Oliver Winfield Pearce

(1839-1921)

At a Glance

Oliver was a Private in Co. H, Reg NC Infantry, CSA. In 1880, he is listed in the census as a farmer in Cumberland County, NC; in the household are his two sisters Mary and Eliza. He married Cassie Bryant Crawford who was born in Oglethorpe, Georgia in 1864 and died in Palatka, Florida in 1910. They had three children: Oliver Wesley (Olly) Pearce who was born in Alabama, Mildred Lewis Pearce who was born in Georgia, and Basil Charles Pearce who was born in Georgia. The family moved to Florida where they were farmers.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Oliver Winfield Pearce was born in 1839, in Fayetteville, NC. He died in 1921, and was buried in Jacksonville.

Schools Attended

• University of North Carolina, until 1860.

Occupations

• Farmer.

Relatives

• Parents: John Wesley Pearce (1810-1879) and Eliza Mildred Lewis (1816-1844).
• Siblings: two sisters, Mary Huske Pearce (b. 1836)  and Eliza A Pearce (b. 1843).
• Others: James Martine Pearce (half-brother, 1851-1907) and Cicero Pearce (brother or cousin, 1844-1873).