Just found a tad bit that you may have over-looked? in the WV culture site under marriages, A.J. Simpkins lists his mother as N. Simpkins and father as J. MURPHY....that is in 1882 when he marries Charlotte Steele. There is also another listing for him in 1881 [marked as unreturned?] when he was to marry Martha Mounts...he lists his dad as: JAS MURPHY.... JAS would have been James, i believe. Henry in 1887, when marrying Sarah Acord, lists his father as J. Rutherford who is prob. the same man as Anderson's father (?). in none of the censuses i looked at is Nancy ever listed as married...makes me wonder if she was just ahead of her time, and quite the VERY modern woman...? looks like she had that farm in Logan VA/ WV FOREVER - -and that seems to be her only means of income. in the 1840 LOGAN VA census she is shown on her own ...it lists her with one male child between the ages of 1 to 5, two daughters under the age of 5 and one between the ages of 5 to 10...she herself is shown as between the ages of 20-30. So the male would have been Robert bn. in 1840 and the three girls would have been Martha, Sarah & Josephine... even in 1840, Nancy is shown as being unmarried and there is no Samuel Simpkins around...anywhere...in all of VA from what i could find! in the 1850 Logan census i see that Eli Simpkins, age 30, is listed with his wife Matilda and two children, all of them living with a Stotts family - -they are in the same Dist. 32 in Logan as Nancy Simpkins. I am guessing that Eli and Nancy were siblings? or IF there really was a Mr. Samuel Simpkins, perhaps Eli was his brother? what a wonderful puzzle you have ! ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Nancy Simpkins/ children 1850 census / some childrenhad diff Dads Hi, Can anyone help me with Nancy Simpkins listed on the 1850 -1860 Logan Co. census. had 14 children. some she had out of wedlock. Did she have a Hiram Simpkins ? spelling can be Simkin . Someone told me her husband was Samuel or a Joseph Simpkins or that could be his full name. What happen to him ? Maybe the kids on 1850 were his ? Some told me she was the Simpkins being they did not know about him. I found she had a son Anderson D. Simpkins born June 1855 to James Rutherford . how did Nancy make a living being no husband ? any data on her or her children is more than welcome - same with a Eli Simpkins I have some data on him. he is my 3rd gfather . long story with him too,.. married a few times and a few children out of wedlock in KY . Nancy Simpkins born abt 1814 VA [ was married ? to Samuel or Joseph Simpkins - need data ] listed on the 1850 {W} Logan Co. VA census. Nancy had many children some were not her late husband's . I only know of . James Rutherford was the father of Anderson D.Simpkins born abt 1855 he married Nancy Cline . she had 14 children 1.} Martha Adeline Simpkins born abt 1834 {1.} married 1854 to Davidson SAMSON s/o Ruth STARR {2.} 1860 John Blankenship had children with him . I found in a Hatfield /McCoy book Martha Adeline Simpkins had a son Asa Bell McCoy b 1857 with Asa Peter McCoy ? 2.} Sarah Simpkins born 1837 married Henry Clay Runyon s/o Alex and Sarah STARR RUNYON 3. } Josephine Simpkins b 1839 Francis Marion HATFIELD s/o Ferrell Marion Hatfield 4.} Robert Simpkins b 1840 - do not know anything more on him 5.] John Simpkins b 1841 - nothing more on him 6.} Jane Simpkins b 1842 nothing more on her 7.} Joseph Simpkins born 1844 married 1st Pricy McCOY - d/o Pyrrus McCoy { Pricy married a few times . married Joseph's brother last.} 2nd married Elizabeth HATFIELD d/o Ephriam and Nancy Hatfield, sister to "Devil Anse" { Elizabeth md 2times before } . 8.} George Simpkins born 1845 nothing more on him 9.} Samuel Simpkins b 1848 married Harriet MAYNARD d/o Richard and Charlotte TAYLOR MAYNARD 10.} Henry C. Simpkins b 1849 married Pricy McCOY d/o Pyrrus McCoy . Henry and Pricy were living in Pike Co. KY 11.} Anderson D. Simpkins born June 1855 married Nancy Cline d/o Jacob and Cynthia Cline Cline Anderson's father is listed as James Rutherford on their md record 1 Jan 1877 Logan co. WV. 12.} Lorenzo Dow Simpkins 1856 listed on the 1860 with Mother. do not know anything more on him who was his Father ? 13.} Andrew Jackson Simpkins born 1858 married Charlotte Steel , October 22, 1873 Logan Co. 14.} Charles Simpkins b 1863 listed on the 1860 Logan do not know anything more on him. ------- Many Thanks Patty Cartwright 707 Oak St New Castle, PA 16101 **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) ------------------------------- 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