrett with her son and daughter. She, Anna B., came on horseback, the others with wagons in which they transported their goods. [HMC 1909, 873]

Mrs. Anna B. Garrett came from Philadelphia at an early day, probably about 1816, and opened a sort of an industrial school in her own house, which was a two-story log structure that stood on the site of the house later occupied by Mrs. Judge D. W. Findley, of Mercer. The lower part of the house was occupied by the family, and the upper story was used for school purposes. Mrs. Garrett taught sewing, embroidery, etc., in connection with the ordinary subjects of an English education. She was an excellent reader herself, and was successful in making good readers of her pupils. She was a worthy, intelligent woman, and a superior instructor. Dr. David Junkin paid her a merited compliment when he pronounced her the “Hannah Moore of America.” [HMC 1888, 362]

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 873.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 692.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 869.

4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 591.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 867.