U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Simon, Andrew (b. 1844) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 469-470 Andrew Simon, born September 7, 1844, on Stewart's Run, Barbour County, son of Abram and Mary [Yeager] Simon, was married January 17, 1871, to Ella Syrena, daughter of William and Catherine [Proudfoot] McClaskey. Children, Paul Modisett, born January 25, 1872; Willie McClaskey, November 16, 1873, died August 8, 1874; Charles Hanshaw, May 17, 1876 [now in the U. S. Navy, stationed in the Philippine Islands]; Carlton Andrew, September 21, 1878; Cathleen Willis. September 14, 1880; Carrie Cowan, September 9, 1882; Tony Abram, August 2, 1884; Mona Bradford, December 10, 1886; Thompson Jackson, March 4, 1887; Virginia Payne, June 1, 1894. The subject of this sketch spent eighteen years as a commercial traveler, for the most part in West Virginia. He assisted in collecting material for the History of Barbour County. The Simon family came to Barbour from Hampshire County, where Benjamin Simon, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born August 9, 1781. He married Elizabeth Stump, who was born in the same county August 18, 1786. Their children were as follows, with dates of birth: Catherine, born February 11, 1806; John, October 2, 1837; Margaret, January 7, 1809; Polly, August 7, 1810; Abram, April 20, 1812; George, July 12, 1815; Christian, February 15, 1817; Sarah, May 24, 1819; Anthony, November 25, 1821. Of the above children, Abram was married December 22, 1833, to Mary Yeager. He died December 1, 1865. Their children were, Sarah [now Mrs. William Talbott], born November 9, 1834; Virginia [now Mrs. F. E. Payne], July 23, 1837; Benjamin A., May 20, 1841; Andrew, September 7, 1844; James K., January 19, 1849; Lewis H., March 3, 1855. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------