July 14, 1852 – May 18, 1931
August Pearson, 78, pioneer farmer and stock grower of this city, dropped dead late Monday of a sudden heart attack. Mr. Pearson was born in Billeberga, Sweden, July 14, 1851, and came to Utah with his parents, Lars and Benzia Poulson Pearson, about 1870. He first followed mining in Nevada and Wyoming. He was married January 26, 1988, to Miss Mary Simpson of Mt. Pleasant. She died 30 year ago.
Me moved to Mt. Emmons in the Uintah basin in 1920, where he engaged in stock growing and farming. A year ago he returned to Mt. Pleasant.
Two daughter survive; Miss Mable Pearson, Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Shirley K. Daniels, Mt. Emmons; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. C. W. Andersen, Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Annie Therkelsen, East Mill Creek; two brothers, Andrew Pearson, Darlington, S. C.; Niels Pearson, Boneta.
Salt Lake Tribune May 21, 1931
July 14, 1852 – May 18, 1931
August Pearson, 78, pioneer farmer and stock grower of this city, dropped dead late Monday of a sudden heart attack. Mr. Pearson was born in Billeberga, Sweden, July 14, 1851, and came to Utah with his parents, Lars and Benzia Poulson Pearson, about 1870. He first followed mining in Nevada and Wyoming. He was married January 26, 1988, to Miss Mary Simpson of Mt. Pleasant. She died 30 year ago.
Me moved to Mt. Emmons in the Uintah basin in 1920, where he engaged in stock growing and farming. A year ago he returned to Mt. Pleasant.
Two daughter survive; Miss Mable Pearson, Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Shirley K. Daniels, Mt. Emmons; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. C. W. Andersen, Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Annie Therkelsen, East Mill Creek; two brothers, Andrew Pearson, Darlington, S. C.; Niels Pearson, Boneta.
Salt Lake Tribune May 21, 1931
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