The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) * 30 July 1920, Friday - Page 2 - Shelbyville - Joseph C. Pearson, veteran business man of this city [Shelbyville], is dead following an acute attack of appendicitis. The widow, three daughters, Myrtle, Gertrude and Lora Pearson, and one son, Joseph O. Pearson, who was identified with him in business, survive.
The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) * 30 July 1920, Fri * Page 23 - Shelbyville, Ind., July 30 - Joseph C. Pearson, age seventy, died Thursday at his home, in this city [Shelbyville]. Mr. Pearson had been engaged in the hardward business here for thirty years. A widow, one son, three daughters and one sister survive.
The Daily Reporter (Greenfield, Indiana) * 30 July 1920, Fri * Page - Joseph C. Pearson, a veteran tinner and hardware dealer at Shelbyville, is dead. He was well known to many people in the southern part of this county.