Pierson, Moses (Peirson)

Born: 1802-06-07 Lebanon, Ohio

Died: 1860-12-20 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: Sangamon County, Illinois

Alternate name: Peirson

Pierson married Clarissa Morris in 1824 in Ohio. In 1833, they moved with their two children to Sangamon County, Illinois, and they settled north of Springfield, where Pierson established a farm. Clarissa died in 1836, and the following year, Pierson wed Harriet Kilbourn, with whom he had nine children. In 1860, Pierson owned $10,000 worth of real estate.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 568; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 16.