Private Reuben Pearce

In a cemetery in Wellington, Ontario there is a grave marker that has a commemoration plaque acknowledging service in the U.S. Army.

The stone marks the date and birth of Reuben Pearce, a local man who enlisted and fought in the U.S. Northern army for the duration of the Civil War. He was a Private in a Mounted regiment, was wounded and held captive in Virginia by the Southern army. Pearce was born in Britain, married in Canada, had a family and owned a farm nearby to where he is buried. One morning in the fall of 1861 Pearce went out of the house to fetch water out back. He never returned. Until 1868, three years after the war’s end..

An Original Stage Play by Théâtre Roulant, showing July 4th-6th and 10th-13th, 2024 at The Waring House, 395 Sandy Hook Road, Picton. Click here to learn more and purchase tickets.

Written by: Conrad Beaubien
Directed by: Fred Robinson
Stage Manager: Colleen Johnson
Venue: The Waring House