"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
GREEN TOWNSHIP
PAGE 360

S. H. PEARCY was born in Shelby County, Ky., on March 13, 1829, and is a son of
William and Mary (Holly) Pearcy, natives respectively of Virginia and Pennsylvania.
William was a son of George Pearcy, a native of Pennsylvania.  In an early day, George
Pearcy moved to Virginia, and there married Esther Campbell, moved to Greene County,
Tenn., and in 1795 went to Fayette County, and two years afterward to Shelby County,
Ky., and there remained until their death.  Their children were John, Hugh, George, Henry, Elizabeth, Robert, Ann and William.  William Pearcy was born in Rockingham County, Va., on March 4, 1784, and in Shelby County, Ky., married Mary Holly, who was born in Pennsylvania on Janaury 2, 1790.  In 1836, Mr. Pearcy moved to Morgan County,
Ind., settling in Green Township, on the farm which our subject now occupies.  Here
he remained until death overtook him.  His children were as follows:  Charity J., Eliza-
beth A. (deceased), Jeremiah H., Elizabeth E., Samuel H. and Mary A.  Samuel H. 
Pearcy  was next to the youngest in the family, and came to this county with his parents
in 1836, and has lived here since that time.  On February 12, 1852, he was married to
Mary H., daughter of William and Jemima Hughes.  Mrs. Pearcy is a native of this
county, and was born April 18, 1832.  They have seven children--Sarah E., Charity
L. E., Stanton W., William T., Jemima E., John K. and Mary V.

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