Samuel Simpson⚭ Welsh-born wife (maiden name not stated)
childrenCylinda J. Simpson · Josephine M. Simpson · Joseph A. Simpson
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Father of the subject Joseph A. Simpson.
Educated in a log school-house in Licking County, Ohio.
Became a mechanic.
Accompanied his father to Illinois.
In 1846 went to Peoria and built boats for the Illinois river trade.
Sold his ship-yard Aug. 1848.
The steamer Edward Bates blew up at Hamburg Landing, Ill., and he was badly scalded, taken to St. Louis, and died there Aug. 18, 1848.
Old-line Whig.
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