Name/Title
Peanut AlexDescription
Donation, 07/26/2005. Black and white glossy photographic print in landscape format. On back: "Peanut Alec Pierson in middle died 1916/Cooper on left Jones on right/Peanut Alec with two of his numerous friends." From Marian McFadden's "Biography of a Town": Peanut Alex was born Barney Pearson in 1851 in slavery. In 1891 he opened a peanut stand on the S.E. corner of Public Square and Washington St. He died in Oct., 1916 and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Indiana. See "Notes"Collection
Dr. Clifton P. LatshawAcquisition
Accession
2005.056Source or Donor
Clifton P. LatshawAcquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Place
City
ShelbyvilleTownship
Addison TownshipCounty
Shelby CountyState/Province
IndianaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCreate Date
August 17, 2005Update Date
April 4, 2024