Mariposa Gazette, Oct 21, 1893: MARRIED: PEARSON- ARTHUR- In Hornitos, Oct. 8, 1893, at the home of the bride's parents, by S. W. CARR, J.P., Charles PEARSON and Lizzie ARTHUR.
There are many friends to wish this young couple happiness in their life's journey. The groom is an industrious steady young man, and the pretty bride who has spent all her life in Hornitos, is a pleasant happy-hearted girl, deserves a joyous life.

Mariposa Gazette, July 23, 1942:
Graveside Funeral Services Held At Hornitos For Mrs. Elizabeth Pierson
Graveside services were held at Hornitos last Monday for Mrs. Elizabeth Pierson who died at the home of her daughter in Visalia on July 11th, after a brief illness. She had been living with the daughter for some time. Interment was made in the family plot in the Hornitos Cemetery.
Mrs. Pierson was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arthur, pioneers of Coulterville and Hornitos. She was born in Hornitos 68 years ago and had spent most of her life in Mariposa County, many years of which had been at Mt. Bullion.
Attending the funeral were her brother, Will Arthur of Hornitos; a sister, Mrs. Theresa Hunt of Lodi; four daughters, Hattie Close of Modesto, Minnie and Mary and Isabel Rowland, and two sons, Charlie and Bill Pierson of Mr. Bullion. Other relatives were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Roduner and George and Walter Roduner, all of Merced.

Mariposa Gazette July 4, 1930: Charles A. Pierson, Mt. Bullion Pioneer Called by Death
Funeral services were held Thursday at Hornitos for Charles August Pierson who died at his home in Mr. Bullion last Saturday at the age of 82 years. Mr. Pierson was a native of Sweden, but came to California when a boy. he had resided in Mt. Bullion for the past thirty years. When he first came to California he lived at Sutter's Fort near Sacramento, with his parents, later moving to Mariposa County where he was employed at the mines. In 1894 he was married to Elizabeth Arthur, a daughter of "Bob" Arthur, pioneer blacksmith of Coulterville and Hornitos. The widow and six children survive. Charles and Will Pierson of Mt. Bullion; Mrs. Minne Firpo of Cressey, Mrs. Isabel Rowland of Cathay, Mrs. Hattie Clore of Visalla, Mrs. Mary Burke of Exeter.