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JAMES L. PEARSON
A native son of California, James L.
Pearson was thrown upon his own resources when only thirteen years of age and
through the years has overcome many obstacles and discouragements, until he now
occupies the responsible position of superintendent of the Charles Lamb estate
of 1,300 acres, two miles west of Thornton.
He was born at Fort Jones, California, September 21, 1884, a son of
James and Rosetta (Bramson) Pearson. His father served during the Civil War in the
Ninth Kansas Cavalry; and in 1866 he came to California, first settling in
Shasta County, where he operated a sawmill.
Later he removed to Siskiyou County, where he purchased a stock ranch;
and at one time he owned 2,000 acres of range land, and was an extensive stock
owner. When James L. Pearson was a young
lad, he had the misfortune to lose his mother, and subsequently his father
married again. James L. is one of a
family of seven children: Joseph, Alice,
Thomas, Lincoln, James L., David and Frank, the last two being deceased. The father also reared a family by his second
wife. He lived to be seventy years old.
James L. Pearson was denied the
privilege of a thorough education; but practical experience is a thorough
teacher, whose lessons are never to be forgotten, and the success and
prosperity that Mr. Pearson is enjoying have been acquired through his own
efforts. He worked for wages on various
ranches near Stockton and Lodi, and then became superintendent of the Charles
Lamb estate which is a grain and bean farm of 1,330 acres two miles west of
Thornton, owned by Mrs. Mary Lamb of Stockton.
The marriage of Mr. Pearson occurred
at Stockton on February 26, 1904, and united him with Miss Minnie Peck, born at
Acampo, California, a daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Peck. Her father was a native of Texas, who crossed
the plains to California with an ox-team in the early days and settled at
Acampo, where he farmed in the Telegraph School District; and there his
daughter, Minnie, received her education.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson are the parents of two children, Rosie Mae,
deceased, and James Richard. Mr. Pearson
is a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1584. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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