Parker Simison and Esther Eliza McKean

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Husband Parker Simison ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 4 May 1828 - New Garden, Columbiana Co, OH 3
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         Father: Robert Elder Simison (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Rogers (      -      ) 2

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Wife Esther Eliza McKean ^{2 4 5}

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           Born: 14 Oct 1829 2
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           Died: 7 Nov 1908 - Volant, Lawrence Co, PA 6
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         Father: William McKean (      -      ) 4 6
         Mother: Anna Rice (Abt 1808-Abt 1893) 4 6

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Children

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1 F Mary Evaline Simison ^{2 5}

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           Born: 9 Jul 1852 - Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Dr. John Carleton Bachop (1854-      ) 7
           Marr: Jun 1873 2

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2 M William E. Simison ^{5 6}

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         Spouse: Effie Crooks (      -      ) 5

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3 M Barney Simison ^{5 6}

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         Spouse: Ada McMillen (      -      ) 5

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4 F Margaret Simison ⁵

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         Spouse: James McMahon (      -      ) 5

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5 M David Simison ^{5 6}

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         Spouse: Tillie J. Jordan (      -      ) 5

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6 M Patrick R. Simison ⁵

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         Spouse: Della Slocum (      -Bef 1897) 5

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7 F Jennie Simison ⁵

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8 F Carrie Simison ⁶

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         Spouse: Dr. J. P. Kirk (      -      ) 5 6

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9 M Jack G. Simison ^{5 6}

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General Notes: Husband - Parker Simison

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He left home at the age of sixteen and for a few years was variously employed, being employed by the McKinley family of Niles, Ohio, at one time. He saved his money and finally bought a farm in the southern part of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He bought and sold several farms, always selling at an advance. He was engaged in farming until 1868, and by this means saved considerable capital which enabled him to buy a grist mill near New Wilmington, which he operated for a time then sold and bought at Volant, Pennsylvania, where he remained until his death. He was a faithful member of the Methodist church. In politics he was a Republican.

After obtaining as much of an education as was practicable in the neighboring district schools of his native place, came to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and hired out to a farmer, with whom he then remained about three years. Starting "on his own hook," he rented a farm in that county, intending to purchase the property, so soon as he became equal to the task. After four years of renting, the farm became his by purchase, which was known as the "Old Herd Farm" in Mercer County, partly improved, but for the most part in a state of semi-wildness. While he owned the place, he made a number of improvements, lasting and extensive in character, principally comprised in fencing and in ditching. He sold this property about 1866, and then bought a mill in connection with a small farm in Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and spent $1,500 for necessary improvements, which placed the mill and farm in the best possible shape. Meanwhile he bought a farm two miles from the mill, and turned the milling property over to his two oldest sons, removing to the new farm with the remainder of the family. He lived on the farm one year, and sold it and with the proceeds next bought one hundred acres adjoining the farm he had sold in Wilmington township, Lawrence County, and remained there one year. He then came to Volant and purchased two small farms and the Volant milling property, which a little later he turned over to his two sons, David and Patrick.
He was stanch and steadfast in his advocacy of Republican political doctrines, and was known as a skilled politician, although he never sought political office for himself.

He and his wife were the parents of ten children.

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General Notes: Wife - Esther Eliza McKean

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She was an ardent member of the Methodist church and also deeply attached to the reformatory and charitable work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 684.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1103.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 495.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 683.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 496.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1104.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1102.