Re: Pearsons from TN

Hello.Who are your parents?Robert Kelsey was my husband's grandfather.
I included the information I for this branch of Pearsons, starting with Robert Kelsey Pearson's grandparents and then down three generations to Robert's generation.

1 Walter Glen PEARSON, b: December 13, 1856 TN, d: October 29, 1933 MO.His parents were William Riley PEARSON and Milly Ann ROLAND (ROWLAND).He married Delpha Ann WALTERS, b: July 22, 1859 TN, m: March 19, 1876 Hawkins County, TN, d: 1943 MO.Her parents were George Washington WALTERS and Lydia Lenora LARKINS.

Their children were:
1) Elsie Ann PEARSON, b: June 20, 1877 Hawkins County, TN, d: July 1920 MO.She married George Walters ROWLAND, b: July 18, 1872 TN, m: 1894, d: November 2, 1968 El Dorado Springs, MO.He was the son of David M. ROWLAND and Phebe A. VAUGHN.He was also the nephew of Milly Ann ROLAND (ROWLAND).They had:

a) Clyde Chester ROWLAND, b: September 13, 1896 TN, d: June 1975 Los Angeles, CA.He married Opal BOUNDY, b: December 17, 1902, m: May 25, 1925, d: February 7, 1998 Los Angeles, CA.
b) Lodey Earl ROWLAND, b: August 1, 1898 TN, d: October 18, 1964
c) Ralph Hubert ROWLAND, b: December 7, 1900 TN, d: May 21, 1942.He married Eloise RUPARD, b: December 1, 1901, d: April 25, 1951.
d) Robert C. ROWLAND, b: 1908 TN, d: 1908 TN
e) Walter Lee ROWLAND, b: June 6, 1918 MO, d: April 28, 1974 Gabriel, CA.He married first Charlotte COLLINS.He married second Bertha MCMILLEN, b: June 10, 1912, d: December 10, 1968.

2) George Reilley PEARSON, b: May 13, 1879 Hawkins County, TN, d: June 23, 1950 MO.He married Pricilla Lee HAMLIN, b: 1882 TN, d: October 30, 1968 MO.They had:

a) Gains H. PEARSON, b: 1904
b) Georgia M. PEARSON, b: 1905
c) Bertie L. PEARSON, b: 1907
d) Annie L. PEARSON, b: 1913

3) Lydia Lenora PEARSON, b: May 1881 Hawkins County, TN, d: 1943

4)James Robert PEARSON, b: November 6, 1882 Hawkins County,TN, d: May 25, 1968 De Kalb County, MO.He married Mary Elizabeth REEDY, b: August 18, 1887 VA, d: MO.She was the daughter of David L. REEDY and Sallie REEDY.They had:

a) Robert Kelsey PEARSON, b: October 1, 1906 Gower, MO, d: May 1, 1974 Independence, Jackson County,MO.He married first Bertha SWARTZ.He married second Minnie Ruth OWENS, b: September 20, 1917 Milan, Sullivan County, MO, m: August 1, 1945, d: September 27, 1993 Raytown, Jackson County, MO.She was the daughter of Edgar OWENS and Clara BALL.
b) Dorothy Louise PEARSON, b: July 16, 1908, d: December 31, 1999 Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO, Burial: Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO.She married Paul George THORNTON, b: September 29, 1907 Clarksdale, MO, d: March 27, 1983 TX.He was the son of John Oliver THORNTON and Lillie Ethel ADAMS.
c) Infant PEARSON, b: February 23, 1913 De Kalb County, MO, d: February 23, 1913 De Kalb County, MO                     
d) Donald Glenn PEARSON, b: July 30, 1917 Clarksdale, MO, d: May 29, 1996 St. Joseph, MO.He married Marjorie Nataile WHITE, b: March 14, 1917, m: June 1937.

5) Maggie Ellen PEARSON, b: June 2, 1885 Hawkins County, TN, d: January 6, 1957 Clarksdale, MO, Burial: Clarksdale, MO.She married Henry Jackson MESSICK, b: June 4, 1874 Church Hill, Hawkins County, TN, m: August 24, 1902 Clarksdale, MO, d: December 24, 1953 Clarksdale, MO, Burial: Union Chapel, Clarksdale, MO.He was the son of William Franklin MESSICK and Martha J. GOODMAN.They had:

a) ? MESSICK
b)Estelle Louise MESSICK, b: April 17, 1907 Perrin, Clinton County, MO, d: March 30, 1976 Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO, Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO.She married first Chreston Ames WOODBURY, b: July 31, 1904 Union Star, Andrew County, MO, m: June 6, 1925 Maysville, MO, d: October 21, 1952 Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO.She married second Lester Leo GILLENWATER, b: October 21, 1899 Oregon, Holt County, MO, m: June 12, 1953 MO.

6) William Mack PEARSON, b: March 15, 1886 Hawkins County, TN, d: September 19, 1966 St. Joseph, MO.He married Martha REEDY, b: September 19, 1889 VA, d: February 20, 1975 Sunset Home, Maysville, MO.She was the daughter of David L. REEDY and Sallie REEDY.They had:

a) Mildred PEARSON, b: 1911, d: 1912
b) Infant PEARSON, b: 1913, d: 1913
c) William M. PEARSON, b: October 1915
d) Helen E. PEARSON, b: April 1920

7) Sally Estella PEARSON, b: June 13, 1888 Hawkins County, TN, d: January 10, 1982 Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO.She married Joshua Martin BOY, b: February 16, 1882 Church Hill, Hawkins County, TN, m: September 1, 1907 Plattsburg, Clinton County, MO, d: October 25, 1972 Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO.He is the son of Adam Alfred BOY and Mary Elizabeth HARPER.They had:

a)? BOY
b) ? BOY
c)? BOY
d)? BOY
e)? BOY
f)Kelsey Franklin BOY, b: August 31, 1912 Clarksdale, MO, d: December 1983
g) Walter Paul BOY, b: September 24, 1908 Perrin, Clinton County, MO, d: November 6, 1975 Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

8) John Kelsey PEARSON, b: May 31, 1890 Hawkins County, TN, d: February 26, 1940 MO.He married Florence A. ELROD, b: 1904 MO, d: 1957 MO.She was the daughter of James K. ELROD and Ella ?.

9) Suzie Minnabel PEARSON, b: February 3, 1893 Hawkins County, TN

10) Walter Edward PEARSON, b: October 3, 1894 Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN, d: June 7, 1971 Lincoln, NE.He married Cora A. NEVITT, b: 1903, m: Abt. 1920, d: 1936 MO.They had:

a) Evelyn D. PEARSON, b: 1921 MO, d: 1921 MO
b)Barbara PEARSON, b: 1932 MO, d: 1933 MO

11) Ida Alice PEARSON, b: August 28, 1896 Hawkins County, TN, d: April 1986 Cameron, Clinton County, MO.She married Guy H. BOYCE, b: September 23, 1889 Union Star, DeKalb County, MO, d: July 5, 1960 Union Star, DeKalb County, MO, Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Union Star, DeKalb County, MO.He was the son of Simon L. BOYCE and Ella Martha TROTTER.

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