Dr. Benjamin Pearson and Lizzie Wise

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Husband Dr. Benjamin Pearson ¹

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           Born: 24 Dec 1838 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Thomas W. [2] Pearson (      -Bef 1888) 1 2
         Mother: Margaret J. Rodgers (      -      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 13 Aug 1863 1

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Wife Lizzie Wise ¹

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         Father: Jacob Wise (      -      ) 1
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1 F Effie I. Pearson ¹

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2 M Thomas W. Pearson ¹

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3 M Benjamin Pearson ¹

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4 M Eugene O. Pearson ¹

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5 M Alfred Pearson ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Benjamin Pearson

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He received a common school education, and subsequently attended the Mercer Academy, and Duff's Commer­cial College. He read medicine with Dr. S. S. Mehard, of Mercer, PA, commenced practice at Centreville, Butler County, in March, 1862, where he remained until 1866, in which year he removed to Tionesta, Forest County, because of ill health, and continued his professional duties at that point for two years. In 1868 he returned to Cen­treville, where he has been engaged in continuous practice for the past twenty-six years. In the spring of 1881 he graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He always took an active interest in educational matters, and was one of the leading spirits in obtaining the State Normal School at Centreville. He was one of the building committee, and then served as trustee of that institution. He was one of the incorporators and original directors of the Centreville Savings Bank, and was prominent in the social and material development of the borough. Up to 1884 the doctor was a Democrat, but after that year he supported the Prohibition party. In 1892 he was the nominee of the Prohibitionists of Butler county for Congress, and was one of the nominees of the same party for the legislature in 1894. He is an elder in the Presbyterian church, and was one of the charter members of the A. O. U. W.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1222.

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

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 694.