#67001 Martin Simpson ( Thomas Simpson • Hannah White • Andrew White◊ )
Martin was born 31 Jul 1829 in Centerville, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania. He died 19 Feb 1888. He was buried in Union Church Cemetery, West Fairfield, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
His grave marker is almost illegible and his death year may be 1888 or 1889. It lists his age as 58 years, 6 months, 19 days which would be 1889 if the birth year is correct. After his marriage to Mary he managed Mary's farm until his death.
∞ Martin married #67004 Mary W. Moorhead.
Marriage notes |
They married 9 Oct 1876. |
Other names for Mary: Mary Moorhead Simpson, Mary Graham.
Mary was born 29 Jun 1836. She died 2 Mar 1910 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She was buried in Union Church Cemetery, West Fairfield, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
She is the daughter of John & Margaret (Hill) Moorhead. She was previously married to Paul Faber Graham, with whom she had five children.
There were no children.
1850 U.S. Census, Center, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.. Roll: M432_785; Page: 135B; Image: 275
1860 U.S. Census, Center, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.. Roll: M653_1116; Page: 112; Image: 228; Family History Library Film: 805116
Capt. Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old And New Westmoreland, Vols. III-IV, (New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918). Ref. as [Hedley] p. 1082
Capt. Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old And New Westmoreland, Vols. III-IV, (New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918). Ref. as [Hedley] pp. 1081-1083
Martin Simpson, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #83466683.
Mary W. Moorhead Simpson, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #83466170.
Sharon Schultz, "Westmoreland Co., PA White family", forum posting, http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/white/19939 (extracted 17 Mar 2015). Citing a White Family Bible transcribed by Virginia Shannon Fendrick and then by Mrs. R. E. Warden, ref as [Schultz]
Line Generation: 4
Relationship: Second Cousins Four Times Removed through Andrew White◊