LICKING COUNTY OHIO - SIMPSON, Isaac (1894)
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A short biography of Isaac Simpson - 1894

From the book "History of Licking Co", 1894
Contributed by Barbara Johnson
on 22 Sep 1997.

Article on James Simpson, b., June 17, 1817 in Toboso, Hanover Twp. This
portion on his father only.

Issac Simpson, was born in Petersburg, Hardy County, Va., and was twice
married, his first wife, Susan Greenwell, being also a native of Hardy County.
Three children resulted from this union; Thomas, Solomon and Nancy. The
two sons are deceased; the daughter married a Mr. Cline and removed to Texas,
where it is believed the family was murdered by Indians. During the year
1803, accompanied by his family, Issac Simpson came to Licking County and
settled in Bowling Green Twp., whence in the fall of 1807 he came to Hanover
Twp. So poor in purse was he at the time of coming to this state that fifty
cents represented his entire capital, but he was rich in courage, in determination
and in energy so that in time he gained a large degree of success. Though
poor himself when he came here, he was a member of a wealthy Virginian family
and his father was a prosperous farmer in the Old Dominion.

Losing his first wife by death in Hanover Twp, Isaac Simpson afterward
married Miss Rachel Baker, who was born at Lost River, Hardy County and
was a member of a leading family in the section of Virginia. Seven children
were born of this union, of whom three sons, and one daughter still survive.
The mother, after a lingering illness, departed this life, having been tenderly
cared for during her declining years by our subject, who with the true filial
spirit surrounded her in sickness with every comfort and bore all the expenses
incident to burial.