Thomas Jefferson Pearson and his wife, Francis Elmira Dempsey are my gggrandparents through their son, Charles Sherman. According to her death certificate, Francis actually died on 6 June. I also show the parents of Thomas to be William Pearson & Sarah ???. Thomas & Francis were both born in MS as were their 10 children. Donna Lowery Drake ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: [MSWINSTON] Thomas Pearson > Thomas Pearson b. ~ 1844 > Winston County, Mississippi > > The 1880 Census lists the above Thomas Pearson, living in the Northeastern > part of Winston County, Mississippi. What I am trying to determine is who this > man's parents are. Could it be that his father is Robert P. Pearson residing at > the same time in Oktibbeha County? Robert P. Pearson and his wife Mary R. had > a son - Thomas - listed in the 1850 census who could have been born in 1844. > There is a problem with my theory however and I can only hope the census taker > made a mistake. The census listing for this Thomas lists his mother's > birthplace as South Carolina where the 1850 Census and the 1880 Census lists her > birthplace as Georgia. Also, Thomas was born in Alabama, not Mississippi as it > states for him, however I have seen so many mistakes in census records I am > hoping that is a mistake as well. Thomas is shown married to Francis. A check of > the marriage records shows that Thomas Pearson married Francis E. Dempsey on 26 > December 1867 in Winston County, Mississippi. I am also told Francis' middle > name is Elmira or Almira. The couple's children are listed as Alex (age at > census 10), T.J. Pearson (8), John J. (6), Quitman Pearson (5), Nelly Pearson (3), > and Samuel (1). > > John > Home - [email protected] > work - [email protected] > > > ==== MSWINSTON Mailing List ==== > Winston County, MS > The MSGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswinsto/ > >