Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - Albert Simco

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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Albert Simco was born April 1, 1861, and is next to the youngest of 
nine children born to Thomas and Sarah (Pope) Simco. The father was 
born in Ohio (went to Illinois when small) in 1824, and the mother in 
Middle Tennessee in 1829. The father came to this county when a boy, 
and the mother with her parents when a girl. After his marriage Mr. 
Simco settled in the neighborhood of Mountainsburg, and although his 
chief occupation was farming, he also practiced medicine and 
merchandised to some extent. He and his wife were members of the 
Missionary Baptist Church. Albert Simco, the subject of this sketch, 
had six brothers, only two of whom are living; his two sisters are 
also deceased. He passed his boyhood upon the farm, receiving a 
common-school education, and at the age of fourteen took charge of the 
farm, and has been devoted to farm work since, although in 1879 he 
went into business with Jacob Yoes, but in thirteen months was obliged 
to return to his farm on account of his health. June 16, 1878, he 
married Mary C. Wright, a native of this county, and daughter of J. B. 
Wright. She parted, leaving one child. Josephine M. Mr. Simco's second 
wife was Violena J. Sims, daughter of B. F. Sims, and she has also 
borne Mr. Simco one child, Rubie. Mr. Simco is a Republican, and has 
been Worshipful Master of the Blue Lodge of Masonry, and Noble Grand 
of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Simco is a successful man, the owner of 260 
acres of land, 110 of which are cultivated, and is one of the 
respected citizens of the township. 

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