HAIRSTON - Minerva PEARSON

Minerva PEARSON

HAIRSTON.org ID#3684, b. 2 September 1837, d. 12 April 1913

Birth*

Minerva PEARSON was born on 2 September 1837 in Tennessee.

Married Name

As of December 1854,her married name was AMYX.

Marriage*

She married Riley Samuel AMYX, son of Samuel AMYX and Mary Polly Pace WINSTEAD, in December 1854 in Lee Vallley, Tennessee.¹

Death*

Minerva PEARSON died on 12 April 1913 in Tennessee at age 75.

Burial*

She was buried in Amyx Family Cemetery, Hawkins, Tennessee.

Family

Riley Samuel AMYX b. 10 Apr 1837, d. 25 Feb 1916

Children

William Harvey AMYX b. 21 Apr 1856, d. 23 Sep 1936
Manilla Nila AMYX¹ b. 12 Sep 1858, d. 1923
Henry Jackson AMYX b. 21 Apr 1861, d. 19 Apr 1943
Mary Jane AMYX¹ b. 3 Sep 1861, d. 1943
Louanna Lawanna AMYX¹ b. 18 Jul 1865, d. 1935
Martha Dee AMYX¹ b. 23 Dec 1866, d. 1949
Elizabeth AMYX¹ b. 24 Dec 1869
Cordelia AMYX¹ b. 11 Sep 1871, d. 1952
Susan S. AMYX¹ b. 10 Oct 1873, d. 1 Jan 1911
Minerva AMYX¹ b. 23 Feb 1876, d. 1953
Josie June AMYX¹ b. 15 Jun 1878, d. 21 Jul 1908
Riley Samuel AMYX Jr.¹ b. 13 May 1880, d. 3 Feb 1919
Nancy Eave AMYX¹ b. 13 May 1880, d. 1902

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

[S46] Vic Hairston and Edward J. Bregenzer, The Hairston History, February 12, 1998. Personal Collection - copy.

Last Edited

4 Aug 2014