James Ezra Pierson

born: 10 May 1872, Linn Co.,Kansas
died: 14 Nov 1937, Mound City, Kansas
bur.: 16 Nov 1937, Mound City, or Pleasanton, Kansas
spouse: Katie Florence Gracie HENDRICKS
marr: 1 Dec 1891, Mound City, Kansas
born: 1874
Children:
Pansy Amelia Pierson
spouse: Sarah Elizabeth ``Lizzie'' BRALEY
born: 26 May 1878
died: 16 Dec 1957
bur.: Pleasanton, Kansas
Children:
Wilford Pierson
James Hugh Pierson
spouse: Eva Florence DEBOLT
marr: 10 Mar 1910
Children:
Frank Pierson
spouse: Sarah Elizabeth ``Lizzie'' BRALEY
born: 26 May 1878
died: 16 Dec 1957
bur.: Pleasanton, Kansas
Children:
Mildred Francis Lucille Pierson
Gene Donald Pierson

Pedigree Chart

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           |---------James Weathers PIERSON (1790, Virginia - 1855, Indiana)
           |          |
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  |------James Madison PIERSON (1841, Indiana - 1893, Kansas)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------David Washington MORGAN (1775, Virginia - 1835, Indiana)
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Lucretia MORGAN (1807, KY - 1871, Indiana)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Sarah HUGHBANKS (1775, Maryland - 1844, Indiana)
  |
James Ezra PIERSON (1872, Kansas - 1937, Kansas)
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  |        |          |
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  |        |
  |------Sarah Ann CROW (1844, Indiana - 1926, Missouri)
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The story of the wives and children of James Ezra Pierson is a little unusual. Here's how it came about according to a granddaughter, Pam Terrell: He married Gracie Hendricks and they had a daughter Pansy. James and Gracie divorced and he married Sarah Elizabeth Braley and had two children, Wilford and James Hugh. Then they divorced and he married Eva DeBolt and Frank was born in 1911. Then James divorced Eva and re-married Sarah Elizabeth Braley. There are family stories that Grace Hendricks and Pansy lived a few houses down from James Ezra and Sarah Elizabeth (after they married) and that it was James' wishes. There are also stories that James tried to take Frank from his mother when Frank was a small child. Sarah's daughter Mildred said that she believed Sarah re-married my James so that he wouldn't take James Hugh away from her. Pam Terrell also said, ``I believe my grandfather really loved his children - maybe much more so than his wives! He died before I was born so I never knew him, but his children and his grandchildren who knew him thought the world of him.''

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