Biographical Sketch of John J. Simpson, Crawford County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** John J. Simpson, a merchant of Danville, is a son of James B. and Mary (Sanders) Simpson, and was born in Crawford County, in 1854. James B. Simpson came to Crawford County when young, married, and engaged in farming and merchandising. In political faith he was a Democrat. In a family of five children John J. was the eldest son. He was reared a farmer, and received a good common school education, having been de- pendent upon his own resources since he was thirteen years of age. In 1873 he married Mary Waller, who was also born in Crawford County. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have been blessed with five children, who are named Luella, Ethel, Thomas H., Corbet C. and John H. Mr. Simpson conducted a saloon in Davisville for about four years, and in 1886, in partner- ship with G. N. Sanders, opened a stock of general merchandise, in which they have been very successful. In connection with his mercan- tile business Mr. Simpson also carries on farming. He was commissioned postmaster of Davisville in 1885, and still fills that office. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================