A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

to accommodate the housing demand outside of the city’s core. The lumberyard soon outgrew its locationand land was purchased on the east side of Cherry Street from the Knowlton estate. Shortly afterwards afire swept through the lumberyard, destroying the offices and much of the stock. They rebuilt along thecorner of Cherry and Cooper Streets.In College Hill, Daniel and Lydia lived on 10 acres that fronted Hamilton Avenue. The originalhouse on this site burned in the 1860’s and Pierson built the house that is presently standing with a longcircular drive. After passing out of the Pierson family the house was in disrepair and became a boardinghouse. It was purchased by E. H. Lunken who gutted the interior and restored the property. The entranceof the house was moved to face Lathrop Road (Hillcrest Road), which wasn’t in existence at the time thehouse was originally built. It was then that the imposing pedimented full height Roman portico was addedand a gazebo built to the rear of the property. In 1924, Mr. Orville Simpson purchased the home, andarchitect John Scudder Adkins did a complete remodeling. The house is located at 1422 Hillcrest Road.Daniel and his family are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery. Daniel’s parents, Philo and LucretiaBuell Pierson, also moved to College Hill. Philo, who was a carpenter and a joiner, died (1865) and hiswife later married Capt. Timothy Hatch. Lucretia Buell married Philo Pierson in Leroy, New York in1811. In addition to their son Daniel, they had Catherine, William Porter, Clymene, Emily Eliza andCaroline. A family letter said: Her children-6, his children-11, their children-7.The Piersons married into many other prominent College Hill families. Daniel’s children were: 1.)Joshua Lathrop Pierson (born 11/11/1852, died 11/23/1915) married Lillie Edgerton Goodman (born5/17/1856, died 12/8/1885) on 10/12/1876. 2.) Newbold LeRoy Pierson (born 11/6/1857) marriedMargaret Smedley. 3.) Rebecca Perit Pierson (born 12/12/1854) married Lucin Selwyn Moore of Detroit,Michigan.Joshua attended school at Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Massachusetts where he was a goodstudent and had respect from both the faculty and his fellow students. He joined his father in the lumberbusiness about 1870. He also was the vice-president of the Northside Bank. At this time the lumberyardswere located in Northside at Cooper and Cherry Streets. Pierson Lumber was later bought from thechildren of Joshua by Edward K. Bruce (Pierson’s son-in-law), Edgar Cummings (Dorothy Henshaw’sfather), and Walter T. Askew, who owned The Oaks. Mr. Askew and Mr. Thornill owned the business atthe start of the Depression. Mr. Askew passed away suddenly and his widow, being unfamiliar with thebusiness, sold their interest. Mr. Cummings was the first president following the sale, followed by JackThornhill.Joshua and Lillie had the following family: 1) Ethel Seymour Pierson (born 7/19/1877) marriedJames Churchill Bowman 2) Daniel B. Pierson (born 4/27/1880) married in 1902 to Mable Brown 3)Lillie E. Pierson (born 11/27/1885) married 7/5/1906, William E. Greene of Canada, a clothing merchant.Both J. C. Bowman and D. B. Pierson were fruit growers in Oregon. Lillie died and Joshia remarried toKitty Ellis. They had a daughter, Katherine Ellis Pierson who married Edward K. Bruce, who laterbecame the Assistant United States District Attorney and was a brother to John E. Bruce mayor ofCollege Hill. Edward’s children were: a son who died young, Alice, Kitty, and Edward, who died in theinfluenza pandemic earlier this century. Daniel B. Pierson and Mable Brown had five children: Daniel,Frank, Mahlon, James and Margaret.Joshua Pierson built three houses, one for each of his daughters, on the street he named Lathrop.Joshua died when 63 (11/24/1915). Not only was he a well known coal and lumber merchant but he wasalso President of the Northside Bank, a vestryman of the Episcopal Church, Trustee of the O. M. I. and aMason.James and Ethel Bowman had a large family; Margaret Pierson Bowman, Stuart Pierson Bowmanwho married Martha Ann Brennan, Henry Kemp Bowman married Catherine Bell Ginter, EleanorChurchill Bowman who married John Gibson McKinney. The brothers, Stuart and Henry Bowman, laidthe cornerstone of the present Grace Episcopal Church on land donated by their grandfather, Daniel.James C. Bowman’s parents were Henry Swinfinn Bowman and Sarah Henshaw. Sarah’s parentswere Ann Oldenberg of the Dutchy of Oldenberg, Germany and George Henshaw, a furniture188