Boschong Subscribers, I found this death record so went searching for some answers. Still blanks to be filled in but I'll just keep at it until they are all filled. --------------- New Mexico Deaths Place of Death: Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico Date of Death: 11 December 1932 William Claude Simpson Male, White, Married, Age 52 Spouse: Lucy Jackson Simpson Father: J. C. Simpson Mother: Sarah Bushong ----------- WILLIAM CLAUDE SIMPSON Born: 21 January 1880, Monroe County, Kentucky, s/o Jacob Cantrell Simpson and Sarah Melissa Bushong Died: 11 December 1932, Roswell County, New Mexico Burial: 14 December 1932, South Park Cemetery, Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico - Plot 25-61 Married: Circa 1906, Indiana to Lucy E. Jackson LUCY E. JACKSON Born: 5 October 1885, Furnas County, Nebraska Died: After 1932, Unknown Burial: Unknown ----------- 1900 Federal Census: Indiana Russell Township, ED 84, Putnam County Enumerated 1 June 1900 Page 335A, Sheet 1 Lines 4-14, HH 2/2 Jacob C. Simpson Head/W/M/Aug1853/46/Md29yrs/Farmer/Rents/KY/KY/KY Sarah M. Simpson Wife/W/F/June1854/45/12children11living/KY/KY/KY Isaac M. Simpson Son/W/M/Jan1878/22/Single/FarmLaborer/KY/KY/KY WILLIE C. SIMPSON Son/W/M/Jan1880/20/Single/FarmLaborer/KY/KY/KY Martha J. Simpson Dau/W/F/Feb1882/18/Single/KY/KY/KY Julia E. Simpson Dau/W/F/Feb1884/16/AttendedSchool/KY/KY/KY Bertha L. Simpson Dau/W/F/March1886/14/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/KY James A. Simpson Son/W/M/Aug1888/11/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/KY Myrtle I. Simpson Dau/W/F/Sept1891/8/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/KY Hazel B. Simpson Dau/W/F/May1896/5/IN/KY/KY Jacob L. Simpson Son/W/M/Dec1899/6mos/IN/KY/KY ------------ 1900 Federal Census: Indiana Helt Township, ED 91, Vermillion County Enumerated 15 June 1900 Page 225A & B, Sheet 13 Lines 48-50 & 51, HH 266/268 Samuel Fleming Head/W/M/Dec1855/44/Md11yrs/RentsFarm/FarmLaborer/OH/OH/OH Rachel B. Fleming Wife/W/F/Sept1854/45/NoChildren/IN/IN/IN LUCY E. JACKSON Neice/W/F/Oct1885/14/AttendedSchool/Nebraska/IN/IN Henry Osborne Boarder/W/M/Aug1836/63/Widowed/Keeper??/OwnsFarmFree/IN/OH/TN ------------ About 1906-07 William Claude Simpson married Lucy E. Jackson somewhere in Indiana possibly Putnam or Vermillion County. ------------ Vermillion County Indiana Births Book H-2, Page 48 Child: Unnamed female {Later named Wahnitah "Glee"} Date of Birth: 1 March 1907 Father: Will C. Simpson Mother: Lucy Jackson ------------ Vermillion County Indiana Births Book H-3, Page 52 Child: June Simpson Date of Birth: 24 June 1909 Father: William C. Simpson Mother: Lucy Jackson ------------- 1910 Federal Census: Indiana Helt Township, Vermillion County William C. Simpson Head/Male/White/30/Md/Farmer/KY/KY/KY Lucy E. Simpson Wife/Female/White/25/Nebraska/IN/IN Wahnitah Simpson Dau/Female/White/3/IN/KY/Nebraska June E. Simpson Dau/Female/White/1/IN/KY/Nebraska --------------- World War I Draft Registration Tombstone, Arizona 11 September 1918 Will Claude Simpson Residence: 1159 7th Street, Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona Age 38 Born: 21 January 1880 White, Native Born, Store Clerk Nearest relative: Lucy J. Simpson, same address Tall, Medium Build, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair ----------------- 1920 Federal Census: Arizona Douglas, Ward 3, ED 22, Cochise County Page 6A Will C. Simpson Head/39/Male/White/Married/StoreClerk/KY/KY/KY Lucy Simpson Wife/34/Female/White/Nebraska/IN/Nebraska Glee Simpson Dau/12/Female/White/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/Nebraska June Simpson Dau/10yrs6mos/Female/White/AttendedSchool/IN/KY/Nebraska Neil Simpson Son/7yrs6mos/Male/White/AttendedSchool/Colorado/KY/Nebraska Rachel Fleming Aunt/65/Female/White/Widowed/IN/IN/IN ------------------ 1930 Federal Census: New Mexico Precinct 1, Roswell, Chaves County Page 124A Will C. Simpson Head/M/W/50/Md/Farmer&PoultryRaiser/KY/KY/KY Lucy J. Simpson Wife/F/W/44/Neb/IN/Neb Neal Simpson Son/Male/White/17/Single/AttendedSchool/Colorado/KY/Nebraska Glee Leftwich Dau/Female/White/22/Divorced/IN/KY/Nebraska Blaine Leftwich Grandson/Male/White/2/NewMexico/Arkansas/IN Glenn Leftwich Grandson/Male/White/1/NewMexico/Arkansas/IN Rachel Fleming MotherInLaw/Female/White/73/Widowed/IN/IN/IN {Note that this is Lucy's Aunt not Lucy's mother} ------------------ SOUTH PARK CEMETERY Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico William C. Simpson Burial: 14 December 1932 Plot 25-61 ------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger

I have posted about this family in the past. Sarah Melissa Bushong's father was the John H. Bushong who wrote his Will in 1865 in Perry County, Illinois that I posted back in August 2008. -------------------- For more on the entire family see BOSCHONG Archives for April 2007, September 2007, August 2008, October 2009, August 2010, February 2011, September 2011, October 2011, January 2012, March 2012, April 2012, July 2012, and May 2013. ------------------ Will of John H. Bushong Monroe County Kentucky Will Book B (1866-73) Pages 76-77 Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah In the name of God, Amen. I John H. Bushong of the Town of Lamaroa in the County of Perry and State of Illinois of the age of Forty five years. and being of sound mind and memory do make publish and declare this, my last will and testament in manner following. that is to say: FIRST I want my funeral expenses and all my just debts paid. SECOND I want my son Isaac N. Bushong and daughter SARAH M. V. BUSHONG to share equal in all the balance of my personal and Real estate except Fifty Dollars which I bequeath to my grandson John A. M. Harlin. LASTLY I do hereby nominate and appoint my son Isaac N. Bushong to be the Executor of this my last will and testament hereby Revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Nineteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty five. John H. Bushong, Seal Attest: Henry Miller John H. Sympson ------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong