BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-84 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESReferences: 1) Email, Cindy Huggett to Robert Casey, September, 2001; 2) Web Site,by Cindy Huggett, January, 2005RHODA ANN THOMAS (1.9.6.2) is the daughter of Leonard Thomas andTinney “Tinsy” (Winn) Thomas. Rhoda was born in 1828 in Brunswick County,Virginia. In 1846, Rhoda Thomas married John Ira Drury Pearson inMecklenburg County, Virginia. John was born in 1826 in Brunswick County,Virginia and is the son of Drury Pearson (born 1785 in Virginia) and Mary Elizabeth(Smith) Pearson (born 1790 in Virginia). John and Rhoda Pearson werethe parents of seven children:............Robert Drury Pearson, b. 1846, Mecklenburg County, Virginia............Albert Hayward Pearson, b. 1848, Brunswick County, Virginia............Mary Elizabeth Pearson, b. 1850, Brunswick County, Virginia............Leonard Pearson, b. 1853, Brunswick County, Virginia............Peter Winn Pearson (1.9.6.2.5), b. May 12, 1855, Brunswick County, Virginia............Stephen Pearson, b. 1857, Brunswick County, Virginia............Benjamin Pearson, b. 1862, Brunswick County, VirginiaJohn Pearson died in 1862 in Virginia. Rhoda (Thomas) Pearson died in 1912 inBrunswick County, Virginia. Robert Pearson died in 1915. Mary Pearson diedin 1935. Stephen Pearson married his first cousin, Mary Frances Ellis(1.9.6.3.2). Benjamin Pearson died in 1934.References: 1) Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November,1997; 2) Ancestral File, extracted November, 1999PETER WINN PEARSON (1.9.6.2.5) is the son of John Ira Drury Pearson andRhoda Ann (Thomas) Pearson. Peter was born on May 12, 1855 in BrunswickCounty, Virginia. On December 9, 1877, Peter Pearson married Mary ElizabethTaylor in Gholsonville, Brunswick County, Virginia. Mary was born in 1859 inBrunswick County, Virginia and is the daughter of William Nay Murat Taylor(born 1815 in Virginia) and Alphia Ann Elizabeth (Bishop) Taylor (born 1824 inVirginia). Peter and Mary Pearson were the parents of nine children:............James Ira Pearson, b. May 15, 1879, Brunswick County, Virginia............Robert Benjamin Pearson (1.9.6.2.5.2), b. August 10, 1881, Brunswick Co., Vir.............John William Pearson (1.9.6.2.5.3), b. May 3, 1883, Brunswick County, Virginia............Henry Vernon Pearson, b. July, 1885, Brunswick County, Virginia............Annie Mae Pearson, b. May 17, 1887, Brunswick County, Virginia............Mary Elva Pearson, b. July 6, 1889, Brunswick County, Virginia............Kate Elizabeth Pearson, b. November 22, 1894, Brunswick County, Virginia............Grace Bryant Pearson, b. April 22, 1896, Brunswick County, Virginia............Edward Simms Pearson, b. 1899, Brunswick County, VirginiaMary (Taylor) Pearson died in 1900 in Brunswick County, Virginia. On December16, 1902, Peter Pearson married a second time to Martha Sue Huskie. Marthawas born on October 4, 1881 in Brunswick County, Virginia. Peter andMartha Pearson were the parents of three children: