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Edna Ellen Pearson
1892 - 1975 (82 years)-
Name Edna Ellen Pearson Born 25 Jun 1892 Seneca, Grant, Oregon, United States 
[1, 2] Gender Female AFN S1S5-L5 Buried Jan 1975 Died 7 Jan 1975 [3] Person ID I2372 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Father Francis Marion Pearson, b. 12 Jun 1860, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 11 Jan 1945, Orofino, Clearwater, Idaho, United States (Age 84 years) Mother Adelia Ann Smith, b. 20 Apr 1867, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States , d. 18 Dec 1941, Peck, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States (Age 74 years) Married 2 Dec 1883 Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Family ID F756 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 William Hardman, b. Abt 1890, d. Yes, date unknown Married 25 Jun 1910 Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States [12, 13, 14, 15] Children + 1. Living + 2. Living Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F837 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Elmer A Puryear, b. Abt 1890, d. Yes, date unknown Married 16 Oct 1937 [16] Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F838 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 25 Jun 1892 - Seneca, Grant, Oregon, United States 
Married - 25 Jun 1910 - Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 1892 BIRTH: OR,Grant Co-Seneca: Edna Ellen Pearson born 25 June 1892
1900 CENSUS: OR,Grant Co-Bear Valley Prc,23 Jun,Dw# 159?: Edna 7/OR bn June 1892, single dau of Frank M & Delia Pearson, in school
1910 CENSUS: ID,Nez Perce Co-Peck,20 Apr, Dw 44/46: Edna 17/OR, single dau of Frank M & Delia Pearson, chambermaid in a hotel
1910 MARRIAGE: Edna Ellen Pearson married Bill Hardman in 1910, no place shown; they had two children, a girl and a boy. They were divorced.
1937 MARRIAGE #2: Edna Ellen Pearson md to Elmer Puryear 10-16-1937. They live in Orofino, Ida." Also letter from Austa,#27.
1941 HIST: ID,Lewis Co-Lewiston: Obit of mother, Adelia, Dec 1941, Eads doc #39: "Mrs Edna Puryear-Lewiston"
1945-55 HIST: ID,Lewis Co-Orofino: Obit of father, Francis Marion, Jan 1945: "Edna Puryear of Orofino..."
Letter from Iva Wegner Royce Pound to Mary Marks, Eads doc#87b: "Frank Pearson's dau Edna Puryear lives at Orofino Idaho... Their son Olny Pearson lives at that address too."
July 1954 letter from Elsie Johnson Hosmer to Mary Marks, Eads doc#59: "Roy took us to Orofina to see Olney and Edna..."
Nov 1954 letter from Austa Pearson Pardue to Mary Marks, Eads doc#32: "You could write Ol [Olney?] or Edna at Orofino...might give you a better history.
Small paper in Mary's handwriting, Eads doc #26a: "Mrs. Edna Puryear, Box 134, Orofino ID."
1975 DEATH: Edna Ellen Pearson Hardman Puryear died 7 Jan 1975, no place shown.
- 1892 BIRTH: OR,Grant Co-Seneca: Edna Ellen Pearson born 25 June 1892
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Sources - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Edna Ellen Pearson born June 25 1892," no place shown
Small sheet of paper in "Eads box"-Mary Gray Mark's handwriting, doc#30 - [S225] Family Rcds: STARK, Wendell M.
"Edna bn 25 June 1892 in Seneca, Grant Co., Oregon"
Aug 2001 email from Wendell M Stark to Pam Wagner - [S225] Family Rcds: STARK, Wendell M.
"Edna Pearson Hardman Puryear died 7 Jan 1975," no place shown.
Aug 2001 email from Wendell M Stark to Pam Wagner - [S163] Oregon,Umatilla Co: Marriage Records, Fiche #6088045, Vol D pg 279.
"Francis M Pearson md Adelia Smith 2 Dec 1883,Umatilla Co Or"
MG Rcds 1862-1894
Date: December 1883 - [S230] Oregon: State Marriage Rcds, Vol D, page 279.
"Francis M Pearson md Adelia Smith 2 Dec 1883, Umatilla Co OR"
Umatilla Co MG Rcds Vol A-F, 1862-1894
Date: December 1883 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Delia A Smith md to Francis M. Pearson, Dec 2, 1883," no place shown.
Sheet in Mary Mark's handwriting, Eads doc #30
Date: about 1955 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Mr Pearson was united in marriage to Delia Smith on Dec 2 1883," no place shown. "To this union seven children were born, whom five survive: Austa Pardue of Kamiah, Olney Pearson of Peck, Ada James of Snohomish WA, Edna Puryear of Orofino, Erma West of Orofino."
Sheet in Mary Mark's file, writer unknown, Eads doc #31
Date: about 1955 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Francis Marion Pearson md Delia Smith Dec 2,1883," no place shown.
Small sheet of paper in Mary Gray Mark's handwriting, Eads doc#41,42 - [S163] Oregon,Umatilla Co: Marriage Records.
"2 Dec 1883. Francis M Pearson and Adelia Smith of Umatilla Co OR, were married at the house of SS Smith by Justic of the Peace, E Gilliam. HF Smith and CA Smith as witnesses."
Copy of marriage certificate
Date: 1883 - [S243] Oregon,Umatilla Co: Marriage Rcds on computer.
"Francis M Pearson md Delia Smith 2 Dec 1893, Umatilla Co." - [S225] Family Rcds: STARK, Wendell M.
"Francis Marion Pearson md 2 Dec 1883 to Adelia Ann Smith, Pilot Rock,Umatilla, Oregon."
Aug 2001 email from Wendell M Stark to Pam Wagner." - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Edna married Bill Hardman; they had two children, a girl and a boy. They parted...," no dates or places
Dec 1953 letter from Austa Pearson Pardue of Kamiah, Idaho to Mary Marks, Eads doc #27 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Edna Ellen Pearson md to Wm Hardman 6-25-1910. 2 children born: Albert bn 1912 & Lorna bn 1917. Edna separated from Wm Hardman." - no place shown.
Blue sheet in Mary Mark's handwriting, Eads doc#44 - [S225] Family Rcds: STARK, Wendell M.
"Edna Pearson md William Hardman," no date or place shown.
Aug 2001 email from Wendell M Stark to Pam Wagner - [S245] Western States Historical Marriage Record Index Web Site, http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/FamilyHistory.htm., ID#144207, Vol 4 pg 361.
"William Hardman md Edna Pearson on 25 June 1910, Lewiston,Nez Perce Co, Idaho"
Date: June 1910 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Edna Ellen md to Elmer Puryear 10-16-1937.
Blue sheet in Mary Mark's handwriting, Eads doc#44
- [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.