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Jeremiah Pierson (Morgan County, Illinois, marble merchant and justice of the peace.)

b. 1821-08-16 d. 1897-04-03

Morgan County, Illinois, marble merchant and justice of the peace. New Jersey native. Married to Sarah E. Catlin Pierson in Hancock County, Illinois, on February 23, 1847. Father of Addie Pierson, Emma Pierson, Maria Pierson, Daniel Pierson, Azel Pierson, Mary Pierson, and James Pierson. Blacksmith in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1850. Marble merchant in Morgan County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Morgan County in 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 186A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 365.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville Ward 2, pp. 484B-485A.

Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Hancock County Marriages, Film 001532146.

"Jeremiah Pierson (1821-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 156041539, accessed April 7, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156041539.

KYR-0001-006-0040.

Citation

Pierson, Jeremiah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206532 (November 12, 2026).

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