Rebecca Jane Pierson 
Rebecca Jane was born on May 1st, 1832 in Jackson County,Indiana. Rebecca Jane's father was James Weathers Pierson and her mother was Lucretia Morgan. Her paternal grandparents were Shadrach Pierson and Rachel Clinch. She had three brothers and three sisters, named David Morgan, James Madison, Henry Clay, Lanthy Jane, Sarah Lucretia and Cynthia Ann. She was the third oldest of the seven children. She had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named William F., Barton Stone, Samuel S., Lanthy S., Rachel and Sarah Sally. She died at the age of 87 on June 15th, 1919 in Uniontown,IN.General Notes
John M. Lewis, born April 25, 1822, on the Ohio River; died June 24, 1915.
Married:
1. Mary Jane Coryell, on January 19, 1843, daughter of Francis Coryell and Maria Gibson,
2. Rebecca Pierson Cook on April 29 1872 (She was a widow of a Steven Cook.) Rebecca Pierson was the daughter of James Weathers Pierson and Lucretia Morgan.
James Weathers Pierson was previously married to Lanthy Shockly and had 6 children. He remarried to Lucretia Morgan, had 8 children. Three of the children were Henry Clay Pierson, Lucretia Pierson and Rebecca Pierson. The Piersons came to Scott County Indiana in 1818 from Fleming County KY. In the 1820’s he built one of the first mills in Vernon Township, Jackson Co, IN, at Slate Ford, east of Crothersville. He was born in 1794, the son of Shadrach and Rachel Clinch. It is believed they had 10 children..
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1700 in Yorkshire or Middlesex Counties,England d.< 1775 in Orange County,VA
- b.1726 in Culpepper,VA d.1799 in Wilkes Co.,Ga
- b.1698 in Culpepper Co.,VA d.>24 Oct 1745 in Orange County,VA
- b.08 Mar 1754 in Bromfield Parrish,Culpepper,VA d.08 Mar 1843 in Scott County,Indiana
- b.1730 in Culpepper,VA d.UNKNOWN
- b.14 Mar 1790 in Culpepper,Va d.11 Apr 1855 in Jackson County,Indiana
- b.~ 1702 in Virginia d.UNKNOWN
- b.1728 in Virginia d.1777 in Culpepper,VA
- b.10 Jul 1763 in Culpepper,VA d.20 Mar 1826 in Scott County,Indiana
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.01 May 1832 in Jackson County,Indiana d.15 Jun 1919 in Uniontown,IN
- b.22 Apr 1807 in Near Paris,Bourbon Co.,KY d.23 Jun 1871 in Seymour,Jackson Co.,Indiana
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Rebecca Jane and Stephan were married in a religious ceremony on August 25th, 1864. They had two daughters named Sonora and Sudie.
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Children
Sudie Cook
Sudie was born on October 28th, 1867. She died at 11 months old on October 5th, 1868 in Uniontown,IN.
They had a son named John M. II.
Source/Citation
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