Individual Details

Lake Crittenden Sympson was born 6 June 1883 and died 23 July 1961. He was married twice. His first marriage was to Clara ____*. He was divorced from Clara and married Frederica McDougal as his second wife. There was one child from each marriage.

On the 1920 U. S. Census of Madison, Lee Co., Iowa, Lake C. Sympson appears with his mother Clara. He is 37 and single. Clara is 65 and widowed. Lake works as a switchman for a steam railroad.

On the 1930 U. S. Census of Moline, Rock Island Co., Illinois, Lake appears with his wife Fredrica age 42. She was 33 when first married. Lake states he was 26 when first married. They have a son Robert who is 2 2/12 years old. Lake is working as a stock keeper in an elevator company.

*Later to be found as Clara Catherine Meyer.

Fort Madison Evening Democrat, Fort Madison, Iowa, Tuesday, July 25, 1961, Page 8, Col. 3: Lake Sympson Dies at Carthage. Carthage, Ill.---Lake C. Sympson, 78, Carthage, former resident of Fort Madison, Iowa, died at 9:52 p.m. Sunday in Memorial hospital. The son of Crittendon , and Clara Kirkpatrick Sympson, he was born at Carthage, June 6, 1883. On Oct. 4, 1922, he was married to Frederica McDougal at Chariton, Iowa. The couple made their home in Fort Madison for a number of years where he was a guard at the Iowa State Penitentiary. They later moved to Dallas City at which time he was employed at the Iowa Ordinance Plant. Upon his retirement they moved to Carthage. Mr. Sympson was a member of the Carthage Methodist church, Stella Lodge No.440 AF & AM, Fort Madison, a member of Royal Arch Masons and Past Knight Templar. Besides his widow he is survived by a son, Dr. Robert F. Sympson all of Springfield; Mrs. Carr Parker, Buffalo, N. Y.; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Kilgore Memorial Home at Carthage. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery at Fort Madison.

Birth	6 Jun 1883	Carthage, Hancock Co., Illinois
Marriage	Abt 1909	Clara Catherine Meyer
Marriage	4 Oct 1922	Chariton, Lucas Co., Iowa - Frederica McDougall
Death	23 Jul 1961	Carthage, Hancock Co., Illinois
Burial		Oakland Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee Co., Iowa

Spouse	Clara Catherine Meyer (1882 - 1972)
Child	William Crittenden Sympson Maxwell (1909 - 1999)

Spouse	Frederica McDougall (1888 - 1966)
Child	Robert Frederick Sympson (1927 - 2014)

Father	Crittenden "Crit" Sympson (1849 - 1913)
Mother	Clara Anne Kirkpatrick (1854 - 1936)
Sibling	Jennie Hayes Sympson (1875 - 1972)
Sibling	Jessie C. Sympson (1878 - )
Sibling	Eddy Hayden Sympson ( - )
Sibling	Gail Stella Sympson (1879 - 1967)
Sibling	Margery June Sympson (1884 - 1962)
Sibling	Enid Marie Sympson (1892 - 1968)