Isaac N. Pearson
Isaac N. Pearson - The subject of this sketch was born in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri, July 14, 1835. When he was about two years old his parents and grand-parents moved to the north-western part of that State, and settled in Scotland County, in the timber, near a large prairie, where they built houses for themselves, cleared off the land and followed fanning for several years. In the meantime a little country town sprung up in the county, which was called Memphis, and to this place his father moved with his family, and Mr. Pearson remained there until April 5, 1853, when he and his mother and a party of friends started for Napa Valley, California, where they arrived September 20th of that year. Here he engaged in farming for about two years, when he went to the mines, and followed that business until 1865. He then concluded to turn his attention to farming again, and returned to Napa Valley and purchased a ranch near Yountville. At the end of two years he disposed of his interest and moved to Napa City, where he engaged in the manufacture of buck gloves, and is still engaged in that business, having built up a splendid trade, and as a fruit of his labors, has a nice house and a competency. He was married September 16,1865, to Miss Mary A. Jackson, a native of Peoria County, Illinois, who was born November 8,1848, and by this union they have three living children: William L., Lila C., and John M. L. R.
History of Napa and Lake Counties,: San Francisco, Cal.: Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers, 1881
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, February, 2007 Page 543
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