- F. F. PIERSON, general repair and job shop, 87 Main street;
born in Muscatine, Iowa, July 27,
- 1849; son of Silas and Elsie A. PIERSON. He served his time
at cabinet-making there; came to Rock Co. and located at Janesville
in the spring of 1870; worked for the Janesville Furniture Co.
three years; commenced business for himself in 1873. Was in
the army, having enlisted as private in the Co. K, 18th Iowa
V.I., in the fall of 1862; was stationed at Little Rock, Ark.,
doing picket and provost duty; served one year and four months;
was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa, in the summer of
1863. Feb. 24, 1874, he married Miss Sadie D. FARWELL, daughter
of R. D. and Mattie A. FARWELL, in Janesville, Wis.; they have
three children - Hamilton L., Roy and Burt. Mr. PIERSON is a
member of the I.O.O.F.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 716.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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