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Pearsons, Daniel Kimball was born on April 14, 1820 in Bradford, Vermont, United States. Son of John and Hannah (Putnam) Pearsons.
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Daniel Kimball Pearsons
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Educated Public school, 1826-1836. Taught school, 1836-1841. Doctor of Medicine college in Woodstock, Vermont, 1842.
Practiced in Chicopee, Massachusetts, until 1857.
Career
Farmer, Ogle Company, Illinois, 1857-1860. In real estate business in Chicago, 1860-1887. Retired from business but remained director in Chicago City Railway Company and other corporations Alderman, Chicago, 1873-1876.
Made donations aggregating over $4,000,000 to colls. and charities, including $280,000 to Chicago Theological Seminary, and $600,000 to Beloit College, to which he has added others during past 2 years. $150,000 to Mount Holyoke College. $100,000 to Lake Forest U. and other donations to 30 colls. in 20 different states, coupling each gift with the requirement that a larger sum be raised from other sources before his gift becomes available.
Final gift, his home at Hinsdale, Illinois, to that village for public library and museum.
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Married Marietta Chapin, August 1847.
