GRANDMA PIERSON

                    
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GRANDMA PIERSON

"Grandma" Pierson was J. G. W. Pierson’s third wife. It was his first wife Mr. Williams was descended from. She liked whisky and he would bring her a pint. And she smoked a clay pipe. (I had thought otherwise, as to the relation, but it is here written down from his lips). Told of the time she had a party and he got too hot and drunk and started back to the store and had trouble going over the board bridge.

(Talking about the split in the church over the organ and music above, Mr. Williams sided with the new branch. I asked his feeling on the music question and he said, I didn’t gave a ... ." Others took it more seriously.

(Some years ago I was doing free legal work for the Church of Christ. A lady willed them a building that they wanted to sell. One proviso was that they must abide by the old doctrines, especially that there must be no instrumental music. I told the member submitted the work to me, that one tune from a fiddle or organ, and their legal title would be gone.

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CHESLEY'S  HAMILTON COUNTY INTERVIEWS

BY

HERVEY EDGAR CHESLEY, JR.

Born: 21 November, 1894

Died: 17 July, 1979

 

 

 

 
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