{"id":3287,"date":"2022-01-10T16:01:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2022-01-10T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:01:21","slug":"pierson-blair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/pierson-blair\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierson, Blair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blair Pierson<\/strong>, chairman of the county court, was born June 29, 1858, in
\nLauderdale County, and in the house in which he is at present living. His
\nparents, John F. and Susan E. (Lee) Pierson, were born in Connecticut and
\nVirginia, respectively, the father in 1810 and the mother in 1829. They both
\ncame to this county when young, and were married in 1849. To them were born
\neight children, five of whom are now living. In politics the father was a
\nWhig before the death of that party, and after that event he has never
\naffiliated with any party. By profession he was a lawyer, practicing his
\nprofession in Ripley about twenty years. He died in 1878, and in his death the
\nfamily lost a kind and loving father, and the bar an able member. The mother
\nlived till 1881. Our subject is of Scotch-Irish descent. He was born in
\nRipley and received the greater part of his early education at that place. In
\n1873 he entered the University of Tennessee, where he completed his education.
\nHe then began farming and continued this occupation about five years, after
\nwhich he taught school for a short time. He then engaged in the mercantile
\nbusiness in Ripley. In 1881 he opened a livery stable in partnership with T.
\nP. Ferguson, and is engaged in that business at the present. In 1880 he
\nwedded Ella E. Jones, and to this union were born two children: John E. and
\nLucy A. Mr. Pierson is a Democrat in politics, and has been elected to the
\noffice of magistrate a number of times. In October, 1882, he was chosen
\nchairman of the county court. When but twenty years of age he was elected
\nmayor of the town, and ever since has served the people in some place of
\npublic trust. He is also recorder of the town, and is a young man well known
\nand highly respected. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
\nhis wife of the Presbyterian.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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