Looking at the obituary of Gust Elmer Kuhns, I am reminded that it is the first time that I have ever seen in writing anything about my mother's adoption. My grandfather is listed fourth in the list of kids, my mother is sixth. :) I have noticed that there are a lot of Simpsons in Westmoreland County in the 1850 census. A long line of them are related to the Bakers on my mother's side...but I can't find any proof linking the two families: other than a botched family story talking about there being two brothers, one settling nearer Armbrust (which led to the naming of Simpson Road in Hempfield Township from White's Hill to SR 819), the other settling in Mt. Pleasant Township (leading to the naming of Simpson Hollow). Given that my mother's memory when it comes to the Simpson family is shotty at best. :D Case in point...the "other" Simpson family I have in my tree leads from a James Simpson, I believe, the father of Ananias Theodore Simpson (who married Eva Amanda Baker) and Lucetta Jane Simpson (who married William Franklin Baker, Eva's brother). I would love to find out that James and George are related somehow...but being stuck in the metropolitan cornfield of Indianapolis precludes that. :D In follow up to the Lucetta Ballew obituary, I find it appropriate that there was no mention of her parents, though it was probably less likely then. Her mother was Martha Baker, but she is the only child (debatable, still researching) of John A. Black, Martha's first husband. John Black died shortly after Lucetta's birth from wounds in the Civil War. Richard

I've been watching this exchange with interest. I'm at a standstill with my SIMPSON family research also. Mine is the "other" Simpson family that you refer to. Anannias Theodore Simpson and Lucetta Ann Simpson are the children of John Simpson (1818 - 1867) and Catharine Miller (1821 -1901). Their sister, Sarah Ann Simpson (1840-1908), is my great-great grandmother. She was married to Joseph Peter Wible. John Simpson is the son of Samuel Simpson (1770-1855) and Franey Ebersol (1785- ca 1852). This is where my Simpson research dead ends. Barbara Shannon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard McClelland Simpson, III" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO] Trying to unblock some road blocks... > Looking at the obituary of Gust Elmer Kuhns, I am reminded that it is the > first time that I have ever seen in writing anything about my mother's > adoption. My grandfather is listed fourth in the list of kids, my mother is > sixth. :) > > I have noticed that there are a lot of Simpsons in Westmoreland County in > the 1850 census. A long line of them are related to the Bakers on my > mother's side...but I can't find any proof linking the two families: other > than a botched family story talking about there being two brothers, one > settling nearer Armbrust (which led to the naming of Simpson Road in > Hempfield Township from White's Hill to SR 819), the other settling in Mt. > Pleasant Township (leading to the naming of Simpson Hollow). Given that my > mother's memory when it comes to the Simpson family is shotty at best. :D > > Case in point...the "other" Simpson family I have in my tree leads from a > James Simpson, I believe, the father of Ananias Theodore Simpson (who > married Eva Amanda Baker) and Lucetta Jane Simpson (who married William > Franklin Baker, Eva's brother). I would love to find out that James and > George are related somehow...but being stuck in the metropolitan cornfield > of Indianapolis precludes that. :D > > In follow up to the Lucetta Ballew obituary, I find it appropriate that > there was no mention of her parents, though it was probably less likely > then. Her mother was Martha Baker, but she is the only child (debatable, > still researching) of John A. Black, Martha's first husband. John Black > died shortly after Lucetta's birth from wounds in the Civil War. > > Richard > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message