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John Lewis Simpson 1854 – 1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: September 1854

Birth Location: Titus County, Texas, United States of America

Death Date: 8 January 1917

Death Location: Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America

Father: Williamson Simpson

Mother: Lucy Simpson

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John Lewis Simpson Sr was born in 1854 in Titus County, Texas, United States of America, the child of Williamson Burton Simpson and Lucy Matilda Simpson. John Lewis Simpson Sr passed away in 1917 in Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Lewis Simpson Sr was born in 1854 in Titus County, Texas, United States of America, the child of Williamson Burton Simpson and Lucy Matilda Simpson.
  • John Lewis Simpson Sr passed away in 1917 in Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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John Simpson's Ancestors

Self
John Simpson
1854 – 1917
Birth Place: Titus County, Texas, United States of America
Parents
Williamson Burton Simpson
1833 – 1904
Boone County, Kentucky, United States of America
Lucy (Matilda) Simpson
1837 – 1925
DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America
Grandparents
Epharim Bridges
1781 –
North Carolina
Sally Dobbins
1794 –
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Simpson's Timeline

2 Records

1854
September 1854
Birth of John Lewis Simpson Sr in Titus County, Texas, United States of America
Titus County, Texas, United States of America
1917
8 January 1917
Age 63
Death of John Lewis Simpson Sr in Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America
Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: September 1854
    Event Place: Titus County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1917
    Event Place: Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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