Surnames: Pearsall, Hingley, Leadbater
Daniel H Pearsall is a son of Daniel Pearsall and Sarah Hingley Pearsall. He was born at South Staffordshire, England, August 4, 1852.Daniel Pearsall was a miner in England where he died. His wife came to America in July, 1880, and eight years later died at Brownsville in the sixty fourth year of her age.
Daniel H Pearsall attended the pay schools of England until thirteen years of age when he learned the trade of puddler. After five years experience as a puddler, he came to the United States, locating at Saw Mill Run in Allegheny county and engaged in mining for seven years. In 1877 he removed to California, Washington county, and continued in coal mining for one year.
After eight years hard labor by prudence and economy he acquired a small sum of money. He invested this money, assisting to organize the Knob Coal Company. The Knob Coal Company was organized in February, 1878, leased and operated for five years. The coal bank is one mile north of West Brownsville. In 1882 with fifteen others he bought the bank and christened it The Knob Coal Works. They are well equipped with the latest machinery for mining, breaking, screening and shipping of coal.
Daniel Pearsall and Samuel Pearsall now own eleven of the sixteen shares. The company employs from 125 to 150 men and their yearly output is about one million and a half bushels of coal. This coal is of a superior quality, and is principally shipped to Cincinnati, Louisville and New Orleans.
In 1882 he waselected by the company to take charge of their general store at Bridgeport and as such he still continues.
His brother, Samuel H Pearsall, now manages the coal works. He came from England in 1859 and resides in West Brownsville.
In 1872 D H Pearsall married Miss Tillie Leadbater of Sand Creek, Allegheny county, Penna. They have four children: Henrietta Pearsall; Eva Pearsall; Sarah Pearsall; and Minnie Pearsall. He is a K of P, a member of the Royal Arcanum and K T.
The colleries are strong factors of American progress, and D H Pearsall is a notable example of a self-made man who has risen from a humble beginning to a prominent position in the colliery business of Pennsylvania.