Elmer Winford Pearson
1903 - Yes, date unknown
Person ID: I628 | Tree: Rudeen-Rademacher | Last Modified: 29 Jul 2021
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Name Elmer Winford Pearson Birth 16 Jan 1903 Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA 
Gender Male Died Yes, date unknown -
Parents
Father Peter William Pearson (ID:I621), b. 20 Jun 1877, Weston, Saunders, Nebraska, USA d. 24 Jun 1920, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska, USA (Age 43 years) Mother Clara Elizabeth Brodd (ID:I627), b. 22 Jun 1877, Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming, USA d. 13 Nov 1957, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska, USA (Age 80 years) Marriage 22 Oct 1901 Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA [4] 
Pearson - Brodd Marriage License 
PeterWilliamPearsonFamily011.jpg Children (Siblings) + 1. Elmer Winford Pearson (ID:I628), b. 16 Jan 1903, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA d. Yes, date unknown+ 2. Herman William Pearson (ID:I8), b. 14 Sep 1904, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA d. 13 Feb 1988, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, USA (Age 83 years)+ 3. Edna Laurine Pearson (ID:I629), b. 19 Jul 1907, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska, USA d. Yes, date unknown+ 4. Irvin Leonard Pearson (ID:I630), b. 10 Jan 1909, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska, USA d. 25 Oct 1971, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska, USA (Age 62 years) -
Family 1
Wife 1 Sophia Albertine Eugenie Heiser (ID:I680), b. 17 Jan 1903 d. 10 Mar 1970 (Age 67 years) Marriage 23 Feb 1927 Children + 1. Martin Leroy Pearson (ID:I681), b. 23 Oct 1928 d. 13 Mar 2023 (Age 94 years) 2. Philip Eugene Pearson (ID:I682), b. 24 May 1931 d. 10 Jun 1931 (Age 0 years) + 3. Living (ID:I683) 4. Willard Elmer Pearson (ID:I684), b. 15 Nov 1938 d. 17 Jan 1994 (Age 55 years) Family 2
Wife 2 Erma Kathleen Skiles (ID:I7537), b. 1920 Marriage 1973 
22 May 1973 Elmer Pearson Erma Skiles marriage license Lincoln Star
Pearson, Elmer Winford, Ceresco...70
Skiles, Erma Kathleen, 2920 No. 56th...53 -
Other Personal Events
1910 Federal Census 9 May 1910 [1] 
1910 census data for Peter William Pearson
Pearson, William, Head (M, age 33, Married)
Pearson, Clara, Wife (F, age 33, Married)
Pearson, Elmer, son (M, age 7, Single)
Pearson, Herman, son (M, age 5, Single)
Pearson, Edna, daughter (F, age 5, Single)
Pearson, Ervin, son (M, age 1 5/12, Single)
Sanders, Ben, Hired man (M, age 17, Single)1920 Federal Census 5 Feb 1920 [2] 
1920 Census Peter William Pearson family
Pearson, William P., Head (M, age 43, Married)
Pearson, Clara, Wife (F, age 43, Married)
Pearson, Elmer, son (M, age 17, Single)
Pearson, Herman W., son (M, age 15, Single)
Pearson, Edna L., daughter (F, age 12, Single)
Pearson, Ervin L., son (M, age 10, Single)
Nelson, Florence E., neice (F, age 18, Single)1930 Federal Census 23 Apr 1930 Richland, Saunders, Nebraska, USA [3] 
1930 Census for Elmer Pearson family
Pearson, Elmer; age 27
Pearson, Sophie E. E.; age 27, wife
LeRoy M.; age 1, son
Herman W.; age 25 -
Photos Photos/PersonalPortraits/ElmerPearson.jpg Newspaper Clippings 18 Nov 1947 Mayor Elmer Pearson opposes liquor license Lincoln Star
Controversy Rages Over Beer Permit
Many Of Ceresco Citizens Involved
More than 100 interested citizens of Ceresco and vicinity attended a hearing before the state liquor control commission Tuesday on the application of Adolph Wotipka for a beer license outside the city limits.
The application, approved by a 4 to 2 vote of the county commissioners, had been denied by the commission and the applicant appealed.
Both sides came to the hearing armed with petitions signed in the vicinity. Each contained approximately 200 signatures.
Ministers Testify.
Three ministers of churches in Ceresco testified that they circulated petitions among their membership and advised them in church of the availability of petitions.
Roy Anderson, member of the school board in the rural district where the tavern would be located, created a stir when he exclaimed regarding sale of liquor:
"There is no law. It is only the one with the most money and the best lawyer."
Anderson said that in his opinion the only way to prevent trouble with liquor is to keep out liquor. He denied that the controversy arose because people of Swedish descent were dry and Czechs in the neighborhood wanted liquor.
Own Opinion
Mayor Elmer Pearson of Ceresco opposed the granting of a license 2 1/2 miles west of town. He admitted that the letter of opposition he had written the commission as mayor was his own opinion and that the board had not acted on it.
Pearson was closely quizzed by both the commission and attorneys on his statement that he did not believe Wotipka and his wife were the "right kind of people" to operate a tavern. When pressed for specific reasons, he remained mute.
The only answer that questioners could obtain was this opinion was based on "just their daily lives."
Fear Reprisals
The hearing was replete with innuendoes and opinions of people who did not attend the hearing. Fear of reprisals and damage to machinery by people not attending was related and all refused to give names of their informants.
Otis Beaman, county supervisor, testified as to the differences of opinion on the county board at the time the application was approved.
Among those called as witnesses were" Henry Tvrdy, Ted Pospisil, George Vanicek, Willard Beaman, Henry Fiedler and John Krafka, all nearby farmers, and Ed Raymond, grocer, all in behalf of the applicants. Alfred Burkland, farmer, was opposed in addition to the ministers, Anderson and Otis Beaman. The hearing of oppoment witnesses carried over to the afternoon.
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Event Map
Birth - 16 Jan 1903 - Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA 
1930 Federal Census - 23 Apr 1930 - Richland, Saunders, Nebraska, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [S24] 1910 U.S. Census, "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLH3-48R : accessed 28 November 2020), Herman Pearson in household of William Pearson, Richland, Saunders, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 152, sheet 10B, family 210, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 855; FHL microfilm 1,374,868.
- [S26] 1920 U.S. Census, "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCK1-XJY : accessed 28 November 2020), Herman W Pearson in household of William P Pearson, Richland, Saunders, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 162, sheet 12A, line 8, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1001; FHL microfilm 1,821,001.
- [S28] 1930 U.S. Census, "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ2D-P99 : accessed 28 November 2020), Elmer W Pearson, Richland Township, Saunders, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 3B, line 63, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1292; FHL microfilm 2,341,027.
- [S234] United States Marriage Records, (Name: Digital images. http://www.findmypast.com.;), application for license and certificate of marriage.