Benjamin W. Pearce
Benjamin Wiley Pearce (15 December 1816 – 8 October 1870) was an American politician.Since 1851 he permanently lived in Bienville Parish, Louisiana where he was also engaged in agricultural purposes.During the American Civil War Pearce supported the Confederate States.He organized Company C, Ninth Louisiana Infantry Volunteers and was appointed captain of the same.Therefore, he returned to Louisiana, where he was elected to the office of the Lieutenant Governor for that part of the state that was still under the control of the Confederacy.