Simpson - James Martin - CW
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Wednesday, July 20, 1910
James Martin Simpson, 107 Simpson street, one of the old residents of this city, died at his home this morning at half-past seven after a long illness of the disease of old age. He had been blind for two or three years and had been long bed fast half that long. He was for many years a bridge carpenter on the Big Four railroad but a part of the time he worked on the Big Four he was a assistant civil engineer.
The deceased was the son of John Simpson and was born in Ohio, October 4, 1831. He came here with his parents when he was quite young. His father was the owner of a tannery which stood on the spot where the home of Dr. S. L. Ensminger is now on west Main street. The home where the subject of this sketch died was located only a short distance from the point where the old tannery now stands, so that he lived practically all his life in the same neighborhood. He was almost seventy nine when he died.
Mr. Simpson was a veteran of the civil war, having been a member of Company G of the 10th Indiana, enlisting for the three months service under General Mahlon D. Manson. He had been on the pension rolls for several years prior to his death.
He was twice married and both of his wives preceded him to the grave. He was the father of three children, two sons and one daughter. Only one of them, William Simpson, who has been residing with his father, survives. He had five brothers. Two of them, Philip Simpson of this city, residing in the old Jennison homestead on Jennison street, and Mat Simpson, who lives in Minnesota. Stanley, Joe and William Simpson, the other brothers are all dead.
The deceased was always an uncompromising, Republican and believed thoroughly in the tents of his party.
The funeral will be held from the late residence on Thursday afternoon. - ?
