This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SIMPKINS, STODDARD, HALL, REYNOLDS, RUSSELL, EMORY, PRICE, STERLING, GALBRETH, HALL, TEATS, McCLEARY, HAINES, LYMAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AIBAIB/4.36 Message Board Post: I'm going to jump into this one not because I'm related but because I'm working on an Iowa cemetery project and have run into an Ananias Simpkins born in 1814 who is buried in Iowa. In Muscatine County there is a cemetery called Kiser in 76 Township near the Louisa County border--its overgrown and in horrible condition and not accessable (on private property) but recently we DID get someone in there and get a few photos (I'm going to try again in a couple weeks when I go up there. At any rate, after seeing the markers that were photographed, I have "deduced" that the "Annie" Simpkins listed in the WPA cemetery records is not "Annie" but is Ananias Simpkins b 16 Feb 1814 in Greene County, PA d 26 Feb 1863 in Louisa Co; m1 21 OCT 1838 in Shelby Co IN; Mahala J Stoddard (d 1857 bur this cemetery) m2 16 Jul 1857 Louisa Co IA Eliza Jane Reynolds 2 children by 2nd wife were Lewis E and Harriet Minerva. I don't know how many children he had with Mahala but we found markers for two - Benjamin Scott Simpkins and William Simpkins. 1850 Federal Census family resided in Grandview Twp Louisa IA Mahala at that time was listed as age 29 b NC; children listed with the family at that time were Mary E (10) Nancy (8) Elizabeth D (5) and Benjamin S (B. Scott buried this cemetery). All these children were born in IA. There is also an 18y old Charity C Stoddard b PA listed with the family. WPA listed B. Scott Simpkins as dying in 1853 died age 15y 8m 3d son of Ananais & Mahala J per WPA (incorrect)- the photo of his marker shows d age 3y 8m 3d - this appears to be correct based upon the 1850 Federal Census listing him as Benjamin S age 5/12y of age. son Wm died 03 Mar or May 1847 age not known. Here are some other Simpkins listings from this same area: Louisa Co IA Marriages Prior to 1850 Russell, Jane married Simpkins, Lewis R. on 20 Dec 1841 Emory, Thomas mar Simpkins, Eliza on 12 May 1842 Price, Charles mar Simpkins, Sindarilla (Cinderella?) 27 Apr 1844 Simpkins, John mar Sterling, Hannah Jane 11 Nov 1848 Muscatine County 1851-1900 marriages Simpkins, William mar Galbreth, Teresa F 11 Jul 1870 Louisa County Marriages 1851-1900 Simpkins, Annanias mar Reynolds, Eliza Jane 16 Jun 1857 Bowley, Charles H mar Simpkins, Eliza J 24 Mar 1877 (she also in this cemetery) Hall, Charles W mar Simpkins, Elizabeth D 15 Mar 1863 Simpkins, D mar Teats, Mary C 28 Nov 1854 McCleary, George W mar Simpkins, Nancy 30 Apr 1861 Simpkins, James T mar Lyman, Alma M 16 Apr 1881 Haines, Josiah mar Simpkins, Mary Ellen 16 May 1861 I think the Nancy married to McCleary is d/o Ananias and the Elizabeth D married to Charles Hall is also a daughter; not sure about the others. Also a possibility that the Eliza Simpkins married to Bowley COULD be the Widow Simpkins (2nd wife of Ananias) but don't know. I'd like to figure it out so I can work on the cemetery some more. Just passing this info on because you mentioned Ananias s/o Middleton was born in 1814 and so apparently was this one. List readers: do not reply to me on the list--I'm not on the list (that's why sending board posts to the list isn't always the best thing to do....)