When Nancy Lee Pearson was born on 18 April 1863, in Alabama, United States, her father, Charles Mastin Pearson, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Longley, was 30. She married William Ezra Pointer on 1 March 1882, in Lanham, Hamilton, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Hamilton, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 1, Hamilton, Texas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 13 April 1955, in Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States.
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On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."
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English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Per(e) or Piers (see Pear and Pierce ) + son. The surname is also quite common in Ireland, where it has been established for many centuries. Compare Peerson .
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames.
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