Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 3, H-K
They had two children, Mary A. and George H, Jr. SEE: Eric D. Anderson, "Race and Politics in North Carolina, 1872-1901: The Black Second" (PhD. diss., University of Chicago, 1978); Biog. Dir. Am. Cong. (1961); Helen Edmonds, The Negro ...
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Although chairman of one of the largest departments on campus, Pearson found time for many quasi-administrative activities in the area of student life. He established the college bookstore and sundry shop and ran it for several years.
He returned to North Carolina and in September 1744 bought 550 acres on the north side of Old Town Creek in New Hanover (now Brunswick) County. This represented an addition to property that he already owned, as his will made 25 Feb.
While on a visit to relatives in a nearby county, he died at Upatoi just as the Civil War was drawing to an end. He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Talbotton. SEE: I. W. Avery, History of Georgia from 1850 to 1881 (1881); Biog, Dir.
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The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic...