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Pierson Barton Reading (November 26, 1816 – May 29, 1868) (also referred to as Pearson, and as Parson) was a California pioneer. Life. Reading was born in New Jersey. He came across country to California with Samuel J. Hensley as a member of the Chiles-Walker party in 1843.
Aug 14, 2018 · Pierson Barton Reading (pronounced like the color red), was born to Pierson Reading and Charity (Guild) Reading in Hunterdon County, New Jersey on November 26, 1816, and in 1830, Pierson departed New Jersey, leaving his family behind at the age of fourteen to live with his step-uncle Charles B. Green in Madison County, Mississippi.
In June 1851, P. B. Reading was nominated on the Whig ticket for gov ernor, but due probably to the fact that the disputed ballots were not counted, Reading was defeated.
Pierson B. Reading, one of the two or three most conspicuous fathers of Northern California, was born in New Jersey, November 26, 1816, and died at his ranch, Buena Ventura, in Shasta County, on the 29th of May, 1868, aged fifty-one years and six months.
PIERSON B. READING was born in New Jersey, 26th of November, 1816, and died at his ranch, BUENA VENTURA, in Shasta County, on the 29th of May, 1868, aged fifty-one years and six months. For about a quarter of a century he had occupied a prominent position in California.
Sep 17, 2003 · Pierson B. Reading was born November 26, 1816. He joined the Chiles-Walker party for California in May 1843 and reached Sutters Fort, California in November of 1843. John Sutter soon employed Reading as a laborer and trapper.
MAJOR PIERSON B. READING 1816-1868 Passed through Shasta County the first time in 1843 while enroute to Sutter's Fort as a member of the Chiles-Walker Party. Lived and worked at Sutter's Fort for John Sutter as a clerk and trapper until 1847.
