The following web document is a facsimile of "The Simpson Genealogy", by Rev. Z. L. Holmes, as found on file in the Laurens County, S.C. Library. There are no hypertext links, so use your browser's "find" or "search" function, or scroll and read through the document. This is a historical document, revised in the late 1800s by Richard Wright Simpson, copied by W. W. Simpson in 1898, and revised by Eugene S. Hudgens in 1958. It is referenced under "Sources Cited" in the recent book "Far, far from home" by Guy R. Everson and Edward W. Simpson, Jr.
Now this genealogy seems frozen in time, a remembrance of conditions and perceptions of what mattered to those who came before. It spans from the time of the land wars in northern Ireland in the 1770's through the birth of this nation and its ups and downs until the 1950's. It applauds many who were wealthy, but lists many who were not. It is, in our opinion, a document that deserves to be kept as such, for reference and study, rather than going through endless revisions into the future. Other works might reference it, include its contents, and argue with its authors, but it is a work of the 19th and 20th centuries that also includes 18th century events. The people of the 21st century will want to produce their own books, about their own lives.This genealogy features especially the descendants of William Simpson, the eldest of three Simpson brothers. William married Mary, the eldest daughter of another Simpson family of four sisters. We do have the continuation of the descendants of some of William's and Mary's siblings who also migrated to South Carolina from Ireland, about 1772 to 1788. My son has material on the descendants of Nancy (Simpson) Fowler. A Wilson Genealogy was published some time ago which included the lineage of Elizabeth (Simpson) Wilson. We would like to have more information on the descendants of Margaret (Simpson) McClintock. William's youngest brother John had one daughter and no son, so his lineage follows other surnames.But, most important to me, is the lineage of Alexander Simpson (William's younger brother). I (Jerry) am a descendant of Alexander. I am the son of J. Roy Simpson, the son of Wade Hampton Simpson, the son of Thomas Spencer Simpson, the son of Decatur D. Simpson. In the Holmes document the Alexander Simpson lineage stops under Decatur D. Simpson with the third child listed only as "Thomas Simpson". We are revising our privately published "The J. Roy Simpson and Related Families, 1996" with hopes of having a version for public release. It was distributed in time to allow Dad to enjoy it for a few months before his passing. It primarily features the descendants of Thomas Spencer Simpson. Privacy issues must be carefully addressed in producing a public version, yet reuniting with relatives requires a degree of visibility.Many descendants of this "greater" Simpson family detailed in Holmes' document have a longing to know where these Simpsons, McClintocks, Wilsons, and Fowlers came from. Any verifiable information regarding the family histories of the two sets of Simpson families, William and Mary's parents, and the parents of John McClintock, Charles Wilson, and William Fowler, will be greatly appreciated.Jerry and Rebecca Simpson
jdsimpson@usa.net
April 1998

Simpson - P. 1-5-6-21-26-27-29
Wright - P. 7-9-21-22-23-47-48-49
Nickels - P. 6-7-9
 
 
 

William Simpson, the first ancestor of the Simpson family of whom anything is known, was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1729. He married Miss Mary Simpson, the eldest child of the other Simpson family, and rearing a large family emigrated to Laurens County, South Carolina, about the year 1770, and settled near the place afterwards called Belfast, in the southeastern part of the County; and died in 1806, aged 77 years.
During the Revolutionary War, which commenced in 1776, he removed his family for safety to one of the forts near Charleston, and it was owing to exposure and fatigue connected with their surroundings that Mrs. Simpson contracted a disease which shortly terminated her life. But whether she died before leaving the fort, or after her return to Laurens County does not appear.Their five children, all born in Ireland, came to this country with their parents, except Col. John Simpson, who went to England and remained about fifteen years before he followed.
 

The following are their children:

1. Alexander Simpson - P.1 b. 1746
2. Robert Simpson - P.2 b. 1750
3. John Simpson - P.5 b. 1751, Nov. 17th d Sept. 10, 1815
4. James Simpson - P.37 b. 1753-5
5. Nancy Simpson - P.38 b. 1759

This family had five children, of whom little is known, as follows:

1. Archibald Simpson, never married
2. John Simpson
3. William Simpson
4. Hunter Simpson
5. Mary Simpson

Robert Simpson, the second son of William and Mary Simpson, was born in 1750, in Belfast, Ireland; married Catherine, daughter of Locksley Hunter, a sister of his brother Alexander's wife; died October, 1792, near Milton, Laurens County, S. C.
 
 

He had four children, as follows:

1. Esther Simpson b. 1785
2. Charles Simpson b. 1787
3. Alexander Simpson b. 1790
4. Mary Ann Simpson b. 1792

1. Mary Hunter
2. Isabella Hunter
3. Robert Hunter
4. Catherine Hunter
5. Margaret Hunter
6. Jane Hunter

They had two children:

1. James Elliott Hutchinson
2. Matthew Franklin Hutchinson

Matthew Franklin Hutchinson, second son of above - nothing known.

This is all we know of the Hutchinsons.

Margaret Hunter, fifth child of above, married a Mr. Bean, related to Johnson above; had several children and moved to Georgia.
Jane Hunter, sixth child of above; married a Mr. Johnson, nephew of the Johnson above; had several children and moved to Georgia.
 

Charles Simpson, second child of Robert and Catherine Hunter Simpson, son of William (1st), was born about the year 1787, married Rachel Holland, sister of Mrs. Sallie Young and John Holland, who married Mary Fulton and lived half a mile below Clinton, Laurens County, S. C. Charles Simpson first resided near Belfast, S. C., then near Martin's Depot, S. C., thence removed to Georgia; and finally moved to Alabama, where he became a prosperous man. He had the following children:
 
 

1. Henry Milton Simpson
2. Martha Simpson
3. Mary Simpson
4. Leander Simpson
5. Robert Alexander Simpson

Alexander Simpson, third child of Robert and Catherine Hunter Simpson, son of William (1st), was born 1790; married Elizabeth, daughter of the older Alexander Simpson, and had three children, as follows:
 
 

1. Robert James Simpson
2. John Barr Simpson
3. Alexander Simpson

Mary Ann Simpson, fourth child of Robert and Catherine Hunter Simpson, lived near Milton, Laurens County, S. C. She was born in 1792, the same year her father, Robert Simpson, died, and married in 1918 Archer Craddoc, son of Edmund and Nancy Elmore Craddock, who came from Virginia about 1786 to 1790 and settled on the head waters of Bush River, Laurens County, S. C. Archer Craddock was born in 1790, was killed with a knife by Samuel Whiteworth, for which he was afterwards hung. Mary Ann, his widow, proved herself to be a remarkable woman. After her husband's death, she took the plow and fed and clothed her family of young children, executed them above their condition, and during the whole of her life, maintained an unblemished character. Had the following children:
 
 

1. Nancy Elmore Craddock b. Dec. 26th, 1818
2. Catherine Hunter Craddock b. Aug. 16th, 1820
3. Judith Clark Craddock b. Sep. 22nd, 1822
4. William Archer Craddock b. Aug. 21st, 1824

1. Catherine Kassandus Dillard b. 1844
2. Susan Laura Dillard b. 1846
3. William Young Dillard b. 1848
4. Seaborn Melmoth Dillard b. 1850
5. Martha Elizabeth Dillard b. 1852
6. Brockman Dillard b. 1855
7. Jefferson Arther Dillard b. 1857
8. Archer Dillard b. 1861
9. Mary Dillard b. 1863

1. Mary Elmore Stroud b. 1845, d 1862
2. Emma Georgiana Stroud b. 1857
3. Alice Adella Stroud b. 1861

Col. John Simpson, third child of William and Mary Simpson, born Nov. 17th, 1751, in Belfast, Ireland. At the age of 21 years he went to London, Eng., and there engaged in merchandising, and continued in this business until 1786, when he emigrated to Laurens County, S. C., following his parents and father's brothers.
In 1786, just previous to his leaving England, he married Mary Wells, of Burford Oxforshire, Engl, Sept. 21st, 1786. Mary Wells was the daughter of Richard and Jane (Ashmond) Wells, and was born Aug. 29th, 1754, died 1810, 56 years old.Six weeks after his marriage, Col. John Simpson emigrated to Laurens County, S. C., and settled in the Southern part of the county, and established a store at a place which was soon after called Belfast, by consent of the numerous emigrants who had colonized that neighborhood, from Belfast, Ireland. From this time 1787, at the age of 36, he continued to merchandise until his death, Sept. 16th, 1815, being 64 years old. After remaining a widower for two years, he married the widow of Judge John Hunter, who lived at Dunlapsville, 4 miles South of Clinton, Laurens County, S. C. She was the mother of five children: one married Maj. Wm. Dunlap, the progenitor of the Dunlap family; one married Wm. Caldwell; one married Robert Cresswell; one married Elihu Cresswell; and the fifth and youngest daughter (Rachel) married John Garlington, and was the mother of Col. Henry W. Garlington. Col. John Simpson was very successful in business and emassed a large fortune, which he dispensed liberally in helping his relatives and providing for his children as they each married. At his death, he owned a large part of the town of Laurens, all of which, together with the remainder of his property, went to his two youngest sons, John W. and Richard F. Simpson, at that time 19 and 17 years of age respectively, and both being students at the South Carolina College.He was very fond of his wife's sister's husband (John Franklin) and named his youngest son, Richard Franklin Simpson, after him. Col. John Simpson was appointed about the year 1810 a Colonel of a Cavalry Regiment. He was an exemplary member and elder of the Little River Presbyterian Church, and the remains of both he and his wife, Mary Wells Simpson, are buried in the Cemetery of that Church.It will be interesting here to preserve all we know of Mary Wells, Col. John Simpson's first wife. She was a remarkable woman, being eminently possessed of those virtues which render women lovable, and secures to them an everlasting influence for good to those so fortunate as to be brought under their guidance. She was mild, gentle and affectionate, and was, in the best sense of the term, a help-meet to her husband a tender mother to her children. And, while Col. John Simpson was an upright, christian gentleman, and a kind and affectionate husband, there is no doubt but that the descendants of John and Mary Wells Simpson are largely indebted to the gentle Mary Wells for those characteristics which have been the means of lifting them up to the degree of prominence they have always occupied. These descendants are noted for their habits of sobriety (not one of them having been a drunkard), their good natures, Christian virtues and successful lives. While calm and unostentatious in their deportment, they were yet firm and determined in all that pertained to duty. During the Confederate War, when volunteers were called for to undertake some particularly dangerous duty, the Simpson boys were the first to step forth and render their services, and while they made no boast of their bravery, there were no cooler and braver soldiers in the army than they were, and none more willing to sacrifice their

lives for their Country if necessity required. And today, 1897, there is not a descendant of this couple of worthy ancestors who does not occupy a respectable and worthy position in the esteem of the people of the State. They have intermarried with the most respectable familes of the State.
Mary Wells had two sisters, Nancy and Catherine, and one brother, John Wells. Nancy died in her youth from small pox. Catherine married John Franklin, no doubt the father of Sir John Franklin.Col. John and Mary Wells Simpson had seven children, as follows:
 

1. Jane Simpson, b June 18th, 1787, married Dr. John Nickels, June 8, 1814. - P.6 to 9
2. William Wells Simpson, b Feb. 15th, 1789, married Nancy Garlington, May 26th, 1813. - P 10 to 13
3. Mary Simpson, b April 2nd, 1791, married Capt. Anthony Griffin, 1805. - P.13 to 17
4. Catherine Simpson, b June 24th, 1793, married Gen. Jno. K. Griffin, 1809. - P.17 to 21
5. Nancy Simpson, b Dec. 23rd. 1794, married Gen. Thos. Wright, 1812. - P.21 to 26
6. John Wells Simpson, b Sept. 2nd, 1796, married Elizabeth Satterwhite, March 2nd, 1820. - P. 26 to 33
7. Richard Franklin Simpson, b Mar. 25th, 1798, married Margaret Taliaferro, Dec. 27th, 1836. - P. 33 to 37

1. Elizabeth Fulton, married Henry Stroud
2. Nance Fulton, married James Henry
3. Mary Fulton, married John Holland.

1. Thomas Nickels, married Margaret Hutchinson
2. James Nickels, never married
3. Dr. John Nickels, married Jane Simpson
4. William Nickels
5. Elizabeth Nickels, married William Nickels
6. Mary Nickels married James Bryson.

1. Jane Nickels, married James McDaniel
2. Robert Nickels, married Jane Simpson (but not the daughter of Col. John Simpson)
3. James Nickels
4. ______ Nickels, married a Mr. Boyd, of Little River

Nickels [see above], married two times, names unknown.
 
 

1. Mary Wells Nickels, died in infancy
2. James Nickels, died in infancy
3. John Nickels, died in infancy
4. Elizabeth Nickels, died in infancy
5. Nancy Nickels, died in infancy
6. Martha B. Nickels, died in infancy
7. Catherine Nancy Nickels, b Apr. 20th, 1826, married Rev. Z. L. Holmes, Dec. 4th, 1844.
8. Mary Elizabeth Nickels, b Jan. 15th 1828, married Dr. D. L. Anderson, Dec. 8th, 1846.
9. Isabella Jane Nickels, b Nov. 30th, 1829, married Dr. Williams Wright, Nov. 2nd, 1847.

They had the following children:

1. Olive Jane Holmes, b May 5th 1846, d Jan. 27th, 1864.
2. Nickels John Holmes, b Sept. 9th, 1847.
3. Ada Holmes, b July 2nd, 1849.
4. Ida Holmes, b Mar. 15th, 1851.
5. Abbie Catherine Holmes, b Oct. 11th, 1854, d. young.
6. Augustine Reid Holmes, b Feb. 15th, 1856.
7. Sheridan Wright Holmes, b Dec. 24th, 1857, d. Aug. 3, 1862
8. Joseph Austin Holmes, b Nov. 23rd, 1859
9. Havelock Holmes, b June 7th, 1861, d. Oct. 6th, 1861.
10. Simpson Lee Holmes, b Sept. 12th, 1862, d. Nov. 8th, 1863.
11. Mary Bell Holmes, b Dec. 3rd, 1864
12. Wm. Marshall Holmes, b June 3rd, 1867, d. in infancy.

1. Claud Fuller
2. Janie Fuller
3. Ida Fuller
4. Conner Fuller
5. Lorie Fuller, died in infancy
6. Josephine Fuller
7. Mary Bell Fuller
8. Lawrence Fuller

Ida Holmes, fourth child of Rev. Z. L. and Catherine Nancy Holmes, was born March 15th, 1851.
Augustine Reid Holmes, sixth child of the above, was born Feb. 15, 1856 and married Mattie Clat Worthy. They have the following children:
 

1. Willie L. Holmes, b. Feb. 13th, 1883
2. Sallie M. Holmes, b. Jan. 31s, 1885
3. Thomas N. Holmes, b., Nov. 22nd, 1886
4. Zelotes L. Holmes, b. Jan. 15th, 1890
5. Kate Holmes, b. Feb. 24th, 1892
6. James Clatworthy Holmes, b. April 4th, 1894
7. Reid A. Holmes, b
8. Paul W. Holmes, b
9. Joseph S. Holmes, b
10. Margaret Holmes, b.

1. Jean Dalziel Holmes, b. Wilmington, N.C., July 15th, 1893
2. John Austin Holmes, Jr., b. Chapel Hill, N.C., May 5th, 1895
3. James Sprunt Holmes, b. Chapel Hill, N.C., Sept. 4th 1898
4. Margaret Catherine Holmes, b. Chapel Hill, N.C., June 24th, 1902

1. John Wade Anderson
2. Maria Simpson Anderson
3. Richard Stobo Anderson, died in infancy.
4. Isabella Jane Anderson, died in infancy.
5. Mary Elizabeth Anderson
6. Archibald Ried Anderson, b. June 14th, 1859, died unmarried, 1896.
7. Barnwell Rhett Anderson.
8. Catherine Nickels Anderson
9. Conway Garlington Anderson.

1. Mattie Anderson, died in infancy
2. Ray Anderson
3. Law Anderson
4. James Anderson, died in infancy.
5. Lewis Anderson
6. Richard Simpson Anderson
7. Nickels Anderson
8. Mary Anderson

Maria Simpson, Anderson, second child of Dr. D. L. and Mary Elizabeth Nickels Anderson, was born Dec. 7th, 1849, married to Mr. Boulware, and they have the following children:
 
 

1. Fannie Boulware
2. Janie Boulware
3. David Boulware.
4. Hattie Boulware.

1. Bennie Goggins
2. Lucy Goggins

1. John Nickels Wright, born Nov. 15th, 1849.

They had the following children:

1. Bell Wright. B. May 23 1872 - D. Nov 5 1915 - P.47
2. Lutie Wright. B. Feb 2 1874 - D. Nov. 9 1908 - P.47
3. Williams Wright. B. Feb 8 1876 - D. Nov 27 1940 - P.47
4. Eloise Wright. B. Nov 27 1878 - D. May 4 1943 - P.47
5. Laura Wright. B. Dec 22 1888 - D. Aug 1 1957 - P.47
6. Henry Wright (Miss). B. April 1 1882 - D. Dec 31 1953 - P.47
7. John Wright. B. June 10 1883 - P.47
8. Kate Wright. B. Oct 15 1888 - D. Feb 6 1920 - P.47

sister of the late John Garlington (see further R. W. Simpson, son of Richard F. Simpson). He died at his residence five miles southeast of Laurens, C.H. on the road leading to Milton, on the 13th day of Oct. 1836. Nancy Simpson his wife, died April 26th, 1865.
William Wells Simpson was a man of fine character, and very much loved and respected by all; and while all the Simpson men were physically small men, yet they were active and more than ordinarily strong men, and William Wells was the strongest of them all. I have heard my father say (he was his brother) that he could stand in a half bushel measure and shoulder six bushels of rye. All of his family were noted for their firmness and determination, much of which disposition they no doubt inherited from their mother, who was as said, Nancy Garlington. (For a sketch of her ancestors, see R. W. Simpson, son of Richard F. Simpson, who married Maria, a daughter of John, a brother of Nancy). William Wells and Nancy Garlington Simpson had twelve children, as follows:
 

1. John Wells Simpson
2. Edwin Garlington Simpson
3. William C. Simpson
4. Mary Jane Simpson
5. Susannah Hack Simpson, b. Apr. 1821, d. Oct. 9, 1840
6. Richard C. Simpson, died unmarried
7. Nancy E. Simpson, b. 1824, d. Sept. 17th, 1843
8. James Lafayette Simpson
9. Henry Gordon Simpson
10. Martha Cresswell Simpson
11. Joseph Simpson
12. Margaret Catherine Simpson, b. July 2nd, 1834, d. May 29, 1836.

1. William Wade Simpson
2. James Garlington Simpson

John Wells Simpson [see above], after the death of his wife, Maria W. Anderson Simpson, married the second time, May 18th, 1852, Susan Washington Farrow (She was a first cousin of Maria, the first wife), a daughter of Col. Pattilla and Jane Strother (James) Farrow, and grand-daughter of Capt. Thos. Farrow, of Revolutionary War. She was born April 1st, 1831, and died _____ (for a sketch of the Farrow family, see J. Wister Simpson, son of Dr. John W. Simpson). John Wells, by his second wife Susan W. Farrow Simpson, had the following children:
 
 

1. Edwin Patillo Simpson
2. Rosa Wells Simpson
3. Cornelia Evalin Simpson
4. Susan Carolina Simpson, died.
5. Lee Simpson
6. Laura Simpson
7. Julie Simpson
8. Annie Simpson

1. Nelly Roberts
2. John Roberts
3. Susan Roberts
4. Lidie Roberts
5. Lois Roberts

1. McNeil Turner Simpson
2. Nancy Elizabeth Simpson

McNeil Turner Simpson, first child of Edwin C. and Rachel G. Campbell Simpson, was born March 22nd, 1845, and married Oct. 9th, 1877, Susan Young Watts, a daughter of Judge William Watts. He is a merchant at Cross Hill, but he and his wife have no children. Nancy Elizabeth Simpson, second child of above, was born Dec. 25th, 1846, married May 18th, 1865, Napolean B. Davenport, and had the following children:
 
 

1. Theresa Rachel Davenport
2. Elizabeth Davenport, dead.
3. Edwin Garlington Davenport
4. John H.W. Davenport, dead
5. John Gilliam Davenport
6. Sarah Ann Davenport m. Perrin Watts
7. Robert Campbell Davenport m. _____
8. Samuel Davenport, dead
9. Samuel E. Davenport, dead
10. Susan Davenport, dead
11. infant

1. William Simpson Sharpe, dead
2. Amos Leander Sharpe
3. John Franklin Sharpe
4. Hugh Parley Sharpe
5. Edwin Wuincy [Quincy?] Sharpe
6. Nancy Garlington Sharpe
7. Mary Jane Sharpe
8. Martha Rebecca Sharpe
9. Susannah Sharpe

Henry Gordon Simpson, ninth child of William Wells and Nancy Garlington Simpson, was born March 6th, 1828. He removed, when a young man, to Edgefield County, S.C., and there married one Fannie Tillman, a sister of Hon. Benjamin R. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina, and now U.S. Senator. Henry G. Simpson died May 3rd, 1879. His wife, Fanny Tillman Simpson, and four children are still alive. Their children are as follows:
 
 

1. Sophie Steiner Simpson, born June 4th, 1872
2. Nanny Garlington Simpson, b. Aug. 19th, 1874, d. Aug. 7th, 1876.
3. Mary Anna Simpson.
4. Margaret Simpson, James' twin, b. June 8th, 1876
5. James Simpson, Margaret's twin, b. June 8th, 1876
6. Sallie Henrietta Simpson, b. Aug. 18th, 1878.

1. Nancy Garlington Phinney
2. Henry Gordon Phinney

1. Minnie Simpson Ryan, b. Sept. 20th, 1887
2. Benjamin Tillman Ryan, b. Dec. 13, 1888 d. 1888
3. Walter Pierce Ryan, b. Nov. 22nd, 1889
4. Ray Garlington Ryan, b. March 25th, 1893
5. Henry Ernest Ryan, b. Oct. 16th, 1891 ?
6. Leslie Morris Ryan, b. May 31st, 1895.

1. Hugh Gordon Phinney
2. Nannie Phinney

Mary Simpson; third child of Col. John and Mary Wells Simpson, was born April 2nd, 1791, at Belfast, Laurens County, S.C.; married in 1805 Capt. Anthony Griffin, son of Richard and Nancy (Clark) Griffin, of Virginia. Capt. Griffin resides near Spring Grove, in the lower part of Laurens County, S.C., where his wife Mary died on Aug. 10th 1845, and where also, five years later, in the summer of 1850, he died. They had the following children:
[Mary W. Griffen, moved to next page]

1. Mary W. Griffin
2. Richard Franklin Griffin
3. Jane Simpson Griffin
4. Wm. Henry Harrison Griffin
5. Nancy C. Griffin, b. Aug. 1st, 1816, d. 1821
6. John S. Griffin, b. Dec. 15th, 1818, d. 1827
7. Elizabeth Catherine Griffin, b. Nov. 24, 1820, d. 1826
8. Sarah Ann Griffin
9. Margaret Griffin, b. Nov. 24th, 1823; d. 1824
10. Layetter Griffin, b. June 23rd, 1826, d. 1846
11. Martha Griffin, b. May 1827, married Dr. Calvin Higgins, d. 1849, no children.
12. Frances A. Griffin
13. Anthony C. Griffin, b. July 10th, 1831, d. 1847
14. A. S. Clayton Griffin, b. Apr. 17th 1833, d. 1836.

1. Richard Simpson Watts
2. James Griffin Watts, b. May 1st, 1828, d. June 18th, 1831?
3. John Wells Watts, b. July 3rd, 1833, d. June 18, 1835
4. Jane Priscilla Watts, b. Nov. 18th, 1830, d. Oct. 10-35
5. William Dendy Watts
6. Mary Elizabeth Watts
7. Sarah Francis Watts
8. Elihue Clayton Watts
9. Nancy Clark Watts
10. Harriett Amanda Watts, b. Apr. 7th, 1847, d. 1848.

1. Elihue Watts
2. Hogan Watts
3. Mary Watts
4. Elizabeth Watts
5. Eugenia Watts

1. Mary Anderson Watts, b. July 1, 1860
2. Alice Laurens Watts, b. Sept. 5th, 1861
3. Sarah Eula Watts, b. Mar. 18th, 1866

Simpson Griffin, was born Jan. 10th, 1810; married Oct. 30th, 1832, Priscilla Watts, sister to above Elihue C. Watts, a brother of Judge W.D. and John Watts. They live near Spring Grove in Laurens County, S.C., and had the following children: Richard F. Griffin, d. Aug. 26th, 1878; His wife d. May 20th, 1882:
 
 

1. Mary Priscilla Griffin, b. Aug. 29th, 1833, d. 1834
2. Narcessa Elizabeth Griffin, b. 1835
3. James Anthony Griffin
4. Fannie Emma Griffin
5. John Watts Griffin, b. Aug. 22nd, 1840, d. 1858
6. Wm Lafayette Griffin, b. June 16th, 1842, d. 1843
7. Elihue Clayton Griffin, b. Feb. 22nd, 1844, d. Sept. 16th, 1862, killed in battle
8. Richard Franklin Griffin
9. Lafayette Gilbal Griffin

1. W. G. Boazman, b. 1853, d. 1936
2. Mary L. Boazman, b. Dec. 8; d. 1873
3. Lithia C. Boazman, b. 1859; d. 1873 d. before 1869
4. Dempsey A. Boazman, b. 1859, d. 1873
5. Fannie Lou Boazman, b. 1861, d. 1876

1. John David Boazman, b. Dec. 5, 1876
2. Sue Griffin Boazman, b. Dec. 5th 1878 m. John H. Campbell
3. Richard Wilbur Boazman, b. Jan. 31st, 1881
4. William Asa Boazman, b. June 15th, 1884 m. Charles Clayton Hill
5. Milton Grant Boazman, b. May 15th, 1886 m. Margurite Ellis
6. Henry Miller Boazman, b. 1889, d. 1890
7. Gary Evans Boazman, b. May 5th, 1892 m. Eva Watkins Boozer
8. Ernest Pinson Boazman, b. Aug. 26th, 1894 d. 1964 m. Mary C. Jones

1. George Franklin Griffin, b. Aug. 20th, 1869
2. Callie Griffin
3. Priscilla Griffin
4. Brantlye Griffin
5. Maud Griffin

1. Mary A. Griffin, b. Oct. 10, 1855
2. Rosa J. Griffin, b. Feb. 2nd, 1857 m. Quigg Walker
3. Fannie E. Griffin, b. Dec. 26th, 1858
4. James V. Griffin, b. Nov. 22, 1861

Priscilla Watts Griffin, was born Feb. 4th, 1846; married Dec. 22nd, 1870, Bettie T. Turner. They had the following children:
 
 

1. William Elkin Griffin, b. Sept. 26th, 1871 m. Marie Loner
2. Lillian A. Griffin, b. Nov. 25th, 1872 m. W. C. Hill
3. Annie Griffin, b. July 12th, 1874 m. J. H. Campbell
4. John F. Griffin, b. July 3rd, 1876 never married
5. Alice P. Griffin, b. Dec. 16th, 1881 m. H. N. Carter
6. Richard Walter Griffin, b. June 19th, 1886 m. Eloise Brown

1. Fannie O. Griffin, b. Aug. 23rd, 1869
2. Emma W. Griffin, b. Aug. 19th, 1871

1. Miller E. Griffin, b. Nov. 12th, 1874
2. Mary P. Griffin, b. July 23rd, 1876
3. Richard Walker Griffin, b. Oct. 8th, 1877
4. James H. Griffin, b. Mar. 29th, 1879
5. Azila Rudd Griffin, b. Mar. 10th, 1881
6. Willie S. Griffin, b. 1883
7. Ola Amanda Griffin, b. 1885 m. Clarence Edwards
8. Orvin Griffin, b. June 22nd, 1886
9. Clara Griffin, b. 1888 m. George McCarthy
10. Pauline Griffin, b. 1890

1. Clarence Lipford, born April 1891 never married
2. Dora Lipford, born June, 1893 m. _________ Sloan
3. Nora m. ______ Jolly

1. John Calhoun Cook
2. Anthony Willis Cook, b. 1836, d. 1843

1. William Benton Fuller
2. Mary Eugenia Fuller, b. Apr. 9th, 1844
3. Jones Fuller, b. 1846, died 1852
4. Calvin Lafayette Fuller, b. Apr. 21st, 1848
5. Francis Henry Fuller, born 1850, died 1851

John Calhoun Cook, the first child of Willis and Jane Simpson Griffin Cook, was born June 16th, 1833; married Nov. 28th, 1865, Nanny Clark Watts.
William Benton Fuller, eldest child of Jane Simpson Griffin and her second husband, William A. Fuller, was born April 30th, 1842, and married March 7th, 1866, Byphemia Bryson, daughter of Capt. Samuel Bryson. They have one daughter.William Harrison Griffin, the fourth child of Capt. Anthony and Mary Simpson Griffin, was born Dec. 22nd, 1813; married 1835, Elizabeth, daughter of John Floyd. He moved to Alabama soon after he was married, and in 1880 still resided in Alabama (Opelika).
 

His children are as follows:

1. Mary Griffin
2. Amanda Griffin
3. Lafayette Griffin
4. Clayton Griffin
5. James Griffin
6. Thos. Griffin
7. Robert Griffin

1. Margaret Phinney

[No children listed.]

She died Aug. 6th, 1858, and left two children:

1. Dunlap Simpson Phinney
2. Joseph Hoffman Phinney

[No children listed.]

[No children listed.]

Catherine Simpson, fourth child of Col. John and Mary Wells Simpson, was born June 24th, 1793, at Belfast, Laurens County, S.C. married May 17th, 1809, Gen. John King Griffin. She died Oct. 8, 1831. He died Aug. 1st, 1841. Gen. Griffin was the son of Charles and Mary King Griffin. For 16 years he represented Laurens County in Legislature, a part of the time in the House and part in the Senate; and for five terms, from 1831 to 1841, was a member of the Congress of the United States. He acquired considerable prominence as a politician and was perhaps one of the most popular men of his time. When his wife, Catherine Simpson Griffin died,

Gen. Griffin married the widow of Robert Dunlap, who was the daughter of Drayton Nance of Newberry. Shortly after his second marriage he died and Gen. Wm. Wallace, the father of the present General and Judge Wm. H. Wallace, succeeded him in Congress and married his widow. Gen. John K. Griffin and Catherine Simpson Griffin, his wife, had seven children, as follows:
 
 

1. Mary Simpson Griffin
2. Charles Bluford Griffin
3. A. Jackson Griffin
4. John Franklin Griffin
5. Wm. King Griffin, b. Feb. 18th, 1821, d. 1825
6. Richard Simpson Griffin
7. Nancy Catherine Griffin

1. Rebecca Jane Gary
2. Martin James Gary, b. Apr. 20th, 1830, d. 1838
3. Kitty Griffin Gary
4. Eliza Camilla Gary, born 1833, died 1836
5. Philometha A. Gary, b. July 9th, 1835, d. Nov. 1st, 1862, unmarried
6. Duff Foster Gary
7. Antho Texanna Gary
8. Mary Charles Gary

1. Charles Martin
2. Laurens Martin, m. Corry Watts, daughter of J.W. Watts
3. Wm. Martin, married Mary Meyer, of Newberry
4. James Martin
5. Duff Martin
6. Howard Martin

1. Mary G. Watts, m. Don Shell; had Mitchell Shell and Eloise Shell.
2. Kittie Watts, m. Ben Wharton; had Anette Wharton and William Wharton.
3. John O. W. Watts, b. 1868; d. 1940; married Clara Dial b. 1871; d. 1956.
4. Elizabeth Watts, m. ______Fuller
5. Antho Watts.
6. See note ... one known as Janie (who) m. Jim Wade Hill of Cross Hill

1. Duff Foster Gary, b. Dec. 1861, died 1868.

1. Mary Gary Jones, b. Nov. 12th, 1862, died 1865
2. Emily Jones, b. May 20th, 1864, died 1866
3. Antho Gary Jones, b. Mar. 7th, 1866, died 1866
4. Charles Gary Jones, b. Oct. 12th, 1872, died 1875
5. Thomas F. Jones
6. Sallie Philo Jones
7. Jane B. Jones
8. J. Willie Jones, Jr. b. Oct. 15th, 1876
9. Catherine W. Jones, b. Apr. 29th, 1878, d. 1958 Spartanburg, S.C., Buried Laurens, S.C.
10. Emma G. Jones, b. Mar. 9th, 1881

1. Charles Sampson Pope, b. Dec. 31st, 1864, died 1867
2. Harriet Kitty Pope, b. Aug. 13th, 1866
3. Y. John Pope, b. Nov, 1868, died 1870
4. Mary Gary Pope, b. Sept. 16th, 1870
5. Thomas Herbert Pope, b. Mar. 21st, 1872
6. Helen Pope, b. July 19th, 1874
7. Antho Maxwell Pope, b. Jan. 15th, 1876

Helen Pope, sixth child of the above, married in 1894, Mr. Cheatam, and have two children:
 
 

1. Thos. Pope Cheatam, b. April 5th, 1895
2. Robert Joseph Cheatam, b. Nov. 1st, 1896

1. Sanders Bullington Griffin, b. 1836, married in 1864, Alice Dalrymple.
2. Margaret Kate Griffin, b. 1838, married in 1856, Dr. Augustus Barnes Smith
3. Sarah Cornelia Griffin, b. 1840, married _____ Smith
4. Fannie Witham Griffin, b. 1842
5. John King Griffin, b. 1844, died 1861
6. Mary Simpson Griffin, b. 1846
7. Jane Griffin, b. 1848
8. Bluford Richard Griffin, b. 1852

1. William Dunlap Griffin, born Dec. 25th, 1840
2. John King Griffin, born Aug. 4th, 1842, died 1847
3. Robert Richard Griffin, b. May 4th, 1844, died 1846
4. Margaret Hunter Griffin, b. Feb. 5th, 1846, died 1855

1. Charles Carold Griffin, b. Jan. 25th, 1853, died 1855
2. Fanny Amelia Griffin, b. Dec. 4th, 1854, died 1855
3. Kitty Simpson Griffin, b. July 11th, 1856, died
4. Agnes Philo Griffin, b. May 28th, 1858, died
5. Alma Edwards Griffin, b. Mar. 22nd, 1860, died
6. Eugene Dunlap Griffin, b. ______ died 1865
7. Eula Griffin, Lee's twin, b. Jan. 1862, [died?]
8. Lee Griffin, Eula's twin, b. Jan. 1862, [died?]
9. Hattie Hunter Griffin, b. Aug. 10, 1864

After the death of Mrs. Griffin in Sept. 23rd, 1865, Richard S. Griffin married the second time, Apr. 3rd, 1857, Mrs. Emma F. Gary, widow of Duff. F. Gary, who was his nephew. She is now a widow again.
Nancy Catherine Griffin, the seventh child of Gen. John K. and Catherine Simpson, was born Mar. 25th, 1824; married Sept. 28th, 1842, Rev. Thomas J. Pearce, a Baptist minister from Darlington, S.C. About 1858 Mr. Pearce removed with his family to Arkansas, thence to Texas in 1864, where he died Oct. 1865. They had the following children:
 

1. Tallulah Isidore Pearce
2. Richard Washington Pearce, b. 1846, and died young
3. Mary Aurelia Pearce, b. _____ married Nov. 22nd, 1866, Lee Cargile, of Texas
4. Kittie Hortensia Pearce, twins, b. 1850, married Feb. 28th, 1867, John Hillyard.
5. Alexander Sparks Pearce, b. 1855

1. Anabell Houston

Nancy Simpson, the fourth child of Col. John and Mary Wells Simpson, was born Dec. 23rd, 1794, and married Sept. 22nd, 1812, Gen. Thomas Wright, son of Daniel and Nancy (Young) Wright of North Carolina. Daniel Wright was born Sept. 27th, 1759, and died May 24th, 1838, aged 78 years; and his wife Nancy Young was born July 7th, 1762, and died June 21st, 1833. Gen. Thomas Wright was a man of uncommon integrity of character, was a surveyor, and was extensively known throughout the upper part of the State. Although unpretending, his judgment and his opinions were always sought. He was born Dec. 15th, 1782, and died Feb. 14th, 1855. Richard F. Simpson, the father of the writer, was very fond of his brother-in-law, Gen. Thos. Wright, and named me, his second son, for himself and Gen. Wright (to-wit: Richard Wright Simpson). Gen. Wright was also a warm personal friend of Mr. John Garlington, the writer's father-in-law. I have heard my father and father-in-law both express their high appreciation and admiration for the character of Gen. Wright.
Nancy Simpson Wright, Aunt Nancy as we called her, I remember well. She was one of the finest types of women I ever knew. If there ever was a woman who possessed all the womanly virtues, Aunty Nancy was that woman. Aunt Janny Nickels and Aunt Nancy Wright, Dr. John W. Simpson and my father, Richard F. Simpson, were the last surviving children of Col. John Simpson. I have seen these four all together; their brotherly, sisterly regard, love and affection for each other was something that made one think more of humanity. Nancy Simpson Wright died ____. Gen. Thos. And Nancy Simpson Wright had the following children:
 

1. Oliver Perry Wright P. 22
2. John Daniel Wright P. 22
3. Richard Simpson Wright P. 22
4. Thomas Jefferson Wright, b. Mar. 13th, 1820, died Nov. 19th, 1846
5. Dr. Williams Wright, b. June 11th, 1822, d. Oct. 5, 1897 - P. 23
6. Nancy Carolina Wright
7. Elizabeth Jane Wright P. 24
8. James Hamilton Wright, b. May 17th, 1828, d. June 11th, 1854
9. Mary Catherine Wright P. 20
10. Lucy Lucinda Wright P. 25
11. Archibald Young Wright, b. June 11th, 1834, killed in War 1862.
12. Wistar Nickels Wright b. P. 26

[Mary, Lucy, Archibald, and Wistar Wright, moved to previous page]
Oliver Wright, eldest child of Gen. Thos. and Nancy Simpson Wright, was born at his father's homestead, near Young's Store, Laurens County, S.C., Jan. 24th, 1814, and moved to Jackson, Miss., and there married Sept. 30th, 18__, Catherine D. Barrett, of Jackson, Miss. He died _____ and his wife died 1897. They had the following children:
 

1. Thomas Cordell Wright, b. Oct. 8th, 1853
2. Mary Wright, b. Oct. 13th, 1854
3. Oliver Perry Wright, b. Dec. 1855
4. Kate Wright, b. Feb. 1857
5. Sallie Wright, b. Aug. 1859
6. Eugenia Wright, b. 1861, died 1862
7. Lilla May Wright, b. Oct. 15th, 1863

1. Elizabeth Wright, b. 1842, d. 1849
2. Frances E. Wright, b. 1844

1. Lois Jones.

1. Richard Maxwell Wright, b. Jan. 24th, 1849, died Mar. 2nd, 1882, unmarried.
2. Louisa Caruth Wright, b. Nov. 30th, 1850, died Nov. 12th, 1890, unmarried.

1. Rosa Simpson Wright.

Rosa Simpson Wright, only child of above, married Dr. Ruger, surgeon in U. S. Army, by whom she has several children. Mrs. Wright, the widow, after the death of her husband, married a Mr. Spring fellow.
Dr. Williams Wright, the fifth child of Gen. Thos. and Nancy Simpson Wright, was born June 11th, 1822, married Nov. 2nd, 1847, his cousin Isabella Jane, daugher of Dr. John and Jane Simpson Nickels. Dr. Wright only practiced medicine for three or four years after he married, when he combined his farming interests with that of his mother-in-law, which was large and extensive, until the death of Mrs. Nickels and the division of the estate, when his wife fell heir to the Dr. Nickels homestead, six miles below Laurens Court House, S.C. Dr. Wright was one of the most amiable men I ever knew, and with his good wife, Cousin Bella, had a happy home, where all the young relations loved to congregate; for there was always kindness and hospitality to be met with. Both of them never tired of trying to make their friends and relatives happy. Two better dispositions were never yoked together. They are both dead, and reunited in Heaven above, happy as they tried to make others happy in this life. Isabella Jane Nickels Wright died _______ and Dr. Williams Wright died Oct. 5th, 1897. They had but one child:
 

1. John Nickels Wright. P-9-P-47

1. Nancy Elizabeth Foster
2. Thos. Wright Foster
3. Mary Evaline Foster
4. Palmetto Foster
5. Lucy Jane Foster
6. William Nickels Foster
7. Sallie Antoinett Foster
8. Corrie Simpson Foster

1. __________
2. Lizzie Mouray
3. Annie Mouray
4. Lucy Mouray

1. Foster D. Simmes.

Palmetto Foster, the fourth child of the above, was born June 1st, 1857; married S.L. Madden, and had four children, as follows:
 
 

1. Myrtle Madden
2. Ethel Madden
3. Thomas E. Madden
4. Caroline Madden

They had one son:

1. Ralls Styles Greig.

1. Drahn Foster
2. Thos. Foster
3. Luella Foster
4. Infant son

1. Leon C. Baston

1. Lucile Smith
2. Edwina Smith

1. Ida Lucretia Phison, b. May 13th, 1851, died _____
2. Minnie A. Philson
3. Lucy Jane Philson, married _________ died ______
4. Nanny Irene Philson, b. Apr. 29th, 1858, died 1879
5. Emma Isabella Philson, b. Dec. 13th, 1859, died 1861
6. Willie F. Philson, b. Apr. 29th, 1862, unmarried

1. Mattie Irene Ray
2. Janie Colette Ray
3. William Wright Ray
4. Clyde K. Ray
5. Thos. F. Ray, Jr.

Lucy Linda Wright, tenth child of Gen. Thos. and Nancy Simpson Wright, was born Sept. 6th, 1832; married Sept. 29th, 1857, Dr. S. Farrow Styles, of Spartanburg. Moved West in 1866 and had the following children:
 
 

1. Thomas Wright Styles
2. Mary Louisa Styles
3. Fannie Baldaetta Styles
4. Lucy Jane Styles
5. Carey Williams Styles
6. Samuel Jones Styles
7. John Wister Styles
8. Nancy Rebecca Styles

1. Samuel Farrow Styles
2. Thomas W. Styles

1. Lucy Caroline Hunt
2. Fanetta Hunt
3. William Wright Hunt
4. Carey James Hunt
5. Maykee Hunt
6. John Farrow Hunt

1. Andrew F. Buchanan
2. Luta Eugenia Buchanan

1. Justin Thomas Crane
2. Mary Catherine Crane

1. Helen Louise Styles
2. Laura Seward Styles

Nancy Rebecca Styles, the seventh child of the above, was born Feb. 4th, 1871; married March 1895, A. Prentiss Young.
Archabald Young Wright, the eleventh child of Gen. Thos. and Nancy Simpson Wright, was born June 11, 1834; died 1862, in the Confederate War.Wister Nickels Wright, the twelfth child of Gen. Thos. and Nancy Simpson Wright, was born May 6th, 1836; married May 1865, Lucy Walton Barrett of Jackson, Miss., and have the following children:
 

1. Thomas W. Wright, b. July 22nd, 1866
2. Archibald C. Wright
3. O. Barrett Wright
4. Lucile Wright
5. Perry Wright
6. Nanny May Wright
7. Cordell Wright

1. John Wister Simpson P-27
2. William Dunlap Simpson, b. Oct. 27th, 1823, d. Dec. 26, 1890 P-28

Dr. John Wells Simpson married (the third time) on Dec. 1st, 1829, Eliza Adams, daughter of Dr. Freeborn and Judity [Judith?] Finch Adams, he is a native of Maine and she of Virginia. Eliza Simpson (third wife) died June 26th, 1854, leaving the following children:
 
 

1. Laura Wells Simpson, b. July 15th, 1834, d. Nov. 28th, 1849. P-5.
2. Cornelia Finch Simpson - P-30.
3. Richard Casper Simpson - P-31.
4. Ossian Freeborn Simpson - P-31.
5. Eliza Judith Simpson - P-32.
6. Carolus Adams Simpson - P-32.
7. Martha Jane Simpson - P-33.
8. Thomas Foster Simpson - P-33.

1. John Patilla Simpson - P-28
2. William Wells Simpson - P-28
3. Wistar Satterwhite Simpson, b. Apr. 22nd, 1851, d. 1852
4. Stobo James Simpson - P-28
5. Harvey Strother Simpson - P-28
6. Elizabeth Satterwhite Simpson - P-28
7. Paul Simpson, b. Apr. 8th, 1858, unmarried - P-28
8. Wistar Simpson, b. Aug. 11th, 1860, d. 1862
9. Casper Simpson, b. Oct. 14th, 1862, unmarried - P-28
10. Arthur Osmend Simpson, b. Oct. 23rd, 1866, unmarried - P-28
11. Dr. Frank Simpson, unmarried.

John Patilla Simpson, the eldest child of John Wistar and Anna P. (Farrow) Simpson, was born Jan. 18th, 1848; married one Anna Knox, of Alabama. He resides at Laurens Court House, and is a successful physician. They have the following children:
 
 

1. Mary Simpson
2. Knox Simpson
3. Lucia Simpson
4. Annie Simpson

1. McGilvery Simpson
2. Annie Simpson

1. Annie Lucia Zimmerman
2. John Zimmerman
3. William Zimmerman
4. Nora Zimmerman
5. Eloise Zimmerman
6. James Zimmerman
7. Patilla Zimmerman
8. Charles Zimmerman
9. Mary Zimmerman

his wife, Lucy M. (Young) M. Young. Her father was a son of Archibald and Nancy (Nesbit) Young, and her mother Lucy M. was a daughter of John Mason and Jane E. (Nesbit) Young, of Isedell County, North Carolina. W. D. Simpson settled at Laurens Court House and practiced law as a copartner of his brother, J. Wistar. He was a particularly handsome man, a superb orator and able lawyer, and popular and distinguished citizen. In his younger days he served in the Legislature and acquired distinction as State Senator. During the Confederate War he was a Lieut. Col. of the 14th, S.C.V. (Regt.) and participated in many of the great battles of the War. In 1863 he was elected a member of the Confederate Congress, and served in this position until the end of the War. After the close of the War he resumed his practice of law at Laurens, until 1876, when he was nominated on the ticket with Gov. Wade Hampton as Lieut. Governor. He canvassed the State with Gov. Hampton during this memorable campaign, and was elected Lieut. Governor. In 1878 he and Gov. Hampton were re-elected. In 1879 Gov. Hampton was elected to the U.S. Senate, and Lieut. Governor Simpson was promoted to be Governor. In 1880, while Governor, he was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, for six years, and in 1886 was unanimously re-elected Chief Justice. During his second term he died, Dec. 26th, 1890, at Columbia, where he had made his home.
(For a full account of the life of this distinguished citizen, see Encyclopaedia of Eminent and Representative Men of South Carolina, Volume 1st, page 101) He and his wife Jane had the following children:
 

1. Lucy Elizabeth Simpson, b. Jan 10, 1848 m. Feb 29, 1876 Rev. N. J. Holmes
2. Laura Wells Simpson, b. April 1, 1849 d. Nov. 20 m. J. N. Wright
3. Henry Young Simpson, b. July 29, 1852 d. _____ m. Mary Williams
4. Mary Eloise Simpson, b. June 26, 1855 d. _____ m. Stobo Simpson
5. Wistar Augustus Simpson, b. Mar. 14th, 1858, d. young
6. William D. Simpson, Jr., b. Sept. 17th, 1860, unmarried
7. Ernest A. Simpson, b. Feb. 7th, 1864, unmarried
8. John Wells Simpson, b. _________ d. ______ m. Mable Fleming, Spartanburg, S.C.

Laura Wells Simpson, the second child of Judge W. D. and Jane (Young) Simpson, was born April 1st, 1849; married John Nickels Wright, and has eight children. (See John N. Wright, ante.) P-47
Henry Young Simpson, the third child of Judge W. D. and Jane (Young) Simpson, was born July 29th, 1852, and is now a successful lawyer at Laurens Court House, S.C. He married Mary Wilkes. They have no children.Mary Eloise Simpson, the fourth child of Judge W. D. and Jane (Young) Simpson, was born Januray 26th, 1855, and married May 18th, 1886, Stobo James Simpson, a son of her Uncle, J. Wistar Simpson. They have no children. (See Stobo J. Simpson, ante.) P-28John "Jack" Wells Simpson, the eighth child of Judge W. D. and Jane (Young) Simpson, was born ________; married Mabel Fleming, daughter of Dr. Edward and Elizabeth (Dean) Fleming. Spartanburg, S.C.

Cornelia Finch Simpson, the second child of Dr. John Wells and Eliza (Adams) Simpson, (third wife) was born Jan. 23rd, 1836; married Nov. 19th, 1857, Col. Henry Patilla Farrow. Shortly after marriage they removed to Georgia and Col. Farrow practiced law, residing most of the time in Atlanta. He and his good wife are still alive, and reside with their children part of the year, and the other part at their celebrated health resort, Porter Springs, Col. Farrow is a man of fine appearance, true and loyal as a friend, a loving and devoted husband, kind, careful and considerate as a father, and patriotic as a citizen. Since living in Georgia he has become one of the leading and prominent men of the State, and by his good judgement, honesty, integrity and patriotism, has helped largely to advance the prosperity of the State. Col. Farrow was a brother of Annie P. Farrow, who married J. Wistar Simpson, his wife's brother, and Susan Washington Farrow, who married John Wells Simpson, eldest son of William Wells and Nancy Garlington Simpson. And for the benefit of the numerous descendants of these marriages, I will here set out a sketch of the Farrow family.
Col. Henry Patilla Farrow, the sixth child of Col. Patilla and Jane Strother (James) Farrow, was born January 24th, 1834. The father of Col. Patilla Farrow was son of Capt. Thomas Farrow, of Virginia, an officer in the U. S. service in the Revolutionary War, and his second wife was Mrs. Anna (Patilla) Harrison. Col. Patilla Farrow had one sister, Nancy Farrow, who married Dr. Samuel Farrow. Col. Farrow was a distinguished lawyer, and practiced at Laurens Court House, S.C., where he resided and in the adjoining Counties. Judge O'Neal says had it not been for his extreme modesty and sensitiveness, he would have been a most eminent lawyer. (See O'Neal's Bench and Bar, Page 503). He was a strict member of the Presbyterian Church, a good and virtous man, and the citizens of Laurens and his descendants should cherish his memory as that of one of their brightest jewels. January 2nd, 1826, he married Jane (Strother) James, daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Stobo) James. Benjamin James was from Virginia. He resided in Laurens County, where he practiced law and represented the County in the State Senate. He was the author of James Digest. His wife Jane Stobo, was a daughter of Richard Park Stobo, also a lawyer in Charleston, S.C., who was a grandson of Archibald Stobo, the first Presbyterian minister in the Colony of South Carolina. Col. Patilla Farrow and his wife Jane (Strother) James, had the following children:
 

1. Col. James Farrow, a distinguished lawyer of Spartanburg and Laurens Counties, and a member of Congress; died 1892, and was born 1827.
2. Anna Patilla Farrow, who married Wister Simpson.
3. Susan Washington Farrow, who married John Wells Simpson, son of William Wells and Nancy G. Simpson.
4. Thomas Stobo Farrow, a lawyer, also of Spartanburg, S.C.
5. Henry Patilla Farrow, who married Cornelia Finch Simpson, daughter of Dr. John Wells Simpson and his wife Eliza (Adams) Simpson.
6. Julia Ann Farrow, who married Homer L. McGowan, a lawyer of Laurens, S.C., and brother of Judge Samuel McGowan of Abbeville, S.C.

1. Eliza Adams Farrow
2. Jane James Farrow

Eliza Adams Farrow, eldest daughter of Col. Henry Patilla and Cornelia Finch (Simpson) Farrow, was born Sept. 24th, 1858; married John A. Whitner, of Atlanta, Ga., where they now reside, and have the following children:
 
 

1. James Whitner, Jr.
2. Henry P. Whitner
3. Casper Whitner
4. Charles Whitner
5. Lidie Whitner
6. Cornelia Whitner
7. Martha Whitner

1. Cornelia Cooper, died young.
2. Caro Cooper
3. Janie Cooper
4. __________

1. A. M. Smith
2. Mary E. Smith, married James M. Perrin, of Abbeville.
3. Virginia Caroline Smith, married Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, Col. in the Confederate War, and for many years a member of Congress.
4. William Joel Smith, married Jane Allen, of Abbeville.
5. Lucy Jane Smith, married John Andrew Bowie, son of Langdon Bowie, of Charleston.
6. Emma Eliza Smith, married Augustus M. Aiken, brother of Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken.

Ossian F. and Belle (Smith) Simpson have two children:

1. Azile Simpson
2. Belle Simpson

1. Carolus Simpson
2. William Elliott Simpson
3. Evelyn Simpson
4. Janie Simpson
5. Catherine Simpson

happy. They reside in Atlanta, Ga., and enjoy all the good things that industry, thrift and good judgement secure.
Thomas Foster Simpson, the eighth child of Dr. John Wells and Eliza (Adams) Simpson (third wife), was born Feb. 2nd, 1853; married March 8th, 1877, Nancy Virginia Anderson, daughter of Dr. William and Elizabeth (Watts) Anderson. Dr. Anderson was a gentleman and physician of considerable note. His wife, Elizabeth (Watts) Anderson, was a great-grand-daughter of Col. James Williams, the King's Mountain Hero. Dr. and Mrs. Anderson had only three children. The eldest, Laurens Carolina (Lola), married Mr. Charles W. Tune, of Alabama. The second child was Virginia. The third, a son, Albert Williams, married Miss Mattie Hillhouse of Greenville, S.C. He has attained considerable distinction in railroad circles, and though a young man still, he is now General Superintendent of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company. Thomas Foster and Nancy Simpson have the following children:
 

1. William Wells Simpson, b. June 15, 1878
2. James Foster Simpson, b. June 19th, 1880, died Nov. 12th, 1886
3. Albert Anderson Simpson, b. Apr. 18th, 1883, d. Feb. 1st, 1887
4. Ossian Freeborn Simpson, b. July 9th, 1885, d. Sept. 19th, 1885
5. John Wells Simpson, b. Sept. 6th, 1886, died Nov. 1st, 1886
6. Charles Tune Simpson, b. Apr. 28th, 1888
7. Richard Franklin Simpson, b. Aug. 29th, 1890
8. Elizabeth Watts Simpson, b. Nov. 18th, 1891
9. Thomas Foster Simpson, b. Feb. 9th, 1894, d. Mar. 12th, 1896
10. Leila Virginia Simpson, b. Nov. 3rd, 1897

his career in Congress he was a warm friend and supporter of John C. Calhoun, who also resided at or near Pendleton. He was in favor of secession, and was elected to the Secession Convention, and voted to take the State out of the Union. Maj. Simpson was an earnest and devoted Christian, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He was perhaps the most popular man in the Simpson family, and his numerous namesakes in this book abundantly show. But his popularity was not confined alone to his family; it extended to the rich and the poor all over the State and out of the State, wherever known. His generosity and unselfishness were proverbial. His relations, old and young, delighted to visit him and loved him for his generous and wholesoul hospitality. His great aim in life was to make others happy. He was the peace maker of this section, and many a duel he has avoided; frequently sent for from fifty to sixty miles, and so great was the confidence had for his high sense of right and honor, he seldom if ever failed to bring about a friendly adjustment of the difficulty. He lived honored, loved and respected, and died at a good old age. It is a common remark that if any man ever went to Heaven, Maj. Simpson is that man.
Mary Margaret (Taliaferro) Simpson, was the third daughter of Zachariah Taliaferro, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. After the war he studied law and removed from Carolina County, Va., to Columbia, S.C. After some years he returned to Virginia and married Margaret Chew Carter, a daughter of John Carter and his wife Hannah (Chew) Carter, who had the following children:
 

1. Mary Carter, who married Maj. Stephens
2. Lucy Carter, who married Benton Taliaferro
3. Judith Carter, married Joseph Sutton
4. Robert Carter, who never married
5. Bailey Carter, who never married
6. Margaret Chew Carter, who married Zachariah Taliaferro. After his marriage, Mr. Taliaferro settled near old Pickensville, S.C., then the Court House for Washington District, and practiced Law. After the District was divided into Pendleton and Greenville Districts, he settled at his old homestead, three miles from Pendleton, and continued the practice of law and farming. He was a man of fine judgment, and accumulated a large fortune, which he divided among his four daughters, Sarah Ann T. who married Dr. O. R. Broyles; Lucy Hannah, who married Col. David S. Taylor; Mary Margaret, who married Maj. Richard F. Simpson, and Caroline Virginia, who married Dr. H. C. Miller. These four families were among the most prominent families of the upper part of the State.

Richard Franklin Simpson and Mary Margaret (Taliaferro) Simpson had the following children:

1. John Simpson, b. 1837, died in infancy.
2. Taliaferro Simpson - P 34
3. Richard Wright Simpson - P 35
4. Mary Margaret Simpson - P 37
5. Anna Tallulah Simpson - P 39
6. John Garlington Simpson, b. Apr. 12th, 1846, d. Nov. 26th, 1858

immediately resigned his commission as Captain and joined Company A. 3rd Regt. S.C.V., as a private. He was in all the great battles up to the 20th of September, 1863, when he was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga. About the time he was killed, his friends in many places were interesting themselves to place him in a position which would be more befitting his talents. He, like his father, was popular and very much beloved. He was a devout Christian, and a member of the Methodist Church. Had he lived, he no doubt would have taken a prominent position among men. As an evidence of the esteem in which he was held, the Pendleton Company of the United Confederate Veterans, 1897, organized and named their camp "Camp Taliaferro Simpson" after him.
Richard Wright Simpson, the third child of Richard Franklin and Mary Margaret (Taliaferro) Simpson, was born Sept. 11th, 1840, and married Feb. 10th, 1863, Miss Maria Louise Garlington, a daughter of John and Susan W. (James) Garlington. Richard W. Simpson graduated at Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., in 1861. Just before graduating he volunteered in the Confederate Service, and joined Company A. 3rd, Regt., S.C.V., at Columbia. At the end of the first year's service he was discharged on account of a disease contracted from measles, which disease has impaired his health to the present time. After some months of rest, he joined Maj. Adam's Battalion of Cavalry, but was very soon again discharged. He remained at home, a mere wreck of his former self, but notwithstanding married February, 1863, a lady he had loved from childhood. Shortly after his marriage he was detailed in the Nitre and Mining Department at Macon, Ga., under Col. H. P. Farrow. In 1874 he was elected a member of the Legislature from Anderson County, served two years in the House, and was re-elected in 1876. He took a prominent part in this memorable campaign, and was the author of the Red Shirt uniform which did such effective work in the conflict and became so famous. He was a member of the celebrated Wallace House, and was one of the Committee of seven who took forcible possession of the Hall of Representatives. He was Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means and originated and carried through the plan of settlement of the large indebtedness contracted by the Radicals. He was re-elected in 1880, but after this declined any further participation in politics. He was appointed by Gov. Hampton, Chief of his Staff, with rank of Colonel of Cavalry, and during the same year, 1877, had conferred upon him by Wofford College the degree of Master of Arts, without his solicitation. In 1880 he was admitted to the Bar, the profession he was prevented from going into by reason of the war. He resides at Pendelton and has his office at Anderson, S.C., where he goes daily. He is Attorney for the Southern Railway and the Blue Ridge Railroad, and of the Pendleton Bank. He was the Attorney also of the Hon. Thos. G. Clemson, and also his Executor. He wrote the famous will of Mr. Clemson devising his property to the State of South Carolina for an Agricultural College, which will was contested in the Supreme Court of the United States, but unsuccessfully. He is, and has been the President of the Board of Trustees of Clemson College, from its foundation. He owns the Taliaferro old homestead. He is a member of the Methodist Church. His wife, Maria Louise (Garlington) Simpson, is a daughter of John Garlington and his wife Susan Washington Garlington. John Garlington was one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Laurens County, S.C. His father was Edwin Conway Garlington, of Halifax County, Va., whose father was Christopher Garlington, who married Elizabeth, a daughter of Col. Edwin Conway, of Virginia. Col. Edwin Conway married Annie Ball, a daughter of Col. Joseph Ball, of Effing Forest, and sister of Mary Ball, the mother of General George Washington. John Garlington married the second time Susan Washington James, a daughter of Benjamin James and Jane Stobo, of Charleston, S.C. Benjamin

James was born in Virginia, and was the son of John James who married Nancy Strother, a daughter of Benjamin Strother. His wife Jane Stobo was a daughter of Richard Park Stobo, a grandson of Rev. Archibald Stobo, the first Presbyterian preacher in this State, and from Scotland. Susan W. James, the wife of John Garlington, had three sisters, all of whom resided in Laurens and married prominent gentlemen:
 
 

1. Maria Stobo James, married Dr. Wade Anderson, whose son Dr. Dave Anderson married Nickels, and a daughter of Maria married John Wells Simpson.
2. Jane Strother James married Col. Patilla Farrow, whose son, Col. Henry P. Farrow, married Cornelia Simpson, daughter of Dr. John Wells Simpson, and a daughter, Sue, married John Wells Simpson (second wife), and a daughter, Annie, married J. Wistar Simpson.
3. Susan Washington James married John Garlington, whose daughter, Maria, married Richard W. Simpson, and a son, Col. Conway Garlington, was engaged to marry the sister of Richard W. Simpson when he was killed at Savage Station, Virginia.
4. Louisa James married Rev. David Ballew, which family has also married into the Simpson family. Her son, Benjamin Ballew, married a daughter of Oliver Perry Wright.

1. Margaret Garlington Simpson, b. Feb. 18th, 1864
2. Susan James Simpson, b. Apr. 21st, 1867
3. Maria Louise Simpson, b. Nov. 1st, 1868
4. Annie Ball Simpson, b. Oct. 16th, 1870
5. Elizabeth Conway Simpson, b. June 22nd, 1872
6. Richard Wright Simpson, Jr., b. Oct, 18th, 1874
7. John Garlington SImpson, b. Oct. 5th, 1876
8. Taliaferro Strother Simpson, b. July 23, 1878
9. Jeannie Stobo Simpson,. b. June 4th, 1880
10. William Franklin Simpson, b. June 18th, 1882, died Oct 24th, 1882.

1. Maria Louise Sloan
2. Ella Maxwell Sloan
3. Paul H. E. Sloan
4. Susan Simpson Soan
5. Jean Conway Sloan
6. Eliza Earle Sloan

Mary Margaret Simpson, the fourth child of Maj. Richard Franklin and Margaret (Taliaferro) Simpson, was born Mar. 1st, 1842, and married May 5th, 1870, Capt. Thos. L. Williams, a gallant soldier in the service of the Confederate States, from Greenville, Tenn. Capt. Williams, as he was known, was promoted to Major just before the close of the War. His father was Alexander Williams, the wealthiest and most prominent citizen in East Tennessee. His mother was Catherine Dixon, a daughter of William Dixon and his wife Eliza Douglas Dixon. Capt. Williams had a sister, Eliza, who married Col. William H. Sneed, a distinguished lawyer of Knoxville, Tenn. His son Joseph Williams Sneed is now a Judge of the Circuit Court in Knoxville, Tenn.; and a brother, William Douglass Williams, who married Sarah Ann, a daughter of Dr. O. R. Broyles, of South Carolina. The noted Gen. Morgan was a relation of Capt. Williams, and was killed in his mother's yard during the War. Capt. Thos. L. Williams and Mary Margaret (Simpson) Williams had the following children:
 
 

1. Eliza Tallulah Williams, b. Mar. 24th, 1871
2. Richard Franklin Williams, b. October 7th, 1872
3. William Dixon Williams, b. Mar. 25th, 1873
4. Margaret Taliaferro Williams, b. 1875, d. June, 1876
5. Thomas Lanier Williams, Jr.,
6. Catherine Douglass Williams, b. _____ d. June 10th.
7. Mary Wells Williams, b. _____ d. _____
8. Maria Louise Williams, b. Apr. 4th, 1884
9. Anna Simpson Williams, b. June 20th

Capt. Thos. L. Williams died Sept. 13th, 1895.

They were first cousins. They had two children:

1. John Wilson Simpson, married Hannah Teague, of Kentucky, and moved there.
2. William Wilson Simpson, married Elizabeth Shamblin, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Carson) Shamblin. Another daughter of this Mr. Shamblin is said to have married a Mr. Miller, the grandfather of Dr. Miller, of Abbeville, who married Miss Carolina V. Taliaferro, a sister of Margaret Taliaferro, who married Maj. Richard F. Simpson.

1. Mary Pearl [Park]
2. Isabella Park, b. May 19th, 1786, married in 1805, James Fowler
3. James Park
4. William Park
5. Nancy Park
6. Sarah Park
7. Andrew Park
8. Elizabeth Park

1. Andrew Fowler, died unmarried
2. Nancy Fowler, married John Hutchines, of Georgia
3. William Fowler, died unmarried

1. Mary Stewart, married and left issue. [No children listed]
2. Elizabeth Stewart, married and left ten or twelve children: [None listed]

1. Margaret Hunter Park
2. Andrew Park, b. Dec. 21st, 1821, d. 1823
3. John H. Park, b. Feb. 11th, 1824, d. Dec. 3rd, 1848

1. Eliza Dillard
2. Sarah Dillard
3. Mary Dillard
4. James Dillard
5. John Dillard

1. Oscar Leander Hunter, b. Jan. 1st, 1865
2. Margaret Leora Hunter, b. Sept. 16th, 1867

1. Florence Lee Jacobs, b. Apr. 11th, 1866

1. Robert Lee Park, married and removed to Floyd County, Ga.
2. William Park, unmarried last account

1. Harriett McCrarey
2. Andrew McCrarey
3. Matthew McCrarey
4. Nancy McCrarey

1. Robert Hutchinson
2. James Elliott Hutchinson, married a Miss Hitch
3. Nancy Hutchinson
4. Andrew Hutchinson

Andrew Park, the seventh child of Andrew and Nancy (Simpson) Park, was born March 27th, 1797; married Isabella, daughter of James and Rachel (Brown) Park, his cousin, and had the following children:
 
 

1. James Park, b. Jan. 1818, d. Sept. 10th, 1835
2. Nancy Park
3. William Park
4. Matthew Brown Park
5. Ruben Way Park
6. Rachel Park
7. Robert Park
8. Andrew Park
9. Mary Park

This family all reside now near Clarendon, in Murno County, Arkansas.

1. Andrew J. Blakely, m. Mary E. C. Meadows
2. Lewdy Blakely
3. Milton Blakely
4. Beaufort Blakely, killed in Confederate War, in Virginia, in 1862.
5. Warren Blakely
6. Ewell E. Blakely, killed in Confederate War, in Virginia, in 1862.
7. Thadius R. Blakely, dead
8. Nancy Blakely m. Robert S. Owens

1. Nancy Elizabeth Blakely
2. Eulalie Frances Blakely

1. William Thadeus Blakely, b. Mar. 25th, 1858
2. Mary Cornelia Blakely, b. May 8th, 1859
3. Nancy Elizabeth Blakely, b. Mar. 28th, 1861
4. Hunter Bryson Blakely, b. Jan. 6th, 1863
5. Lewdy Park Blakely, b. Dec. 20th, 1864
6. Robert Fleming Blakely, b. Nov. 11th, 1866

1. Emma Alice Owens, married a Blakely
2. Mattie Owens
3. William Brooks Owens
4. Edgar Owens
5. Robert Spencer Owens, a daughter named for her father.

Alexander Simpson, brother of William, the first, who married Mary Simpson, was born in Ireland in 1731, and married Elizabeth Barre, of Ireland, and emigrated to Laurens County, S.C. He died in 1811. They had the following children: P-1
 
 

1. Mary Simpson
2. Margaret Simpson
3. John Barre Simpson
4. Nancy Simpson
5. James Simpson
6. Jane Simpson
7. Sarah Simpson
8. Elizabeth Simpson

1. Frederic Hutchinson
2. Minerva Hutchinson, married George Martindale
3. Hagen Hutchinson
4. Adolphus Hutchinson
5. Augustus Hutchinson, Col. in Confederate Army
6. Mary Hutchinson
7. Abby Hutchinson
8. Margaret Hutchinson
9. Rufus Hutchinson
10. James Hutchinson

1. Alexander Glenn, b. Sept. 13th, 1802
2. James Glenn, b. Feb. 12th, 1804
3. John Glenn, b. May 22nd, 1806
4. Elizabeth Barre Glenn, b. April 27th, 1808
5. Frances Glenn, b. Feb. 8th, 1811, died in infancy
6. Rebecca Ross Glenn, b. Oct. 25th, 1812
7. Margaret Glenn, b. Sept. 28th, d. in infancy
8. Francis M. Glenn, b. Oct. 10th, 1816
9. David Glenn, b. Apr. 20th, 1819
10. Simpson Dunlap Glenn, b. June 15th, 1821

1. J. Perry Glenn, married _____ Smith, daughter of Munro Smith
2. John M. Glenn
3. Thomas Glenn
4. William D. Glenn
5. Carry Glenn

J. Perry Glenn, the first child of Francis M. and _____. They have no children. J. Perry Glenn is one of the prominent citizens of Anderson County, and has represented the County in the State Senate.
John M. Glenn, the second child of Francis M. and _____ and having the following children: John M. Glenn is at the present time a member of the legislature of this State.Simpson Dunlap Glenn, the tenth child of Francis and Margaret (Simpson) Glenn, was born June 15th, 1821, married Miss ____ Templeton and had the following children:
 

1. Mary Glenn
2. Flora Glenn, died in 1864
3. David Glenn

1. Perry Jackson Simpson
2. John Simpson, married Martha Law, of Edgefield, S.C.
3. James Simpson, married Miss _____ Nickels, daughter of James Nickels, of Alabama
4. Thomas Simpson
5. Robert Simpson
6. Alexander Ross Simpson, unmarried. For years Manager of ____ Iron Works, Spartanburg, South Carolina
7. Decatur D. Simpson
8. Mary Ross Simpson

1. James Alexander Simpson, killed in Confederate War
2. Mary Simpson

1. Alexander Simpson
2. Perry Simpson
3. Thomas Simpson

1. Tom Simpson
2. Janie Simpson
3. Lana Simpson
4. Frank Simpson
5. Flora Simpson

Decatur D. Simpson, the seventh child of John Barre and Mary (Ross McCullough) Simpson, married Elizabeth Harris, sister of Dr. Thos. Spencer Harris, of Clinton, S.C. They had the following children:
 
 

1. John Simpson
2. Sarah Simpson
3. Thos. Simpson
4. Alice Simpson
5. Ida Simpson
6. Perry Simpson

1. Alice Blakely
2. Perry Blakely

1. Albert Simpson
2. Louise Simpson

1. Mary White
2. Jane White

1. Elizabeth Nickels, married Thomas Andrews - buried at Greenpond Meth. Church
2. Alexander Nickels, married Elizabeth Bryson
3. Robert Nickels, married Margaret Calhoun

Wallace. Mary married Ansel Godfrey, and lived in Laurens County. Anna Simpson married the second time, William Horan, and had one child, William Horan, who married Naomi Nickels. They removed to Mississippi.
Margaret Simpson, one of the four sisters in the first part of this book, whose sister Mary married William Simpson, was born 1733, and married in Ireland John McClintock, and had eight children. He died in 1796. P-1
 

1. James McClintock, married Margaret Hutchinson
2. Margaret McClintock, married John Hunter
3. Mary McClintock, married Alexander Mills
4. Elizabeth McClintock, married Robert Fleming
5. Nancy McClintock, married James Fleming
6. Martha McClintock, married Rev. Robert McClintock
7. John McClintock, married Jane Law, sister of William Law, of Columbia, S.C.
8. S. Samuel McClintock, died young

1. John McClintock

1. James Hunter, married Rebecca Mills, (second time) Mrs. Mary Caldwell Young
2. John Hunter, married Nancy, daughter of William and Nancy Simpson Fowler
3. Samuel Hunter, married Mary Mills, daughter of James and Nancy Glenn Mills
4. Elizabeth Hunter, died unmarried
5. Margaret Hunter, died unmarried
6. Nancy Hunter, married James Parks, son of old Andrew and Nancy Simpson Parks
7. William Hunter, married Isabella Dial, daughter of old Hastings Dial

1. John Mills, married Sarah Shocklefore, of Georgia
2. Margaret Mills, unmarried
3. Nancy Mills, unmarried
4. Mary Mills, died unmarried
5. Samuel Mills, married Margaret McIntire, whose mother was a Law
6. Martha Mills, married Alexander Nabors, son of old Jacob Nabors, Martha Mills reared a large family, among them Dr. Nabors and Z. L. Nabors, my room mate in Wofford college. He was killed during the War.
7. James Mills, married Catherine Simpson, of Savannah
8. Jane Mills, married James Anderson Simpson, of Spartanburg, Co.

Elizabeth McClintock, the fourth child of John and Margaret (Simpson) McClintock, married Robert Fleming.
Nancy McClintock, the fifth child of John and Margaret (Simpson) McClintock, married James Fleming.Martha McClintock, the sixth child of John and Margaret (Simpson) McClintock, married Gen. Robert McClintock, and had two children:
 

1. Mary Ann McClintock, unmarried
2. Robert McClintock, married Isabella Hunter

1. Jane Wilson, married James Simpson, son of William and Mary Simpson
2. Margaret Wilson, b. 1769, married John Crawford
3. Thomas Wilson, married a Miss Erwin of Newberry, and (second time) Eliza Adams
4. Elizabeth Wilson, married Peter Aiken of Newberry County
5. Mary Wilson, b. 1772, died 1859; married Dr. William Hayes, of Newberry County
6. James Wilson, married Mary Hopkins, among their children was Dr. John Wilson, of Williamston, who died and left several children.

1. Margaret Fowler, married James Park
2. Nancy Fowler, married John Hunter, of Schuffletown
3. David Fowler, married Sarah Meredith, Nothing known of them. They lived in Tennessee.
4. John Fowler, married a Miss Dunlap. Nothing known of them.
5. Charles Fowler, married Elizabeth Williams, and had two chldren, Nancy and Ramsey Fowler
6. William Fowler, married Mary Simpson Park
7. James Fowler, married Isabella Simpson Park.

1. William Park, married Jane Anderson, of Underwood, of Georgia.
2. Forgy James Park, b. 1796; married Nancy Williams, sister of Charles and Samuel Williams and had six children. The only one we know of is Fowler Park, who married a Braddock and had children.
3. John Park, married J. Watts, and moved to Texas.

1. Margaret Hunter, married Oswald Richardson, father of John Bob and Bill Richardson.

John Nickels Wright - only son of Dr. William Wright and Isabella Nickels Wright, married June 1st, 1876, Laura Wells Simpson, the second child of Ex. Gov. and Chief Justice W. D. and Jane Young Simpson.
 
 

They had eight children:

1. Isabella (Bell) Wright, born May 23, 1872. Died Nov. 5th, 1915. Married Professor T.N. Jones, Laurens, S.C. no children.
2. Lutie Simpson Wright, born Feb. 2nd, 1874, Died Nov. 9th, 1908, in Hospital in Richmond, Va.
3. William Simpson Wright, born Feb. 8th, 1876. Died Oct. 27th, 1940, Hospital in Kingston, N.C.
4. Carolina Eloise Wright, born Nov. 22nd, 1878. Died May 4th, 1943, Married Dr. C.M. Miller, Laurens, S.C.
5. Laura Wells Wright, born Dec 22nd, 1880, died Aug. 6th, 1957, Married Eugene S. Hudgens, Laurens, S.C. b. 9/11 -1877.
6. Henry Nickels Wright, born April 13th, 1882. Died Dec. 31st, 1953, never married.
7. John Nickels Wright, born June 10th, 1885.
8. Kate Holmes Wright, born Oct. 15th, 1888. Died Feb. 6th, 1920, Sanford, N.C. Hospital, Married Tom N. Holmes, no children.

They had three children:

1. Laura Simpson Hudgens - born June 5th, 1906.
2. Katherine Stanley Hudgens - born Oct. 14th, 1912.
3. Ella Margaret Hudgens - born Nov. 1st, 1920.

They had four children:

1. Eugenia Hudgens (Jean) Parker, born Feb. 4th, 1931.
2. Henrietta Carol (Retta) Parker, born Aug. 24th, 1932.
3. Carlton Robert (Bob) Parker, born Sept. 8th, 1935.
4. Laura Kay Parker, born Sept. 3rd, 1937.

1. Nancy Eugenia Floyd, born May 29th, 1955, Died at birth.
2. William Robert Floyd, Jr., born Dec. 21st, 1956.
3. Patricia Floyd, Barton's twin, born Sept. 28th, 1958.
4. Barton Floyd, Patricia's twin, born Sept. 28th, 1958.

1. Carol Elizabeth Currin, born January 11th, 1958.

Carolton Robert (Bob) Parker, Jr., born September 8th, 1935. The son of Laura and Carolton R. Parker, married Jo Anne Fussell of Rose Hill, N.C., June 14th, 1958.
Laura Kay Parker, the fourth child of Laura Hudgens and Carolton R. Parker, born Sept. 3rd, 1937, married Wiley Austin Avery, Jr. of Cove City, N.C., Sept. 8th, 1936.Katherine Stanley Hudgens - the second daughter of Eugene and Laura Wright Hudgens, born Oct. 14th, 1912 - married Fred N. Roper, son of Mamie Nelson and M. Luther Roper of Laurens, S.C., April 14th, 1945. They had three children:
 

1. Frederickia Hudgens Roper, born May 4th, 1947, died August 1st, 1947.
2. Katherine Wells (Kathy) Roper, born May 11th, 1948.
3. Eugene Fuller (Gene) Roper, born April 4th, 1952.

1. Frederick H. (Rick) Bair, 3rd, born January 22nd, 1946.
2. William Stanley Bair, born June 8th, 1948.
3. Laura Harriet Bair, born May 22nd, 1953.

1. Jack Wright Miller, born Nov. 23rd, 1903, died March 6th, 1925.
2. Eloise Simpson Miller, born Sept. 20th, 1906.
3. Carrol Martin Miller, born Jan. 30th, 1911.
4. Henry Simpson Miller, born April 23rd, 1914, died Dec. 14th, 1914.
5. William Coleman Miller, born October 7th, 1916.
6. Lydie Elizabeth Miller, born June 7th, 1918.

1. Daisy Gwynne Miller, born August 10th, 1936, Married DeWitt Parker, Laurens, S.C. Daisy Bowen Miller died August 14th, 1936, age 27.

1. Carol Miller - b. Nov. 6, 1946
2. Frances Miller - b. Aug. 9, 1948
3. Ann Miller - b. Aug. 22, 1954

They had one son, John N. Wright 3rd, called (Jack) - Born March 1st, 1927 - Died Jan. 3, 1949.
 
 

Married second time, Hasel Leary of New Bern, N.C., January 14th, 1955.

 

 

Submitted By Jerry D. Simpson