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Group Sheet Joseph Jacob Simpson

Submitter: Louise G. Stratton, March 2009

Husband: Joseph Jacob SIMPSON
b. 1871 in Bayou Scie, Sabine Parish, LA
d. 1922 in Alto, Cherokee Co., Texas
Burial: in Bayou Scie, LA (has a headstone in Alto, Cherokee Co., Texas)
m. Mary "Ada" Rainer on 02 Dec 1897 in Sabine Parish, LA
son of Thomas James Simpson and Louisa Jarver

Wife: Mary "Ada" Rainer
b. 16 Sep 1877 in Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS
d. 29 Dec 1912 in Alto, Cherokee Co., Texas
Burial: in Alto, Cherokee Co., Texas
daughter of William Carter Rainer and Emily Ann Irby

Children:

1. Alva Elizabeth Simpson
b. 1899 d. 1971 in Temple, Bell Co., Texas

2. Lera "Berniece" Simpson
b. 1906 d. 01 Feb 1963 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas
m. (1) O.N.H. Niles abt. 1926;
(2) J. Earl Jeffreys

3. Marion Adrian Simpson
b. 08 Dec 1912 in Alto, Cherokee Co., Texas
d. 10 Nov 1982 Lamesa, Dawson Co., Texas
Burial: Hancock Cemetery, Dawson Co., Texas
m. 17 Dec 1950 to Julia Josephine Houston in Lamesa, Dawson Co., Texas
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