U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Simpson, Mary Catherine (1846-1938) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 572-573 MARY CATHERINE SIMPSON, born January 26, 1846, near Buckhannon, was the daughter of Simon Rohrbough and Catherine Lorentz, a daughter of Jacob Lorentz and Rebecca Stalnaker. In the Simon Rohrbough family were fourteen children, eight sons and six daughters, whose names are: Rebecca, wife of George Warner; John Marshall, died at the age of 21 years; C. Perry, married Martha Hazeldon; Calenoer, married Annie Moore; Asbury, married Woodfill and Mary Cooper; Jacob M. married Rachel Ward; George M. married Louisa Brake; Harriet R., dead; Elizabeth A., wife of Jacob Grove; Mary Catherine, wife of A. Frank Simpson; Louvernia A., wife of Jacob Grove; Simcn Elliott, married Ada Gains; Elsie Grey, dead. The subject of this sketch married Frank Simpson, son of John Simpson and Margaret B. Moore of Preston County, on December 15, 1870, and to them have been given four children: three sons and one daughter: Wilbert J. G., married Margarette L. Hall, the daughter of Captain Hall, and lives at West Plains, Mo. Elsie Grey, single, graduate of Lexington, Kentucky; Simon Cecil, married Maud Young, the daughter of Rev. Hamilton Young and Asbury Blake, single at home. Her husband has been a traveling salesman for thirty years. Her father, Simon Rohrbough, died December 6, 1867, in the 66th year of his age, and 47th year of his connection with the M. E. Church, and of him it was said: "Bro. R. was widely known among the Ministers of the West Virginia Conference, and will be remembered by a number of the older members of the Pittsburg Conference, who have enjoyed his hospitalities in other years. His conversion was so clear that he never doubted the willingness of Christ to save, even to the uttermost. His religion prompted him to duty, and his place was always filled in the class-room — social prayer meeting, and in the great congregation. He was a man of extensive information, but of all other books, the Bible was most highly prized by him. Truly 'his delight was in the law of the Lord,' He was a liberal supporter of the church in all of her enterprises, and now that he sleeps in the grave, his acts of charity are being felt in heathen lands as well as at home. He always loved the church of his early choice, and when such men as Rev. W. Smith, the lamented Batelle, and others, were defending the old church against the charges of the Southern Church, they could always rely upon Bro. R. with unshaken confidence. He was true to his country during the late war, and he remained true until the close of life. He served for many years in the capacity of Justice of the Peace, and was always regarded as a true hearted honest man in all of his official proceedings. He enjoyed the full confidence of all our people, which fact was fully evinced at the time of his death." ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #4385 FULL-NAME: Mary Catherine Simpson BIRTH-DATE: January 26, 1846 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: March 3, 1938 (at age 92y-1m-5d) DEATH-PLACE: (at home) Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow (of A. F. Simpson) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Simon Rohrbough (born in Va.) MOTHER: Catherine Lorentz (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: was called to verify death. don't know cause. INFORMANT: Daughter, Miss Simpson (of Locust Street, Buckhannon) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery (husband of Mary Catherine Rohrbough Simpson) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #15410 FULL-NAME: Alpheus Franklin Simpson BIRTH-DATE: April 3, 1842 BIRTH-PLACE: Knoville, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: October 4, 1925 (at age 83y-6m-1d) DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Salesman FATHER: John Simpson (born in Va.) MOTHER: Margret K. Moore (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Apoplexy / Old Age INFORMANT: W. J. Simpson (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Leonard Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------