This tintype, ca. 1860, depicts Laura Hidden Pearson, an Ohio native who married William D. Pearson in Cass County, Missouri. William was the oldest child of Robert D. Pearson, an early Cass County pioneer. William served in Confederate Captain Shanks’ company for nine months until he was taken prisoner near Lexington, Missouri; he was eventually released on parole. Laura and William married after the war.

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Picturing the War
Surviving a Guerrilla War
Missouri military units (Confederate)
Women

Cass County, Missouri
Lexington, Missouri

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Cass County Historical Society

Photographs, PH910 Box 10

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