Hi Marie, We didn't find Archibald Simpson in the 1860 or 1870 census for AR or MO. What is his age in 1850? 1880 Census Place: Union, Newton, Arkansas Source: FHL Film 1254052 National Archives Film T9-0052 Page 642B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Jasper SIMPSON Self M M W 42 MO Blacksmith Fa: KY Mo: KY Perlima SIMPSON Wife F M W 19 TN Housekeeping Fa: --- Mo: MO George W. SIMPSON Other M S W 12 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO Mary J. SIMPSON Other F S W 10 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO Bettie SIMPSON Other F S W 8 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO Martha A. SIMPSON Other F S W 5 MO Fa: MO Mo: MO Samuel SIMPSON Other M S W 11M AR Fa: MO Mo: MO 1910 Muskogee OK Darling Twp Simpson, Jasper A. head 70 MO MO KY Olley P wife 56 m25yrs 8 children 4 living IL SC GA Rubin A. son 19 AR MO IL Isaac W/Y? son 18 AR MO IL Nancy Jane dau 15 AR MO IL Is this Jasper Simpson in 1910 OK the same as Jasper Simpson in 1880 AR census? Thirty years have passed. We didn't find a Jasper Simpson to match in 1900 Census AR, MO, or OK. Jim and Wanda Winnipeg, MB ============================= tmarie wrote: >Hi Jim and Wanda, > Thank you for looking. On the 1850 Marion Co. AR census, I found an >Archibald SIMPSON b in KY, his wife Martha b in KY and three sons, Jasper >age 8, Marion age 5, and Joshua age 1 all born in Missouri. I would love to >assume this is the Jasper SIMPSON I am looking for, but I know in genealogy >you are not suppose to assume anything. So far I have been unable to find >Archibald SIMPSON in another census. My Jasper SIMPSON was supposed to have >been born in Shannon Co. MO in 1840-1842. >In 1880 census Jasper SIMPSON is in Newton Co. AR age 38 "blacksmith" b in >MO. >Do know he served the "Union" during the Civil War (AR 2nd Calvary Company >M). Jasper died in Oktaha, Muskogee Co. OK. >Don't understand how these people moved around so much way back then, they >must not have had as much baggage as we do now? >I appreciate your help. > >Marie Longview, TX >