Simison - John, Harriet - 50th
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 22 March 1901
Dr. and Mrs. John Simison, of Romney, have issued invitations for their golden wedding anniversary, which will be observed at their home on Monday, March 25. Dr. Simison is the oldest practitioner in Tippecanoe County. He was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, on November 16, 1824, and was the son of Robert Simison, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. Dr. Simison came to Indiana in 1846, and located at Rockville, where he taught school for a while. He attended the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1852, and came to his present home in Tippecanoe County in 1851. His wife was formerly Miss Harriet E. Agnew, daughter of the late Gibson Agnew. Mrs. Simison is a sister of Mrs. Elliott Detchon, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Detchon celebrated their golden wedding three years ago next July. -s