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UUJiari a beFound Dead in Bed.jEiij'ih Pierson, on of the old-re' lest and best known residents of bviiatre-Ianiew*edwehatmdiswisrthind! tOsak-pe003.dugi toick-the:rse•ost-E8S.Pa^,;cn township, was found dehd in his bed Sunday morning Iiejia-1 suffered for a number of yeiars with several ailments. Th$!hnmediate cause of his death a:as heart failure.Mr Pierson was one of the pioneer** of the county, and at the time of his death was 7U yrs old. njjlc leaves a large family.Bis kpine was a few miles north lt;pf Qenterville. He was at one time; quite wealthy, but left no pro^fsrty of much value.Piqrson was tried in this (Vigo) county in *«2 for the murder of c. Win Ash.^A warrant was being £ served eO*iorson for tresspass, and Ash was one of the neighbors who had been deputized to aid the sheriff. A fierce struggle attended the arrest in which Ash was shot and killed. The j trial was one of the hardest ° fought in the history of the Co., and resulted in acquittal of Pier son on grounds of self defense. Tuesday ’» T. H. Express-
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Farmersburg Progress
Farmersburg, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 03, 1898
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