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- When John Davis Peirsol was born on July 4, 1782, in Fayette City, Pennsylvania, his father, William Peirsol, was 34 and his mother, Grace (Cope) Peirsol, was 21. He married Anne MORRISON on August 30, 1804, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. They had 12 children, 5 boys and 7 girls, in 24 years. He died on April 1, 1867, having lived a long life of 84 years, and was buried in Mercer, Pennsylvania, in the Stevenson Cemetery.
Through John's mother, Grace Cope, you can trace the long and rich history of the Cope family, eventually leading to the Kings of England (Cope - Stafford - Plantagenet).
John and his wife Anne moved several times starting from Fayette County, PA, to Stark County, Ohio, then to Trumbull County, Ohio, and then to Mercer County, PA. In his will he bequeathed property to his 4 living sons: to Joseph, 75 acres in Jackson Township, Mahoning County; to Richard Osborne, 100 acres in Mercer County; to Samuel R., 80 acres in Mercer County; and to William G., 60 acres in Salem, Mercer County.
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1782 - 1867 (84 years)
