Matthew Semple and Caroline Wills

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Husband Matthew Semple ¹

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           Born: 21 May 1813 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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           Died: 17 May 1867 2
         Buried:  - Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

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         Father: Matthew Semple (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Hannah Jackson (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 24 May 1842 2

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Wife Caroline Wills ¹

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           Born: 21 Apr 1817 1
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           Died: 7 Aug 1883 - Mayence, Germany 2
         Buried:  - Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

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         Father: Alexander Wills (1783-1853) 3
         Mother: Isabel Wallace (1776-1826) 4

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Children

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1 F Annie Semple ⁵

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           Born: 28 Feb 1843 5
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         Spouse: William E. Littleton (      -      ) 5

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2 F Isabel Wallace Semple ⁵

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           Born: 1846 5
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3 M Matthew Semple ⁵

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           Born: 1847 5
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         Spouse: Lydia Roberts Clapp (      -      ) 5

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4 M Robert Alexander Semple ⁵

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           Born: 1849 5
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         Spouse: Mary Wattson (      -      ) 5

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5 F Caroline Eliza Semple ⁵

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           Born: 1 Jan 1851 5
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           Died: 11 Apr 1886 5
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         Spouse: Jordan Stabler (      -      ) 5

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6 M Samuel P. Semple ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Semple

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He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1839. Becoming interested in homeopathy, he was one of the founders of the Homeopathic Medical College in 1848, filling the chair of chemistry and toxicology for eight years, and for three years was dean of the faculty. In 1860 he became one of the founders of the New York Homeopathic College, occupying the chair of chemistry and toxicology of that institution at the time of his death. Interested as he was in medical science, and believing in the higher education of women, he also filled the same chair for three terms in the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia. He was possessed with a remarkable memory. It was no uncommon thing for him to read a book and six months afterward quote from it, and correctly refer to the page and line from which his quotation was given. He could read a poem of several pages once and repeat it almost word for word. Passionately fond of chemistry, study was his delight. In fact he was a man of deep learning, and possessing in a remarkable degree such a gift in the use of language, his conversational powers made him a most delightful companion.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 697.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 701.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 153, 694.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 694.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 702.