Joseph Williamson Simpson and Flora Belle Wilcox

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Husband Joseph Williamson Simpson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 15 Jan 1860 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4
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         Father: David Simpson (1809/1811-Aft 1890) 1 2 3 5
         Mother: Mary Peoples (1820-      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: May 1888 - Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA 4

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Wife Flora Belle Wilcox ⁴

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         Father: Andrew Wilcox (      -Bef 1918) 4
         Mother: Barbara [Unk] (Abt 1826-Aft 1918) 4

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Children

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1 M John Wilcox Simpson ⁴

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           Born: 9 Feb 1890 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Harry Frank Simpson ⁴

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           Born:  - Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA
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3 M Joseph Williamson Simpson, Jr. ⁴

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           Born: May 1911 - New Kensington, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Williamson Simpson

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He grew to manhood in the Ligonier Valley of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. His father's farm was situated near Greensburg, and such education as he received was at the public schools of that place. He was reared as the typical farmer's son of that place and period, however, and his constant work in aid of his father on the farm prevented him from attending school as much as he might have desired. He remained in his father's home until he reached the age of seventeen and was then apprenticed to Bennet & Sort, carriage makers in the East End, Pittsburgh, to learn that trade. After completing his apprenticeship, he continued in Pittsburgh for a short time, working as a journeyman at his trade, and then went to Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, to work for Hale Clark, the pioneer carriage builder of the town. He remained with Mr. Clark eleven years and then, June 1, 1896, came to New Kensington, and started in the same line of business on his own account. He opened his establishment and for a time was associated with Mr. James M. Stewart as partner. Later, however, he purchased Mr. Stewart's interest and then conducted the business alone. His enterprise was begun in a small way, and his shop measured but twenty-six by forty feet, but over time it grew greatly, until he had three rooms, to the front and rear, each measuring forty by sixty-four feet. His house was built by him before he came to the town on the site where his shop came to be located. Later he removed it to a location on the corner of Fourth avenue and Sixth street, and made it modern in every particular.
He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church at New Kensington, and were very active in its work, he serving on its board of trustees for many years. He also served as a trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association for twelve years. He was a member of the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Independent Order of Americans. A Republican in politics, Mr. Simpson served for two terms on the Parnassus Town Council.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 380.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 511.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1106.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1107.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 407.