Simpson History

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Husband	Col. Richard “Duke” Simpson Notes
Birth	3/3/1770 Caswell Co. NC
Death	7/24/1853 Missouri
Note	Duke fought in the war of 1812. He moved his family to Independence MO in 1831. Duke, along with his son George, and son-in-law James M. Hunter, were ringleaders in the persecution and expulsion of the Mormons from Independence MO in the 1830s.
Father	Richard Simpson (1/9/1723-1785)
Mother	Mary Kincheloe (1719-1798)

12/19/1787 Caswell Co. NC

Children
1 F	Elizabeth Williams Hardin (1788-1853) married Davis Hardin
2 M	John Kincheloe Simpson (1790-)
3 M	Robert Williams Simpson (1791-1825) married Dorothy Dickey
4 M	Richard Simpson (1792-1819)
5 M	Duke Williamson Simpson (1795-1853)
6 M	Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Simpson (11/10/1796-10/1/1851)
7 F	Mary Kincheloe Phelps (1798-1845) m. Thomas Phelps, 1/10/1816, Madison Co. MO
8 M	Thomas Jefferson Simpson (1800-1803)
9 M	George Washington Simpson (1802-1839) married Nancy McCutcheon
10 F	Henrietta Harris (2/2/1804-4/24/1881)
11 F	Julia Ann Hunter (2/14/1806-)
12 M	James Madison Simpson (1807-1863) married Frances E. Cummins on 12/1/1831
13 F	Susanna Davis Lipscomb (1812-1849) married Dabney Lipscomb