PEARCE, JONATHAN L.

PEARCE, AIKEN

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 12:38:37

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

JONATHAN L. PEARCE, farmer and gardener; was born in Washington Co., R. I., May 1,1816; when 17 years of age, he went to Fall River, Mass., and lived five years; when 22 years of age, he came, with his parents, to Iowa; in 1838, they located where Clinton now stands, and were among the earliest settlers in this county; there are few persons now living who were here when he came. In April, 1850, he married Miss Helen E. Aiken, a native of Cleveland, Ohio; her parents came to Iowa in 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Pearce have three children-Lura, Delia and Alice. Jonathan Pearce, Sr., the father of Mr. Pearce, died Jan. 15, 1857; his mother of Mr. Pearce, died July 4,1879; they had nine children; of these, six survive.