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   The Goodspeed Publishing Company,
   History of Tennessee, 1887

      SAMUEL PEARCE, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Sullivan County,
   September 25, 1818, the son of WILLIAM and ELIZABETH (SMITH) PEARCE, the
   former born in Baltimore, June 17, 1788, the son of JOSHUA, who was of
   English origin. The father came to Tennessee in his tenth year, and was
   a farmer of this county. The grandfather was a soldier of the Revolu-
   tion. The mother was born December 29, 1788, the daughter of CALEB
   SMITH, an Englishman and a pioneer farmer of East Tennessee. The parents
   were Baptists. Our subject was reared near his present home with country
   advantages, and has always been devoted to agriculture on an extensive
   scale. December 15, 1836, he married ELIZABETH, a daughter of DAVID
   ROLLER. They have reared many adopted children.  He and his wife are
   highly respected and esteemed people.

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