BIO: William G. Simpson, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB & JO Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ________________________________________________ Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 399-400. ________________________________________________ Simpson, William Glenn, D.D., the son of Peter Simpson, and Caroline Ritchie, was born on November 4, 1850, in Inverary, Argyleshire, Scotland. He was educated in the common school until 1863, when he was indentured with a law firm, where he remained until 1869, when he sailed for Canada, landing in October of that year. In 1870 he came to the United States and entered Harvard Divinity School, purposing to enter the Unitarian ministry. After two years' study in this school he entered commercial life. In July, 1873, he went West, enlisting in the 2d United States Cavalry, and engaged in the Indian wars in Wyoming Territory. In November, 1874, while a soldier, he was converted under the ministry of Rev. T. C. Iliff, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bozeman, Mont. Through the personal effort of one of the bishops the President discharged him from service on April 5, 1875, and the same day he became a Methodist preacher. In August, 1875, he united with Rocky Mountain Conference, at Salt Lake City. He came East, and after spending a couple of years at Drew Theological Seminary, he was transferred to Wyoming Conference in 1891. On July 12, 1877, he married Miss Anna Moore, the oldest daughter of Judge M.B. Moore, of Idaho City. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by the Northwest University of Portland, Ore. His pastoral record is as follows: Rocky Mountain Conference, 1875- 77, Silver City, Ida.; by change of boundaries, Columbia River Conference, 1876-78, Boise City; 1879-80, Walla Walla; Oregon Conference, 1880-81, East Portland; Nevada Conference, 1881-83, Virginia City; Oregon Conference, 1883-85, Eugene City, 885-86, Ashland; Columbia River Conference, 1886-90, The Dalles; 1890-91, at Drew Seminary; Wyoming Conference, 1891-93, Oxford; 1894, High Street, Binghamton; 1895-98, West Pittston; 1899-1901, Asbury, Scranton; 1902- 03, Athens.