The Andrew Jackson Pearson Bible
Note from Sue Pearson Carpenter: This information was found in the Bible of
Andrew Jackson Pearson, who married and lived in Sumner Co., TN before moving to
KY about 1870. I have included the description of the bible and anything written in the
Bible. When I first saw the Bible, it had a lock of hair in it, which I was told belonged to
my father. I later learned from someone who knew the previous holder of the Bible many
years ago that this lock of hair belonged to Carrie Hollis Pearson. Andrew Jackson
Pearson was the first husband of Caroline "Carrie" Hollis. They were married in Sumner
County, TN and lived there until the early 1870's.
On the fly leaf of the Bible is entered at the top right corner:
The Bible is large and about 9 by 12 inches. The cover was brown and has been restored
recently. Some of the books of the Bible are missing and it is only about three inches
thick. The Record Page is in the middle of the Bible and some entries are illegible. The
page was laminated when the Bible was rebound and extra pages were put in. The
Record Page has entries on both sides of the page.
Some entries were made after the death of A. J. Pearson, probably by his second wife,
Carrie Hollis Pearson. The Bible was handed down to the youngest son, William Nesbit
Pearson, and after the death of William and his wife, Fannie, it was given to a grandson
of the oldest son of Will and Fannie Pearson.
containing the
Old and New Testaments
Translated out of the original tongues,
The Text is the Standard of the American Bible Society
Philadelphia
A. J. Pearson and M.J. Pearson was married 22 September 1859
NOTE: This page is in bad condition and writing is on both sides of the page.
All other pages were left blank.
(Note: Carrie Hollis Pearson Was a daughter of Elizabeth Frances Smith who was the
daughter of Joseph Smith.)
by
Sue Pearson Carpenter
spcarpenter@ka.net
5468 Smith
Road
Floyd Knobs, IN 47119
and
With the former translations diligently compared and revised.
Published by T. J. Collins, Jr.
NO. 8 North Sixth Street
1855
A. J. Pearson and Carrie Hollis was married 18 June 1868
W. N. Pearson and Fannie M. Logan Sept 16, 1892
J. A. Pearson and Mattie McLemore was married November 22, 1900
Carl Pearson and Hattie Ritchey married December 2, 1913
William Howard Pearson was born March 11, 1922
Harold Ritchey Pearson was born March 15, 1922
A. J. Pearson was bornd the 4th of September 1836
M. J. Pearson was born the 9th of November 1840
Caroline M. Pearson was born August 7 , 1843
Dora A. Pearson was bornd the 7th of February 1861
Boy Pearson was bornd January the 25, 1863
Joseph L. Pearson was bornd September the 13, 1864
Mary Jackson Pearson was bornd Dec the 22, 1865
Thomas F. Pearson was born Nov 7, 1867
Hattie Frances Pearson was born January 21, 1919
Redding Pearson, the father of A. J. Pearson was bornd1 December, 1815
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