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     Levi Ware Simpson was born on 5 February 1850 in Alabama.^2,1 He and Mary Emily Lamascus married on 5 November 1874 in Travis County, Texas.^1,3,4 Levi Ware died on 20 September 1911 in Lake Travis, Travis County, Texas, at age 61.^5,1 and was buried at (Simpson Cemetery) in Lago Vista, Travis County.¹

     Louise Simpson was born in 1839 in Alabama.¹

     Andrew Jackson Simpson was born on 14 November 1844 in Montgomery, Alabama.^1,2 He and Dorcas Ann Rochelle married before 1870.³ Andrew Jackson died on 8 November 1922 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 77.² He was buried in Galveston County.


Andrew Jackson Simpson
BIRTH     14 Nov 1844
Montgomery County, Alabama, USA
DEATH     8 Nov 1922 (aged 77)
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
BURIAL     
Lakeview Cemetery
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID     134423506 · View Source
MEMORIAL
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Andrew Jackson Simpson was born to Joseph Claude Simpson and Susan Hogan Simpson in Montgomery County, Alabama. In 1858, the family moved to Chambers County, Texas, leaving behind Louisa Jane, who had married and had children.

On March 27, 1862, Simpson enrolled in the Confederate Cavalry at Liberty, Texas for a period of 3 years. At age 18, he was mustered into the 25th Texas Cavalry (3rd Regiment, Texas Gillespie Lancers) on May 3, 1862 at Camp Carter near Hempstead. He brought his horse, valued at $85, and $25 worth of equipment to the fight.

Union forces captured Company H at Fort Hindman during the Battle of Arkansas Post January 11, 1863. (See https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/ar006.htm) Simpson was held prisoner at Camp Butler, Illinois until he was exchanged for prisoners and assigned as dismounted cavalry to Gen. Grant's Union Army of Tennessee. He was captured again by William T. Sherman's Army near Atlanta on July 22, 1864 and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio (near Columbus) until March 1865 when he was furloughed and paroled. He is in May Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi on March 26, 1865. He had previously been hospitalized for acute intestinal problems.

He married Dorcas Ann Rochelle before 1870. Together they had 10 children, all born in Brazoria County. After his wife dies in 1899, Andrew Simpson moved to Galveston. He survived the Great Hurricane of 1900 and applied for a pension in 1913, which he received. His pension record states he worked as a waterman. The Galveston City Directories list his occupation as carpenter and stable hand in the years following the Hurricane. In 1920, he moved to Houston and lived with his daughter Edna and her husband Alfred Bisbey. He dies there in 1922 from "shock" with a stomach hemorrhage as a contributing factor.^2,3

     James M. "Jim" Simpson was born in 1848 in Alabama.¹

     Francis M. Simpson was born in 1844 in Alabama.²

     Mary Sophia Simpson was born in 1857 in Texas, some records say 1855.¹ She and James Sullivan married in 1875. Mary Sophia died before 1940.

     After her marriage in 1875, she was normally known as Mary Sullivan.

     Arrelia Simpson was born in 1865 in Texas.¹

     Helen C. Simpson was born in 1859 in Texas.¹ Helen C. died before 1870.²

     Dorcas Ann Rochelle and Andrew Jackson Simpson married before 1870.¹

     After her marriage she was normally known as Annie Simpson.