The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-10-06
Judge David Pierson.

JuQg0 USvlQ flerS0n.
News reached the city this morn.
lug of the sudden death in Baton
Rouge OF Judge David Plerson, o4
Of the mos; distinguished citlz( (hs
OF Louisiana, and member ofilhe
State pension board. Judge Pidson
was ,nthe city three or four Hays
ago apparently In the best of eal.h
and the news of hts death can E as u
great shock to his friends Al d rela.
tlves in New Orleans.
Judge Person was born n Geor-
gia and reared IN Alabana and
came to Louisiana IN ls4d He was
educated at Mt. Lebanon Universi-
ty, which he LETT in 1871 aud in
1890 located and b,gan Ii practice
of law in Winn parish He was
elected a member of the Louisiana
secession convention in lSe / on the
antl-secession ticket and h was one
of the seven members Of lat body
who finally refused to gn the
ordinance which took Louis Ina out
OF the Union.
When the convention adj djprned
Judge Pierso on returned to h,s home
in north Louisiana, raised COY hpa
ny of which he was elected captakp,
and joined the Third Louisiana lilA
fantrY, one of the first commands to
leave the State. He went to north
Arkansas and was in the battle at
Oak Hill, near Springfield, Mo. His
command was attached to tbs army
of General Lyons, who was killed
on the field of battle, and subse-
quently Judge Pierson returned to
Arkansas and served under General
Mccullough, He crossed the Miesls-
s,ppl to JOIN the army of Tennessee
in the summer of 1862 and was in
the slege of Corinth. Subsequently,
Judge Persons command was enga-
ged IN the battle of Jaka, where IN
the midst Of the struggle he was
shot down BY q bullet which st:acl:
the crown Of his haAd. snd broke his
skull. After three or four months,
when he had partially recovered he
reioined the Confederate army in
north Mississippi. aud was then
made mayor Of the Taird Louisiana
Afier wsrds hewsnt dovntbe Yaxoo
and was stationed Al Sn7der's bluff
until two days before the invest-
ment Of Vicksburg. Judge Plerson
By this time had become lieutenant
colonel Of bis regiment. 1t was
marched into VicksburR. and colonel
Russell having been wounded, tie
command of the regiment devolved
on Judge Pierson. He was In vicks-
burg 4breughous the siege. Later he
|tecr6Ssed the 1ASo&pW and be-
came attached to the army of Gen.
eral KIRBY Smith snrrendering at
Shreveport soDs.amssthsa aftsr Lee
had surrendered at Appomattox and
General Johnston in North Carolina.
After the war Judge Pierson
returned to Winn and soon after
ward removed 70 Natchltoches,
where he vas elected district attor-
ney for the district composed OF
Nktcbltoes and Rapides, and after
wards became district judge serv-
| ing in that capacity for sixteen year..
With the establishment of . Con-
federase peosion board in 1928 Judge
Plerson was appointed with Judge
II. G. Moncars and Col. J. A.
Chalaron as members Of the board.
He was in Baton Rouge attending
session of the body when he was
suddeuly stricken By the hand OF
death. Heart disease was the cause.
Judge Plerson leaves > widow and
four children. DR.. Clarence PiersoD
of New Iberia, who is widely known
in New Orleans Hrs Alice K,lpat-
nck, Of Rapides; Mrs Maud Carr,ere
OF San Antonio, Tex, and MISS
May Pierson Of Natchitoches. BE !
also leaves 1 brother, Mr.. J. F.
P,erson, Of New Organs one OF
the most prominent figures = north
Louis,ana politics, and : sister who
| il - invalid and is now st Hot
Sprin1 Judge Plerson bad only
| rccoai|1 ! returoed from visit TO her.
Jadg5 rierson was : gentleman
| Of the highest culture, one Of the
besl judges who ever sat on the
|I.ouisiana bench sa1 -was ksown
and admired for hls sterling quail.
/ ties Of head and hsart b. smost q
Ithe pablo men u ths State during
|! the last qnsrfsr. of ) csntnsy.