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Page: pg. 200 and 201
Note: James had one daughter by first marriage to Elizabeth in Ohio: Susanna Simpson, christened 14 May 1839 at Good Hope Lutheran Church in North Lima, Ohio. Obituary for James Simpson says he came to Missouri in 1855, then to Doniphan County, Kansas in 1857. He was the third white man to settle in Doniphan County. James owned land in Donipahn County Kansas in 1882, east of Highland Station, north of Fanning and southeast of Eagle Springs.
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Note: Beaver Twp: James Simpson, age 38, b. PA, carpenter, property value 1200; wife Nancy, age 32, b. OH; son Samuel, age 2, b. OH; daughter Mary C., age 5/12, b. OH; step-son Alvin H. Buzzard, age 13, b. OH; step-son Benjamin F. Buzzard, age 11, b. OH; step-daughter Eliza B., age 7, b. OH; step-son Michael, age 5, b. OH; and Andrew Little, age 22, b. OH, carpenter.
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Page: pg. 289, 290
Note: A James Simpson served as a township trustee in Beaver Twp. in 1849 and 1850. James Simpson founded the village of North Lima, Beaver Twp., about 1826.
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Note: Briggs says James was born in Ireland, however Simpson researcher, David McQueen has found evidence that he was born in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Perhaps James' father was born in Ireland. Briggs goes on to say that James was the oldest of a large family. "His father passed away and his mother had a hard time to take care of them." While living in Pennsylvania, the Simpson family had a neighbor who had been stolen by the Indians when he was a young child. While he lived the Indians, the neighbor learned "how to doctor with roots and herbs." He was a great help to James Simpson's family. When the neighbor decided to go to Ohio, he asked permission from James' mother to bring James with him, which permission she granted. Briggs remembers her grandfather, James Simpson sat in his rocking chair in the kitchen every day to read his Bible. "He was a fine man, only he had a quick temper and got mad easy. He always worked very hard." In the winter months he cut wood every day to have plenty for cooking in the fireplace. Typically, "he worked hard all day in the timber" then came to the house to eat his supper and promptly went to bed. For years the well, where the family got their drinking water, was located in the front yard, meaning it had to be carried up the steps to the front door, or around to the kitchen. James dug a well in the back yard, which was close to the back porch. James also dug a root cellar in a bank near the back yard. James maintained an orchard and kept his home place in good repair all the time. He died very suddenly at midnight and according to Briggs he was 96 years old.
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Page: pg. 200
Note: Jul 1810, Germany Twp., Adams, Pennsylvania.
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Page: pg. 200
Note: Includes extract of obiturary.
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Note: James came to Ohio with his family in 1814. He came to Missouri in 1855 and to Doniphan County Kansas in 1857. He was the third white man to settle in Doniphan Co. He had seven children.
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Page: p. 39
Note: James Simpson, probate record dated 18 May 1903, file #1044
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Page: p. 129
Note: James Simpson age 92, farmer, heart failure 4 Nov 1901, Fanning.
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Note: Obituary of James Simpson says he married Mrs. Buzard in 1847.
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