Robert S Pearson was born 1836 in Spartanburg, S Carolina. Father was James L Pearson b 1806 - d 1864. Mother was Dicey Lou Stacy, b 1807 - d 1880.

Robert moved to Mississippi prior to beginning of Civil War.

Joined the Confederate Army in Muldrons Company, Company E, Wirt Adams Regiment of Mississippi, 1st Confederate Regiment of Mississippi.

Source: Texas Pension Application, Form No. 1, Application no 3090.

Witnessed by: T H Briggs, J M Niblett on 29 July 1899.

Married E Mary Francis Stacy b 1845, d 1900. Children were William L Pearson b 1868 -d 1921, Isham Harrison b 1873 - d 1938, Schenn H Pearson b 1874 - d unknown, Charles Henry Pearson* b 1885 - d 1942, Benjamine Looney Pearson b 1887 - d 1948.

Charles Henry Pearson m Emma Elizabeth Smith. Children were Mary Jane "Mary" Pearson, John David "J D" Pearson and Charles Edward "Pot" Pearson