Thomas Pearson was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England to John Pearson and Alice Saul Pearson. Elizabeth, Jane, John, and Mary Ann Pearson were older siblings, all of them born in Cumberland, England. Thomas married Maria Flint in Preston, Lancashire, England before their first daughter Caroline was born there on 2 March 1840. The next year the family of three sailed on the Sheffield from Liverpool, England, arriving in New Orleans on 31 March 1841. The family settled in St. Louis where three more daughters were born: Alice M., Elizabeth, and Emma C. Pearson. They moved in time for their last daughter Hattie to be born on 12 February 1852 in Georgetown, El Dorado, California. The four older daughters were all married in 1868 and Thomas, Maria, and youngest daughter Hattie were moving from Honey Lake Valley to Red Rock Valley when they were attacked and killed by Indians. They were buried in Sacramento close to where some of their daughters and grandchildren lived.
Thomas Pearson was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England to John Pearson and Alice Saul Pearson. Elizabeth, Jane, John, and Mary Ann Pearson were older siblings, all of them born in Cumberland, England. Thomas married Maria Flint in Preston, Lancashire, England before their first daughter Caroline was born there on 2 March 1840. The next year the family of three sailed on the Sheffield from Liverpool, England, arriving in New Orleans on 31 March 1841. The family settled in St. Louis where three more daughters were born: Alice M., Elizabeth, and Emma C. Pearson. They moved in time for their last daughter Hattie to be born on 12 February 1852 in Georgetown, El Dorado, California. The four older daughters were all married in 1868 and Thomas, Maria, and youngest daughter Hattie were moving from Honey Lake Valley to Red Rock Valley when they were attacked and killed by Indians. They were buried in Sacramento close to where some of their daughters and grandchildren lived.
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