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FAMILY GR 0 UP Chart No. SIMPKINS-2a-c

HUSBAND: SIMPKINS, Middleton** occupation:

Event Born: Mar.: Died: Buried:

Day Month Year abt 1790 abt 1811

28 Jul 1855

Town(shipJ County

Fayette Keokuk

State New Jersey Pennsylvania

Iowa Religion:

Misc. Information

Father. Ananias SIMPKINS16** m. Mother. Rachel BRIGGS?16** See Note 2. b. abt 175516 d. b. abt 175516 d.

200 Wtte: Mary "PollY' SIWDERS m. 10 May 18503 3nJ Wtte: Sarah Elizabeth Bernard BURTON m. 1 O Apr 185327

WIFE (1) WRIGHT, Sarah** Occupation:

Event Day Month Year Town(ship) County State Born: Died: Buried: Father:

b.

abt 1795 abt 1840

d. m.

Greene Pennsylvania

Religion: Mother:

b.

CHILD REN & spouses Event Day Mo Year Town(ship) County State

* 1. Ananias SIMPKINS *[1] Mahala Jane STUDDARD1

b. 10 Aug 1820 31 d. 28 Feb 185731

[2] Eliza Jane REYNOLDS5

b. abt 1836 d. 3 Feb 1926 2. Mary Ann SIMPKINS [1] Conrad RICHARDS12

b. abt 181314 d. 1861 (2] Stephen A EDGINTON18

b. 16Dec181911 d. 14 Jan 190411

3. John Jackson SIMPKINS [1 J Matilda EMORY3

b. abt 1823 d. [2) Hannah Jane STERLING6

b. abt 182730 d. abt 1855 4. Lewis R./Wright SIMPKINS

Elizabeth Jane RUSSELL3

b. abt 1821 d. 22 Sep 1898 5. Elizabeth Ann SIMPKINS

[1 J Thomas EMORY3

b. abt 1817 d.

Born: 16 Feb 1814 Mar.: 21 Oct 18381

Greene Shelby

PA IN

- - - - - -- -- - -- - - -- - -- - - - - - - - -- -- - -- - - -- -- - - -

Mar.: 16 Jul 18575 Grandview Twp Louisa IA Died: 26 Feb 1863 Grandvew Twp Louisa IA Born: 11 May 181511 Harrison 'NV Mar.: 10 Jun 183i2 Harrison WV ------------------------------------------

Mar.: 21 Feb 186318 Muscatine IA Died: 2 Jun 190511 Adams IA Born: abt 181730 Harrison 'NV Mar.: 14 Mar 18443 Des Moines IA - - --- -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - -- -- -- - - -- - -- - - -

Mar.: 11 Nov 18486 Louisa IA Died: abt 1851 Keokuk IA Born: 15 Aug 1818 Harrison WV Mar.: 20 Dec 1841 3 Louisa IA Died: 30 Jun 18767 White Oak Twp. Mahaska IA Born: abt 1821 Harrison 'NV Mar.: 12 May 18423 Louisa IA - - -- -- -- -- - --- - - -- - - - - -- - - - -- -- - --- - - - - -- -

(2] Alexander COCHRANE19 Mar.: 13 Jun 184819 Oscaloosa Mahaska IA b. 5 Apr 180517 d. 1864 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[3] Orson P. BRAINARD17 Mar.: 25 Oct 186517 Keokuk? IA b. d. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[4] William GATHERCOLE22 Mar.: 30 Sep 188222 Keokuk IA b. abt 1814 d. Died: abt 1896 Clarks? Merrick? NE?

6. Catherine Jane SIMPKINS Born: 15 Aug 1823 Harrison WV (1) Elijah A LATHROP 2 Mar.: 4 Jul 18402 Shelby IN

b. abt 18198 d. 30/31 Jun 18548 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[2] Holcomb JOHNSON20 Mar.: 19 Apr 185520 Mahaska IA b. abt 1819 d. Aug 1879 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[3] Allan Hicklin HASTY23 Mar.: 27 Nov 188423 Keokuk IA b. 23 Oct 1836 d. 23 Nov 1909 Died: 13 Feb 1911 Delta Keokuk IA

Additional children and references are found on the following page.

d.

Misc. Information

Misc. Information

Lived Rock Island Co., IL 1860.14

Buried: Walnut Grove Cemetery.

Buried: Tioga Cemetery.

Buried: Springfield Cemetery, Washingyon, Twp.17

Not Proven.

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FAMILY GROUP (continued) - Chart No. SIMPKINS-2a-c

C HILD REN & spouses

7. Nancy Ellen SIMPKINS [1] Charles Wesley CRILL3 [Divorced]

b. 1824 d. 5 May 1890 [2] John Newton FEASTER24

b. 18428 d. 10 Oct 19128

8. Lucinda Rilla/Cinderilla SIMPKINS [1) Charles WRIGHT4

b. 1825 d. 1851 [2] David S. CRILL26

b. 14 Feb 18149 d. 6 Sep 18829

9. Sarah Jane SIMPKINS [1) William SMALL21

b. abt 1819 d. 1 O Apr 1891 [2] Isaac R. SMVIS [DivorcedJ28

b. Apr 184429 d. 17 Jan 1813

10. Drusilla SIMPKINS lshum ARNOLD13

b. 11 Oct 182810 d. 7 May 189610

CHILD REN by 3rd wife

11. Martha SIMPKINS

b. d.

12. Ellen/Ella SIMPKINS [1 l Frances M. DAVISON

b. Apr185015 d. after190015

[2) Archibald CN3LE b. abt 1850 d.

13. Maria Elizabeth SIMPKINS Franklin Pierce ALEXANDER25

b. 7 Oct 1852 d. 20 Apr 1925

Event Day Mo Year Town(shipJ County State

Born: 15 Mar 1828 Harrison WJ Mar.: 5 Mar 18463 Keokuk IA - - - - - - -- -- - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Mar.: 2 Dec 186724 Keokuk IA Died: 11 Oct 19068 Atwood Keokuk IA Born: 6 Sep 1829 Harrison WJ Mar.: 27 Apr 18444 Louisa IA --- -- - - --- -- - - - - - -- --- - - -- --- - ----- ---- -- -

Mar.: 1 Apr 185i6 Keokuk IA Died: 26 Sep 1894/58 Atwood Keokuk IA

Born: 18 May 1834 Harrison WJ Mar.: 10 Jul 1851 21 Mahaska IA

Mar.: 11 Nov 1899 Mahaska IA Died: 1 Feb 1918 Lucerne Sheridan KS Born: 11 May 1835 Harrison WJ Mar.: 15 Dec 185313 Mahaska IA Died: 6 Dec 1912 White Oak Twp. Mahaska IA

Event Day Mo Year Town(ship] County State

Born: May 1854 Springfield. Keokuk IA Mar.: Died: Born: May 185415 Springfield Keokuk IA Mar.: Nov 1874 Mahaska IA - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- -Mar.: 28 Aug 1904 Mahaska IA Died: 1904 Al len Twp. Polk IA

Born: 19 Mar 1856 Springfield Keokuk IA Mar.: 21 Dec 187625 Keokuk IA Died: 2 May 1953 White Oak Twp. Mahaska IA

REFERENCES

Misc. Information

See Note 1.

Bur.: Springfield Cemetery, Washington Twp., Keokuk Tombstone says "Born 1833.'8

Bur.: Springfield Cemetery, Washington Twp., Keokuk

Born: Apr 1837.29

Bur.: Possibly Old Rose Hill Gem.

All unannotated information was extracted from Ancestral File Submission AF96-112545, Family History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter­day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT. [hereafter FHL] Contributor. Bertlyn Johnson, 1215 McKinley Dr., Ames, IA 50010. Not all of Ms. Johnson's data has been verified by this compiler; where it has, it has been found to be correct

1. Shelby County, Indiana, Marriage Records, Bk 3:489, Ananias Simpkins/Mahala Studdard Shelby County Courthouse, Shelbyville, IN.

2. Ibid., Bk 4:195, Catherine J. Simpkins/Elijah Lathrop.

3. Iowa Maniages Early to 1850 (Orem, UT: Liahoma Research, Inc., 1990), p. 304.

4. Louisa County, IA, Marriage register, Bk A23, Cindarilla Simpkins/Charles Wright. Louisa County Courthouse, Wapello, IA All Louisa County civil records cited herein are at this location unless otherwise noted.

5. Ibid., Bk B:l28, Ananias Simpkins/Eliza Jane Reynolds.

6 Ibid, Bk All 9, John J. Simpkinsffiannah Jane Sterling.

7. Mahaska Cou.nty, Iowa, Cemeteries: UPA Burial Records, 5 vols., comp. Keo-Mah Genealogical Society (Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical Society, 1996), 4:368.

8. Works Progress Administration (WPA) Iowa Grave Registration Survey, 1930's, <http://iowawpagraves.org\ Springfield Cemetery, Washington Twp., Keokuk County, IA

9. Ibid., Osage Cemetery, Washington Twp., Keokuk County, IA

10. Mahaska Cou.nty, Iowa, Cemeteries, 1:9. Old Rose Hill Cemetery, White Oak Twp.

11. Adams Cou.nty, Iowa, Cemeteries, 10 vols., comp. Adams County Genealogical Society !Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical Society, 1991), 9:58. Walnut Grove Cemetery.

REFERENCES (continued) - Chart No. SIMPKINS-2a-c

12. Wes Cochran, comp., Hamson County[Ohio] Marriages 178S-1894(Parkersburg, W. VA Wes Cochran, 1985), p. 76.

13. Mahaska County, IA, Marriage Records, Vol 2:193. Mahaska County Courthouse, Oskaloosa, IA.

14. U. S. Census, 1860, Illinois City, Rock Island County, IL, p. 258. Series M653, Roll 222. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. [hereafter NARA].

15. U.S. Census, 1900, Allen Twp., Polk Co., IA, p. 3. Series T623, Roll 453. NARA

16. RootsWeb WorldConnet Database 1807154, 25 Jan 2003. Terry Van Dyke, vandyke@coni.com

17. Ibid., Database: wstipe, 4 Jul 2005. Jane Martin, rugshop@grm.net; also Pedigree Resource File, Compact Disc #106, Pin #379536. FHL.

18. Marlin W. Brossart, comp., Muscatine County, Iowa, Marriages, 2 vols. (n. p.: M. W. Brossart, 1980), 1:38.

19. Mahaska County, Iowa, Marriages 1844-1855, comp. Keo-Mah Genealogical Society (Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical, 2001), p. 3.

20. Ibid., p. 8.

21. Ibid., p. 14.

22. Keokuk County, Iowa, Marriages 1881-1888, comp. Keo-Mah Genealogical Society (Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical, 1990), p. 10.

23. Ibid, p. 25.

24. Keokuk County, Iowa, Marriages 1861-1870, comp. Keo-Mah Genealogical Society (Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical, 1991), p. 12.

25. Keokuk County, Iowa, Marriages 1871-1880, comp. Keo-Mah Genealogical Society (Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical, 1991), p. 1.

26. Keokuk County, Iowa, Marriages 1844-1860, comp. Keo-Mah Genealogical Society (Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical, 1991), p. 17.

27. Ibid., p. 19.

28. U.S. Census, 1910, White Oak Twp., Mahaska Co., IA, p. 251. Series T624, Roll 412. NARA

29. U.S. Census, 1900, Pleasant Grove Twp., Mahaska Co., IA, p. 256. Series T623, Roll 446. NARA

30. U.S. Census, 1850, Warren Twp., Keokuk Co., IA, p. 256. Series M432, Roll 185. NARA

31. Tombst.one inscriptions from Kisor Cemetery, Township 76, Section 12, Muscatine, IA USGenWeb, Muscatine, IA.

NOTES

1. Reference 3 above records the bride in this marriage as Nancy Ann Simpkins, rather than Nancy Ellen Simpkins.

2. A May 22 1913 letter from E. L. Simpkins of Fairbury, Nebraska, t.o Thomas F. Nelson found in the Thomas Forsythe Nelson Collection in the Library of the Hist.orical Society of Pennsylvania states that Rachel Briggs of New Jersey was the wife of Ananias Simpkins. See copy later in this collection.

Compiled by:

(Mrs. Sam) Elizabeth Meredith 1720 South Gessner Road Roust.on, Texas 77063 (713) 782-5597 July, 2005

Disclaimer: Due t.o time constraints, it has not been possible t.o attempt t.o document the various data included from and referenced to Internet websites. Conversely, it seemed unfair t.o withhold this information in case it is correct and ultimately verifiable.

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