ABSTRACT
Captain W. W. Pearce is a son of John P. and Maria (Noon) Pearce, the former of Cornwall, England, the latter of South Wales. They came to America, in 1819, and settled in Vermont; from thence they went to Ohio, and finally to Indiana in 1852. Capt. Pearce was born in Vermont September 26, 1819, where he was reared till twelve years old, when he removed with his parents to Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He completed his studies at Newburg, in 1838, after which he was a sailor on Lake Erie for one year. Capt. Pearce was then employed as mate on the Ohio River for two years, running from Louisville, Ky., to New Orleans. He then purchased and ran a canal boat on the Wabash & Erie Canal for about fifteen years. He sold out and located at Peru, Ind., and engaged in the liquor trade for about ten years.
