Patrick Murphy Pearsall

(b. 1858)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Patrick Murphy Pearsall was born on August 28, 1858.

Relatives

• Parents: Joseph Dickson Pearsall (b. 1829) [1] and Mary Bailey Murphy (b. 1834)  [1].
• Maternal grandparents: Patrick Murphy (1801-1874) and Eliza Ann Faison (1815-1862).
• Siblings:
  • two brothers, Jere Robert Pearsall (b. 1861) and Joseph Dickson Pearsall, [Jr.] (b. 1860).
  • one sister, Kate J. Pearsall (b. 1863).
• Aunt: Lou Murphy.

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).