Walter Beverly Pearson

Male, Deceased Person

1861 – 1917

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Who was Walter Beverly Pearson?

Walter Beverly Pearson was an American inventor, industrialist and president of the Standard Screw Company. It became known as Stanadyne Automotive Corporation.

He is believed to have been an unacknowledged great-grandson of President Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, as he was a descendant of their son Eston Hemings.

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Born
Dec 2, 1861
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
May 19, 1917

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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