Matagorda County Texas Cemeteries
A complete listing of all available online Matagorda County Texas cemeteries, with links to multiple cemetery transcriptions, gravestone photos, tombstone photos, official records, etc.
Matagorda County TX
Biographical Sketch of Pearson, E. A. Major
Edward Adolphus Peareson, born on September 2, 1867, in Matagorda County, Texas, served as Sheriff of Fort Bend County after being elected in 1902. The son of P. E. Peareson, a Civil War lieutenant, Edward’s family has a long military history. He served as a captain in State troops before receiving a major’s commission in the Spanish-American War. He married Josie Stansbury in 1889 and had two children, of whom only D. Rugely Peareson survives.