FOURTH GENERATION

86. Lucy Melissa Grovenburg was born on 12 Feb 1848 in Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York. ^{(321)(322) (323)} She died on 8 Jan 1938 in Kansas City, Clay, Missouri. ⁽³²²⁾ She was buried on 10 Jan 1938 in Memorial Park, Kansas City, Clay, Missouri.⁽³²²⁾
GENERAL NOTES:
1850 Census - Lucy Grovenburg, age 2, birthplace NY.
1860 Census - Lucy M. Grovenburg is listed as age 12, born in NY.
1880 Census - Lucy, age 32y, keeping house, born in NY, parents born in NY.
1900 Census - Living with Lucy Simpson are neice Sula Scott, and daughters Stella, & Minnie Simpson.

She was married to George Simpson (son of Joseph Simpson and Maria) on 31 May 1870 in Brady Village, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.⁽³²⁴⁾
MARRIAGE NOTE:
Certificate #948: George Simpson, Blacksmith, age 30, born in England, living in Arenac, Bay County married Lucy M. Grovenburgh, age 22, bplace Little Valley, NY, living in Aranac, Bay County, Michigan. Married by Samuel Hawkins, JOP, Witnesses: Lucz. Stiles (or Slites) & Hannah Moffit, both of Brady Village. George Simpson was born about 1840 in England. He was christened on 21 Jun 1840 in Louth, Lincoln, England.⁽³²⁵⁾ He was a Blacksmith in 1870 in Arenac, Bay, Michigan. ⁽³²⁶⁾ He died before 1894.
GENERAL NOTES:
He was a Justice of the Peace, and the family is one of Sterling, Michigan's earliest pioneer families.
1880 Census - George Simpson, 40y, born England, Blacksmith, both parents born in England. Lucy Melissa Grovenburg and George Simpson had the following children:

168 i. George Simpson Jr.⁽³²⁷⁾ died. ⁽³²⁸⁾ He died at age 4.
+169 ii. Maria Simpson.
+170 iii. William S. (Billy) Simpson.
+171 iv. James Edward (Pat) Simpson.
+172 v. Stella Simpson.
+173 vi. Mynna Simpson.
+174 vii. Myrtle Bell Simpson.