SIMPSON-John - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

John SIMPSON was a native of Bermuda Island, West Indies. He came to the county at a very early period, probably in the spring of 1823. It has been claimed that he came in Feb, 1822, but this cannot be correct. Before his removal here he had lived in East Tennessee, and for a short time in Vigo County, Indiana. He planted an orchard, soon after he came to the county, many of the trees of which are still growing ont he farm owned by Noah HARSHBERGER in Van Buren Township. He was a noted hunter, a fair scholar, and was honored by all who knew him. He was scrupulously honest in his dealings with his fellow men, and his memory and that of his wife are so far respected to this that their graves have been kept in order and plainly marked - a thing unusual in the case of persons who have been dead for half a century. In his cabin the first Sunday School and first religious service in the central portion of the county were held. He died in 1838; his wife in 1829. They were both kind, charitable and just people, and by their quiet, kind and neighborly manners they are so endeared themselves to thos who knew them that their memories are kept fresh to this day in the neighborhood which they honored with their residence in life.

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