Benjamin Foutz PEARSON

Birth:
30 Nov 1857
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah
Death:
5 Sep 1934
Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Burial:
7 Sep 1934
Byron Cem., Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming
Marriage:
30 Jun 1879
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah
Notes:
                       The family group records of Benjamin Foutz Pearson and those that follow was
    copied from the family records of Grace Artelle Egan Sedwick.  She is a first
    cousin of Keith Jennings Neville, their mothers being sisters.  Benjamin Foutz
    Pearson was also known as Benjamin Franklin Pearson, a middle name he selected.
                  
Sarah Ellis HAWLEY
Birth:
10 Sep 1860
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah
Death:
7 Apr 1947
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Burial:
10 Apr 1947
Rose Hills Cem., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Notes:
                       This lady is known as Grandmother Pearson.  I (Evelyn Neville) met her twice
    in my life time.  She lived with her daughter, Grace in Hollywood,
    California.She was stone deaf, did a lot of research into family history and
    most of the Pearson, Hawley genealogy is her work.  She first came to Wyoming
    and worked with her daughter, Stella Beryl as a cook on the tunnel of Shoshone
    River in the Corbutt area between Powell and Cody.  Her records show that she
    was sealed to her parents 25 April 1929.  In about 1900, she with other LDS
    members went to Old Mexico to begin a Polgamy Colony.  She was married to her
    second husband, Walter Joshua Stevens in Colonia, Mexico and her daughter,
    Grace was born there.  IGI-1988 Version Batch # 8013531, SS# 26.  Library Call
    # is 1260705.
                  
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
30 Aug 1882
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah
Death:
Marr:
Jul 1909
 
Notes:
                       (AFN:6L75-B6).  These are the Ancestral File Numbers.  He was also born BIC.
                  
2
Birth:
21 Sep 1884
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah
Death:
10 Jun 1965
Powell, Park, Wyoming
Marr:
1919
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake 
Notes:
                       Loraine Pearson Egan was baptized in the Salt Lake Temple on 2 Jul
    1980. Her Batch Number is H000048/Serial Sheet No. 0476.  Info taken from her
    obit in the Powell Tribune 14 Jun, 1965 is the following:  Educated  in Garcia,
    studied obstetrical nursing and earned a certificate in that field.  Worked as
    a waitress at Corbett Dam, between Cody and Powell along with her mother and
    sister Stella Beryl Pearson.  Pallbearers at her funeral were Keith and Dick
    Neville, Darrell Fink, Chester Lindsay, Dennis Cozzens, Carl Yorgason.
                  
3
Birth:
12 Jul 1886
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah
Death:
2 Apr 1944
San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Marr:
15 Jun 1910
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
Notes:
                       Rulon Pearson's Mother's records have different dates than those in the
    IGI  .  The one's on this page are from the IGI.  His batch No. is H000122/1587.
    H in front of Batch Nos., see SLC.
                  
4
Birth:
26 May 1889
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah
Death:
4 Jan 1929
Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming
Marr:
28 Sep 1907
Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming 
Notes:
                       This is a brief sketch of Stella Beryl Pearson Neville's life written by
    Mrs. Carrie Hatch Neville about 1929.  Carrie and Stella were sister-in-laws.
    It may have been read at Stella's funeral.
    "She was born 26 May 1889 in Pleasant Grove, Utah.  She was the daughter
    of Benjamin Pearson and Sarah Ellis Hawley.  She moved to Byron, Big Horn
    County, Wyoming about 1905 or 1906 with her mother, three brothers and 2
    sisters.  At an earlier date she had lived in Old Mexico.
    Stella married Daniel West Neville 28 September 1907 at Byron, Wyoming
    and sealed in Salt Lake City Temple 8 April 1908.  From 1910-1911, Dan and
    Stella lived on a dryland farm in Upton, Weston County, Wyoming.
    She is the mother of ten children, six sons and four daughters.  One son,
    Avelon died when 2 years old.  Stella was a very industrious woman, good wife,
    mother, home-maker and cook.  She made everyone welcome, and was very
    thoughtful of anyone who was in need of assistance in anyway.  To know her was
    to love her.  She had many friends, did water color and oil paintings,
    embroidery work and was an excellent seamstress.
    Even with their large family on the ranch, Stella found time to help in
    the Ward activities, MIA, R.S., S.S., and Primary.  She was counsler to Agnes
    B. Mangus in Byron Ward Primary, 1926-1927.  In March of 1928 she was sustained
    President of Byron Ward Primary which she held until her death 4 January,1929.
    11 days after their 10th child was born, lovely Stella Beryl 2nd.  Her life had
    been an exemplary one to their wonderful family to pattern after."  At the age
    of 39 and 7 months of Peritonitis.
                  
5
Birth:
24 Jun 1891
Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah
Death:
Marr:
10 Sep 1913
Ogden, Weber, Utah 
Notes:
                       Uncle Leith Pearson was baptized in Garcia, Mexico.  He had two marriages,
    first to Ivena May Shreeve, and second to Maud Florence Schreffler.  In the IGI
    within the computer, a third marriage is shown the 4th of Apr 1968 to Lottie
    May Emerson in Reno, Washoe, Nevada.  The SS awas 6 July 1979.  The Batch # is
    H002081.  In the records of Artelle Sedwick, it shows another marriage to
    Della Burke(Williams) married 26 May 19--, Carson City, Nevada.  27 Nov 1925,
    is the marriage date to Maud Schreffler in Oakland, Alameda, California.  The
    Byron Ward Records show that Leith was born 24 Jun 1892 and was baptized by
    Homer Pease in Garcia, Mexico in 1900.
                  
6
Birth:
29 Nov 1893
Lindon, Utah, Utah
Death:
14 Feb 1935
Notes:
                       Avelan Francis Pearson was baptized in Garcia, Mexico. He was married to
    Velma Jamina Daniels.  Byron Ward Records show Avelan was born 29 Nov 1894 and
    baptized by Lester Farnsworth in 1902 in Garcia, Mexico.
                  
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Benjamin Foutz Pearson - Sarah Ellis Hawley

Benjamin Foutz Pearson was born at Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah 30 Nov 1857. His parents were Ephraim John Pearson and Nancy Ann Foutz.

He married Sarah Ellis Hawley 30 Jun 1879 at Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah . Sarah Ellis Hawley was born at Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah 10 Sep 1860 daughter of William John Hawley and Sarah Jane Staker .

They were the parents of 6 children:
William Benjamin Pearson born 30 Aug 1882.
Edith Loraine Pearson born 21 Sep 1884.
Rulon Vance Pearson born 12 Jul 1886.
Stella Beryl Pearson born 26 May 1889.
Leith St.Clair Pearson born 24 Jun 1891.
Avelan Francis Pearson born 29 Nov 1893.

Benjamin Foutz Pearson died 5 Sep 1934 at Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming .

Sarah Ellis Hawley died 7 Apr 1947 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California .