Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Knox Simpson and Eva Lucretia Cribbs




Husband John Knox Simpson 1

           Born: 7 Jul 1853 - Manor, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Simpson (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Jane Simpson (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 17 May 1888 1

   Other Spouse: Margie E. Fellows (      -1885) 1 - 11 Dec 1878 1



Wife Eva Lucretia Cribbs 1

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         Father: John R. Cribbs (1830-1897) 2 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Mays (1832-      ) 3 4




Children

General Notes: Husband - John Knox Simpson


He remained on the family farm in Manor Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, until the day he was of age, when he took charge of the telegraphic instruments at Falls Creek, Clearfield County, on the Allegheny Valley railroad, having learned their use by evening study. In 1875 he be-came night operator and ticket-clerk at Parker, and two years later was promoted to agent's clerk. He took charge of Verona station Oct. 1, 1879. Mr. Simpson was a member of the U. P. Church, S. of T., R. A. and Jr. O. U. A. M.; he was a republican, and served as school-tax collector in 1887.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 532.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 531.

3 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 115.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 336.


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