Individual Details

William Ayres SIMPSON

(27 Feb 1812 - 20 Dec 1887)

Events

Birth27 Feb 1812Nottingham, Nottingham County, New Hampshire
EducationBef 1829at Durham Academy for one year - Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire
OccupationAbt 1829clerk in the shipping house of his father's cousin, John K. Simpson, - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
OccupationFrom 1831 to 1834clerk - Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Residence1834Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
OccupationAbt 1834partner with Horace Alpin in the retail grocery business - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
OccupationAft 1834partner with Leonard Johnson in the wholesale grocery and liquor firm of Simpson & Johnson - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
OccupationAft 1834owner of his own wholesale grocery and drygoods business - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Marriage5 Jan 1841Buffalo, Erie County, New York - Mary A DENHAM
Miscellaneous29 Jan 1850paid a bond of $500 as guardian for the minor children of Cornelius J Marsh - Erie County, Ohio
Occupation2 Nov 1850iron manufacturer who owned real estate valued at $10,000 - Portland, Erie County, Ohio
Residence (family)2 Nov 1850Portland, Erie County, Ohio - Mary A DENHAM
Miscellaneous28 Feb 1851was one of the corporators of the Sandusky City and Indiana Railroad Company - Erie County, Ohio
OccupationBef 1859an associate of David Everett under the title of Simpson & Everett - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Miscellaneous1859disposed of his interest in Simpson & Everett - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
OccupationFrom 1859 to 1861owner of a ship-chandlery and grocery business - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Residence (family)20 Jun 1860Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio - Mary A DENHAM
Occupation20 Jun 1860ship chandler who owned real estate valued at $10,000 and a personal estate valued at $1,510 - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
RetirementAbt 1862Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Residence1867at 52 Washington - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Residence (family)23 Jun 1870Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio - Mary A DENHAM
Property23 Jun 1870real estate valued at $11,000 and a personal estate valued at $16,000 - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Residence (family)1 Jun 1880on Washington Street - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio - Mary A DENHAM
Miscellaneous20 Dec 1887was vice president of the Sandusky Gas Company - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Death20 Dec 1887Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Affiliationwas originally an old-line Whig, but became a Republican - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Miscellaneouswas one of the organizers of the Sandusky Gas Company - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Miscellaneouswas the president of the Sandusky Gas Company for many years - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Miscellaneouswas a large stockholder in the Second National Bank - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
Religionwas one of the fathers of Grace Episcopal Church - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio

Families

SpouseMary A DENHAM (1816 - 1911)
ChildEliza Denham BARTLETT (1833 - 1907)
ChildJane Eliza "Jennie" MARSH (1845 - 1929)
FatherJohn SIMPSON ( - 1832)
MotherAbigail GUILE (1762 - 1852)
SiblingSamuel A SIMPSON (1812 - )