Daniel Pearce died Sunday afternoon and his funeral will take place at 2 this afternoon at his house. Elder Keys of Aurora , performing the solemn rites. Mr. Pearce was 89 years and one month of age, a native of Maryland, and served three months in the war of 1812; previous to his coming here he was residing in Ohio; he came from there in 1832, selected and staked out his lands, returned and the next year moved his family here and ever since has been living on the spot he then selected for a residence; Mr. Pearce raised a numerous family of large, stout and healthy children, confined himself exclusively to farming and prospered extraordinarily; he was the mainstay of the Oswego Methodist church during the early stages of its existence; he had strong prejudices and did not regard with the greatest degree of charitableness contrary opinions to his own, but he was a man that minded his own business, was seldom away from home, never unless it was necessary, and hence had little difficulty with his neighbors or anybody else during his long residence here.
(Kendall County Record,June 5, 1878
Daniel was first married to Elizabeth Johnson, whom he had three children with, John, William and Nancy, then he married Sarah Burgess;whom he had three daughters with. After her passing he married Sarah Titsworth.
Daniel Pearce died Sunday afternoon and his funeral will take place at 2 this afternoon at his house. Elder Keys of Aurora , performing the solemn rites. Mr. Pearce was 89 years and one month of age, a native of Maryland, and served three months in the war of 1812; previous to his coming here he was residing in Ohio; he came from there in 1832, selected and staked out his lands, returned and the next year moved his family here and ever since has been living on the spot he then selected for a residence; Mr. Pearce raised a numerous family of large, stout and healthy children, confined himself exclusively to farming and prospered extraordinarily; he was the mainstay of the Oswego Methodist church during the early stages of its existence; he had strong prejudices and did not regard with the greatest degree of charitableness contrary opinions to his own, but he was a man that minded his own business, was seldom away from home, never unless it was necessary, and hence had little difficulty with his neighbors or anybody else during his long residence here.
(Kendall County Record,June 5, 1878
Daniel was first married to Elizabeth Johnson, whom he had three children with, John, William and Nancy, then he married Sarah Burgess;whom he had three daughters with. After her passing he married Sarah Titsworth.
Family Members
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William Halford Pearce
1815–1900
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John Pearce
1817–1881
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Nancy Pearce Sanders
1819–1902
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Mary Jane Pearce Harrison
1822–1867
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Ezekiel Pearce
1827–1907
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Joseph Pearce
1829–1906
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Daniel Pearce
1834–1923
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James Titsworth Pearce
1837–1924
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Rebecca Pearce Chattle
1839–1921
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Isaac Pearce
1841–1906
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Margaret Jane "Maggie" Crandall Pearce
1844–1904
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Colvin Vance Pearce
1844–1923
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