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... Jane Sophronia Tate, daughter of David Tate, Sr., and Ann E. McCall, became Mrs. Pearson in March, 1834. Her father was a prominent Federalist politician in this section of the State, repeatedly a representative in both branches of our Assembly in the early years of the last century, and a man of striking originality, if tradition is to be believed. Her mother died before the daughter had passed from girlhood, and yet the girl took the mother's place in the household economy, reared two younger brothers, superintended her father's hotel in Morganton, was mistress of several slave families and attracted the favorable notice of the leading men of the country for striking administrative ability.
A devout Presbyterian of the John Knox pattern, she went to the Bible for all her wisdom, and one of her unbroken rules was to go through that holy book from Genesis to Revelation, chapter by chapter, with her children and some of the servants, each recurring year of her life - so many chapters every morning and ten on the Sabbath was the rule.
Mr. Pearson died in November, 1867, at his home in Morganton. His wife survived him ten years. ...
