William PEARCE
Birth:
29 Jan 1784
England, United Kingdom
Death:
29 Jun 1833
Fleming co, Ky, Usa
Marriage:
Abt 1815
Fleming co, Ky, Usa
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Information from Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (John M. Gresham Company, Chicago, 1896): " . . . a native of England, and one of the most prosperous merchants of his day. He received only an ordinary education, but was a man of strong character and remarkable individuality. He was a merchant, private banker and a farmer, and became one of the wealthiest men in northern Kentucky. He died of cholera, age forty-eight years, June 14, 1833." Biographical Cyclopedia, p. 458. Date of death taken from cemetery information supplied by Mason County Historical Museum. Buried in Ficklin-Rearce Cemetery, Poplar Plains, Fleming County, KY. Names of children taken from will, recorded in Fleming County Clerk's Office, Flemingsburg, KY, Will Book ____, Page ___.
Mary BRIDGES
Birth:
21 Aug 1787
Fleming co, Ky, Usa
Death:
22 May 1840
Fleming co, Ky, Usa
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
Dates of birth and death taken from cemetery records supplied by Mason County Museum. Buried in Finklin-Pearce Cemetery, Poplar Plains, Fleming County, Kentucky.
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
7 May 1823
Fleming co, Ky, Usa
Death:
Abt 2 May 1905
Maysville, Mason co, Ky, Usa
Notes:
One of founders of bank of Pearce, Wallingford & Co. , which became State National Bank of Maysville. Was also a dry goods merchant. "For nearly half a century he has been closely identified with the growth and development of Maysville, where he is highly esteemed as a citizen and recognized as one of the most successful businessmen in all that section of the state." Biographical Cyclopedia, p. 458. Names of wife and sons taken from Biographical Cyclopedia (notes two daughters, but does not give names). Date of death estimated from date of internment (sp?) in Maysville Cemetery. Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, p. 248.
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William Pearce - Mary Bridges
William Pearce
was born at England, United Kingdom 29 Jan 1784.
His parents were Samuel Pearce and Sarah .
He married Mary Bridges Abt 1815 at Fleming co, Ky, Usa . Mary Bridges was born at Fleming co, Ky, Usa 21 Aug 1787 .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Charles Bridges Pearce
born 7 May 1823.
William Pearce died 29 Jun 1833 at Fleming co, Ky, Usa .
Mary Bridges died 22 May 1840 at Fleming co, Ky, Usa .