Individual Details

He came with his father to Rumney in 1809. He attended the district schools of Rumney and left home when a boy to enter upon a mercantile career in Boston. For a time he studied for the Universalist ministry, but his health failed. He returned to Rumney and cared for his parents in their old age. He bought a hotel at West Rumney and conducted it, in addition to his farm and general store there, until he sold out to his son. Clinton B. Simpson, in 1861. He was a Democrat in politics and held various offices of trust and honor. He was appointed postmaster of Rumney by President Buchanan ; was selectman of the town and represented it in the state legislature.

Birth	21 Jul 1805	Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage	Abt 1836	Sarah Ann Edmunds
Census	7 Oct 1850	Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Death	1879	West, Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Spouse	Sarah Ann Edmunds (1811 - 1882)
Child	Clinton Bradshaw Simpson (1840 - 1908)
Child	Charles Everett Simpson (1845 - )
Child	Mary Carrie Simpson (1849 - 1872)

Father	Samuel Simpson (1779 - )
Mother	Sarah Simpson (1782 - 1880)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Benjamin Orlando Simpson (1807 - )
Sibling	Samuel Simpson (1808 - )
Sibling	David Simpson (1809 - 1849)
Sibling	James Monroe Simpson (1819 - )