Robert Elder Simison and Sarah Rogers

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Husband Robert Elder Simison ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
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         Father: John Simison (      -      ) 2
         Mother: [Unk] Denney (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Sarah Rogers ²

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Portage Co, OH
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         Father: [Father] Rogers (      -      )
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Children

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1 M Parker Simison ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 4 May 1828 - New Garden, Columbiana Co, OH 1
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           Died: 1900 2
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         Spouse: Esther Eliza McKean (1829-1908) 2 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Elder Simison

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He learned the trade of a hatter, but after moving to Ohio followed farming. He was an early settler at New Garden, where he spent the remainder of his days.

He received the customary district school education, and upon its completion, learned the hatter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of several years. He then went to the state of Ohio and worked at his trade at various places as a journeyman, but at last tiring of the confinement he embarked in farming in Portage County, Ohio, where he remained until his death at the age of fifty-six. He was a self-educated man in many respects, and what he knew was chiefly obtained from books and experience, particularly from the latter source. Blessed with an intelligence far above the ordinary run, he was foresighted in his judgment, and cool in his calculations. In his political bearings, it may be said that he never deserted the Republican standard, voting the straight ticket as a loyal member of the party. [BOBLC, 495]

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Rogers

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She died at the age of sixty-six.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 495.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1103.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 684.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 683.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 496.