{"id":423,"date":"2014-03-12T17:23:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T22:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgantn\/?page_id=423"},"modified":"2014-03-12T17:52:02","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T22:52:02","slug":"pearson-charles-melvin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/pearson-charles-melvin\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearson, Charles Melvin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><big><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morganco\/obits\/litlflag.gif\" width=\"33\" height=\"25\" \/><span style=\"font-size: medium\">CHARLES MELVIN PEARSON<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Civil War Veteran\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">2-8-1846, 9-29-1930<\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Finally at Rest<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<b><br \/>\n<big>\u00a0<\/big><\/b>The birds stop twittering.\u00a0 No wind rustles the tree branches.\u00a0<\/span><\/big><span style=\"font-size: small\"><big>Nothing stirs, and all is so very quiet.\u00a0 People seem to hold their breath and over the glorious beauty<br \/>\nof the east Tennessee mountains, I seem to feel my grandfather.<br \/>\n*<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s standing at attention, his eyes in the distance and salutes soldiers only he can see.\u00a0 As the final notes of TAPS fades into the silence, my grandfather slips away<br \/>\nand I can no longer feel his presence. &#8212;&#8212;-<\/big><\/span><\/p>\n<p><big><big><\/big><small>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dusty Laymance Nichols<\/small><\/big><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Pearson, Charles Photo\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/pearson-charles-photo\/\"><b style=\"font-size: small;text-align: -webkit-center\">CHARLES MELVIN PEARSON<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pearson Tombstone\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/pearson-tombstone\/\">Charles Pearson Tombstone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Eula Pearson Laymance\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/eula-pearson-laymance\/\">Eula Pearson Laymance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Eula Laymance\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/444-2\/\">Eula Laymance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pearson Ceremony\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/pearson-ceremony\/\">Pearson Ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">CHARLES MELVIN PEARSON\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Civil War Veteran Honored\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">At 2 p.m., on June 23, 2007, Charles Melvin Pearson was honored with a Tombstone Laying Ceremony at Carpenter Cemetery on Nydeck Road in Rugby, Tennessee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Private Pearson, a bugler, served from 1863-1865 as an enlisted soldier with Company &#8220;M,&#8221; 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. A few years after the war, he moved to Morgan County where he served\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">as a Magistrate within the 12th Civil District. \u00a0He served the community with honor and distinction and was given a tribute by the citizens of Morgan County for his many years of faithful service.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">REAL daughter, Eula Pearson Laymance (the last surviving child of Charles and wife Sibba Barnes Pearson), was present at the ceremony along with Eula&#8217;s two daughters, Dusty Laymance Nichols and Bernice Laymance Hall.\u00a0 Eula and Dusty are members of Major Belle Reynolds, Tent No. 4, Jackson, TN., Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (DUVCW).\u00a0 A total of six generations of the Pearson family attended the ceremony.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Reita Burress, Tent 4 President, opened the ceremony with a welcoming speech and thanked everyone for attending.\u00a0 Rita Antle, Secretary, led the Pledge of Allegiance.\u00a0 Special remarks were given by granddaughter, Dusty Laymance Nichols.\u00a0 She also read the poem &#8220;What Do They Say,&#8221; written by National DUVCW President, Patricia Mullinex.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Special guest speaker was Becky Ruppe, Morgan County Executive. Several members from Lucinda Heatherly, Tent No. 3, Knoxville, TN., DUVCW, were present.\u00a0 Past Tent President&#8217;s of this Tent, Jeanie Watts and Jane Ayers, did the &#8220;Laying of the Wreath&#8221; ceremony, recited a beautiful poem, said a prayer and placed flowers on the grave . Dian Sutton placed flowers from the Roane County Muscular Dystrophy Society on the grave.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Pat Latham, Sr. Vice President, read Army Captain Robert Ellicombe&#8217;s emotional version of TAPS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Jim Sutton, of the Roane County Honor Guard, did a wonderful job playing TAPS with help from another Honor Guard, William J. Bardill. As granddaughter, Dusty Laymance Nichols said later, &#8220;Silence reigned over the crowd of between 45-50 people as Jim, with his bugle, began to play the haunting melody of TAPS.\u00a0\u00a0 The birds stop twittering.\u00a0 No wind rustles the tree branches.\u00a0 Nothing stirs, and all is so very quiet.\u00a0 People seem to hold their breath and over the glorious beauty of the east Tennessee mountains, I seem to feel my grandfather.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">He&#8217;s standing at attention, his eyes in the distance and salutes soldiers only he can see.\u00a0 As the final notes of TAPS fades into the silence, my grandfather slips away and I can no longer feel his presence.\u00a0 For a second, everyone stood in spellbound silence and I wondered if they saw what I saw?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">I gaze upon the faces of those before me and in their eyes, in their still bodies, I feel their emotions; a deep well of pride, a seeping of reverence and awe rise to the surface, and for that tiny space of time, that tiny fraction where a door opened and God touched us, we were humbled.\u00a0 As the warm sun sat upon our heads, Mavis Sutherland, Chaplain of Tent No. 4, walked forward with her gown rustling, breaking the absolute silence and as we bowed our heads, she gave the final benediction.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">Charles Melvin Pearson was honored by his country, his daughter, his family, his county and was given a fitting tribute for a true hero who fought during the Civil War.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">The Pearson\/Laymance family would like to thank Dr. Doug Fidler, a member of Colonel Robert Byrd, Camp 8 (Dept of TN), Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) and Jim Sutton of the Roane County\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Honor Guard.\u00a0 Also, a very special thank you to Schuberts Funeral Home for their overwhelming generosity in placing the tombstone, and for providing a tent and chairs.\u00a0 Everyone&#8217;s participation and kind gestures will last a lifetime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><big><b>Tombstone Laying Ceremony<br \/>\nfor<br \/>\nCharles Melvin Pearson<\/b><\/big><\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>*\r\nSaturday, June 23, 2007\r\n*\r\n2 P.M.\r\n* \r\nCarpenter Cemetery\r\nNydeck Road, Rugby, TN<\/b><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Company M, 1st NH Heavy Artillery, Bugler<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Served from 1863-1865<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Major Belle Reynolds, Tent No. 4 (detached), Jackson, TN.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Esquire Charles Pearson was an active member in the Rugby community.  <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">He served as Magistrate in the 12th Civil District and was given a <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">tribute for his many years of service by the citizens of Morgan County.  <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Charles and his wife, Sibba Darthula Barnes Pearson of Rugby,  have <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">one surviving child, Eula J Pearson Laymance, who is a member of Major <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Belle Reynolds, Tent 4 (detached), Jackson, TN.  Family members also<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">include Dusty Laymance Nichols (granddaughter), Melissa Nichols Solomon <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">(g-granddaughter), Jennifer Nichols Maxson (granddaughter), and Kelsey <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Alannah Solomon (g-g-granddaughter).<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Tent 4 members attending will be dressing in period attire.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Also present for laying of the wreath will be members from Lucinda <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Heatherly, Tent No. 3, Knoxville, TN., DUVCW.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">TAPS will be played by Jim Sutton from the Roane County Honor Guard<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Speaker:  Becky Ruppe, Morgan County Executive.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Schuberts Funeral Home is placing the tombstone and helping with the <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">ceremony by supplying a tent and chairs.<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">The Public is cordially invited to attend ceremony. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">*<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/home.lorettotel.net\/~dubluet2\/pearson.htm\">http:\/\/home.lorettotel.net\/~dubluet2\/pearson.htm <\/a><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">***<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">If you're a natural born female descendant of a Civil War Veteran <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">interested in finding out more about joining DUVCW, please contact <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Reita Burress at <a href=\"javascript:secureDecryptAndNavigate('kimpNe3feuqgEBrcBv7Ba01c9YqpLcVYJH0t7+6eN2SN0YC+tgLz2WerQz\/Ro+P18856GPNv53VumIYYWgZ3UWxthzpSk299', '24d0bc206e6bc705bf9bba536adceceaa345ee79cb37928608812956b7ccea73')\">rburress [at] usit [dot] net<\/a> or write to the following address.  <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: small\">Reita Burress, PO Box 153, Ethridge, TN. 38456*<\/span><\/pre>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">My name is Dusty Laymance Nichols and I would like to share the following information about my mother,\u00a0Eula\u00a0J.\u00a0PearsonLaymance\u00a0and her father,\u00a0Charles\u00a0Melvin\u00a0Pearson.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><big style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">My mother and I are members of\u00a0.<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><small style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Major Belle Reynolds, Tent No. 04 (detached), Jackson,\u00a0<\/small><small style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">TN.\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\"><small>,<\/small>\u00a0Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (DUVCW).\u00a0\u00a0My mother is the\u00a0<b>REAL<\/b>\u00a0daughter of a Civil War Veteran.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">To be eligible for membership you have to prove your lineage (any and all papers showing your ancestor fought in the Civil War and was honorably discharged).<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman';font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em;text-align: center\">My grandfather,\u00a0Charles\u00a0Melvin\u00a0Pearson, according to his enlistment papers, was born in\u00a0Biddeford,\u00a0Maine\u00a0on\u00a0February 8, 1846\u00a0to\u00a0William\u00a0Pearson\u00a0and (unknown) Rice.\u00a0\u00a0We believe his actual place of birth was in\u00a0Manchester,\u00a0NH\u00a0instead ofBiddeford,\u00a0ME. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: center;font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">His Volunteer enlistment papers states he joined on\u00a0July 8, 1863\u00a0in\u00a0Manchester,\u00a0New Hampshire, which would have made his age 17 years and 5 months.\u00a0\u00a0He was listed as being 5 feet 7 inches tall, light hair, black eyes and dark complexion, and was in Company M, 1<\/span><sup style=\"text-align: center;font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;line-height: 1.5em\">st<\/sup><span style=\"text-align: center;font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0Regiment, Heavy Artillery.\u00a0\u00a0According to New Hampshire Fights the Civil War by Mather Cleveland, MD, New London, New Hampshire 1969, \u201cOn November 5, 1864, the 1<\/span><sup style=\"text-align: center;font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;line-height: 1.5em\">st<\/sup><span style=\"text-align: center;font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0New Hampshire Light Battery, with an effective strength of 111, ceased to exist as such.\u00a0\u00a0By order of the War Department the\u00a0Battery\u00a0was transferred to the 1<\/span><sup style=\"text-align: center;font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;line-height: 1.5em\">st<\/sup><span style=\"text-align: center;font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">New Hampshire Heavy Artillery as Company or Battery M.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">My grandfather was mustered out in\u00a0Concord,\u00a0New Hampshire\u00a0on\u00a0June 9, 1865\u00a0due to the end of the Civil War.\u00a0\u00a0He was injured in the war (he drew a disabled veterans pension) but, as to date, we\u2019ve not found out why.\u00a0\u00a0We are investigating this further but in dealing with these issues, it takes time.\u00a0\u00a0On\u00a0January 1, 1865, his company appointed him bugler and he was mustered out as such.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">All the skirmishes and battles he participated in were in\u00a0Virginia.\u00a0\u00a0Some of these battles included Brandy Station, Nov. 8, 1863; Mine Run, Nov. 30, 1863; Wilderness, May 6, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 3-12, 1864; and Siege of Petersburg, June 16 to July 26 (also at Petersburg July 30 to Aug. 12; Aug. 20, 1864 to March 29, 1865).\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<big style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;line-height: 1.5em\">He married my grandmother,\u00a0Sibba\u00a0Darthula\u00a0Barnes, daughter of\u00a0John\u00a0and\u00a0Lucy\u00a0Belle\u00a0\u201cLittle Bird\u201d\u00a0Williams\u00a0Barnes, inRugby, TN., on\u00a0April 8, 1917.\u00a0\u00a0His death certificate lists his occupation as farmer, justice of the peace (Magistrate) and blacksmith within the\u00a0Rugby\u00a0community.\u00a0\u00a0He was an active member and was paid a high tribute by the citizens of\u00a0MorganCounty<\/big><big style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0for his many years of service and dedication.<\/big><big style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0<\/big><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><big><big><\/big><\/big><big><big>What the County Court of<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">Morgan\u00a0County\u00a0Thinks\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><big><big>of a Faithful Public<\/big><\/big><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<big><big>Spirited Member<\/big><\/big><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">Twelfth District Citizen Honored<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">High Tribute to\u00a0ESQ.\u00a0Chas.\u00a0<\/span><big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">Pearson\u00a0of\u00a0Rugby<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><big><big><\/big><\/big><big><big>Useful Career in Public Service is Fittingly Rewarded<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">Note\u2014This paper circularized and paid for by business men of\u00a0Morgan\u00a0County\u00a0who want economy and progress in county government.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wartburg,\u00a0Tennessee<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0July 7, 1920<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman';font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">To\u00a0Charles\u00a0Pearson, Esquire<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><big><big>Magistrate<\/big><\/big><\/span><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">12<\/span><sup style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">th<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0Civil District<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">Rugby,\u00a0Tennessee<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><big><big>\u00a0<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">Dear\u00a0Squire\u00a0Pearson:<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">We, your fellow members and fellow workers in the county Court of Morgan County, inspired by the fact that you are probably the oldest member as to both age and period of service, in the court, and reflecting, further, with pleasure upon association and with the public service, deem it appropriate to tender you a tribute of our respect and testimonial of our good will.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0For years, few, if any have attended the sessions of the Court more faithfully than have you; if you have missed a session in years we do not recollect it.\u00a0\u00a0By your gentlemanly bearing and your uniform courtesy to and consideration for the other members of the Court, and by your conscientious discharge of duty, and by your sense of the responsibilities of this body, you have gained our loyalty, confidence and esteem.\u00a0\u00a0At all times you stood for the best interests of your constituents, and for the general progress of the county, and you have in all things been so fair and reasonable as to win our support of measures you have advocated.\u00a0\u00a0You have stood for the advancement of the interests of our schools, of our roads, and of all things vital to the welfare of our county.\u00a0\u00a0You have advocated that economy consistent with public needs.<\/span><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><big><big><\/big><\/big><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0We take this method of attesting the pleasure afforded by our business and social relations with you, and we thus evidence our affectionate regard for you.\u00a0\u00a0You served your country with distinction, we understand, in the Civil War: in the county Court of the good\u00a0county\u00a0of\u00a0Morgan\u00a0we are fully aware of, and we appreciate and commend you for, the service you have rendered in the public interest, and we congratulate you for your faithfulness, your zeal and your integrity.\u00a0\u00a0Your people of the 12<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;line-height: 1.5em\">th<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0District are also to be congratulated for selecting so trust-worthy, conscientious and earnest a man to represent them: you have been true to them, in the fullest sense of the term.\u00a0\u00a0It comes to our knowledge that in your official acts as a District Magistrate you have proceeded with deliberation, tempering justice with mercy: you have quieted friction and kept down litigation: you have befriended the poor: you have not tricked, wronged, defrauded or oppressed any man, but have been frank, open, kind, fair-and-square in all your dealings in both private and public life; always on the right side of every issue, always alert to render service and to promote the best interests of your fellow-man and of this beautiful section which we love and which holds for us all that is dearest in life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0 T<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;font-size: small\">o have merited and gained the respect and confidence of your fellow-man is not to have labored in vain: we trust, then, that you will find a certain satisfaction in this our voluntary testimonial.\u00a0\u00a0We extend to you our best wishes.\u00a0\u00a0Long may you continue in health and vigor and with your faculties as clear and keen as they now are, that the usefulness by which you are characterized may continue.\u00a0\u00a0And when the evening of your life finally comes, and the shadows of the approaching night fall across your pathway, may you have that happy reflection consequent upon having been faithful to trust and having been considerate of your fellow man, attend you, until you hear from a higher source than this Court, \u201cWell done, thou good and faithful servant!\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Sincerely yours,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><big><big>\u00a0<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><big><big>THE COUNTY COURT OF MORGAN COUNTY<\/big><\/big><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman';line-height: 1.5em\">John\u00a0H\u00a0Bingham\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bruno\u00a0Schubert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0W.H.\u00a0Nelson<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">\u00a0<big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">J.L.\u00a0Hackworth\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.M Hannahan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wm.\u00a0Bullard<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">Ben\u00a0F.\u00a0Bingham\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0E.C. Melton\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0J.S.\u00a0Greer<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">\u00a0<big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">S.H.\u00a0Jackson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ray\u00a0P.\u00a0Stone\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0R.P. Potter<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">\u00a0<big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">H.H.\u00a0Pitman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0J.M.\u00a0Langley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0P.H. Adcock<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: small;line-height: 1.5em\">Elmer\u00a0Carroll\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.C. Lavender\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0John\u00a0Dillon<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">\u00a0<big><big><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">Dan\u00a0Garrett\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0W.M Dyer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Joe\u00a0Hawn<\/span><\/span><\/big><\/big><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><big><big>\u00a0<\/big><\/big><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">My mother,\u00a0Eula\u00a0J.\u00a0Pearson\u00a0Laymance\u00a0was born on\u00a0June 4, 1928\u00a0in\u00a0Rugby\u00a0and was baptized at Christ Church Episocpal onJuly 22, 1928\u00a0by\u00a0Geo.\u00a0B.\u00a0Kirwan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">She married my father, Junior Powell Laymance, son of\u00a0William\u00a0Oscar\u00a0and\u00a0Anna\u00a0Mae\u00a0Eastridge\u00a0Laymance, in\u00a0MorganCounty, TN., and they had three children, Dusty Laymance Nichols, my sister, Bernice Laymance Hall, and my brother,Harold\u00a0Dean\u00a0Laymance.\u00a0\u00a0My father died on February 3, 1997 and rests peacefully at the\u00a0Wartburg\u00a0Cemetery\u00a0in\u00a0Wartburg,TN.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">My mother also received a certificate from Historic Rugby as one of the \u201c<\/span><b style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">First Families of Rugby<\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em\">\u201d on\u00a0May 28, 2001, signed by\u00a0Barbara\u00a0Stagg.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><big><big>\u00a0<\/big><\/big><span style=\"font-size: small\"><big><big>Not only am I proud of my grandfather, but I\u2019m also proud of my mother.\u00a0\u00a0She kept the home fires burning with love and devotion to her family.\u00a0\u00a0As a proud American and daughter, I salute them as they inspired me far more than they will ever know.<\/big><\/big><\/span><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<div align=\"left\">Photos and information courtesy of Dusty Laymance Nichols<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLES MELVIN PEARSON &#8211; Civil War Veteran\u00a0 &#8211; 2-8-1846, 9-29-1930 &#8211; Finally at Rest * \u00a0The birds stop twittering.\u00a0 No wind rustles the tree branches.\u00a0Nothing stirs, and all is so very quiet.\u00a0 People seem to hold their breath and over the glorious beauty of the east Tennessee mountains, I seem to feel my grandfather. *&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/pearson-charles-melvin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pearson, Charles Melvin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/morgan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}