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father	John Simpson Birth  St. Johns, Canada Loading...
mother	Phoebe Card Birth  Vermont Loading...
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­http­://­www­.­usgennet­.­org­/­usa­/­mi­/­county­/­tuscola­/­book­/­825­-­827­.­htm­ CLARK SIMPSON has retired from the active labor of proprietorship of his farm although he still resides upon his place which comprises seventy-eight acres on section 24, Flushing Township, Genesee County. He is a native of Rensselaer County, N.Y ., and was born March 24, 1824. He is a son of John and Phoebe (CARD) SIMPSON, natives of St. John's, Canada, and of Vermont, respectively. The father was a farmer in Rensselaer County. He was a man of wealth and position, the owner of five farm s, and continued too be interested in agriculture throughout his life. He was a Democrat in politics. Our subject's maternal grandparents were Abel and Electa ELDRIDGE, natives of Vermont, and farmers. They were also Democrats. Clark SIMPSON is one of a family of nine children born too his parents, five of whom are now living -- John R., Clark, Milo, Emeline and Harriet. Our subject was educated in the district schools in the town of Hoosick, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Hi s boyhood days were spent on the farm and he lived at home until twenty years of age. He then married Miss Eliza S. DAVIS, their nuptials being solemnized October 23, 1844. She was a daughter of William and Mary (SARGEANT) DAVIS, natives of Ne w Hampshire. The former was a farmer and had a large tract of land upon which he remained until his decease. They had nine children, seven of whom are yet living. They are William, Mary, Eliza, (Mrs. SIMPSON), Gilman, Hannah, Alfred and Merrill . Mr. DAVIS was a Democrat in politics and a prominent man in that county. His parents were natives of New Hampshire, the grandfather being a soldier in the Revolutionary War and serving all through, coming out with an honorable wound. After his marriage our subject continued farming for several years on one of his father's places, then he and his father purchased four hundred and fifty acres upon which he removed and lived their for eighteen years. He then sold it and came to o the place he now lives. He purchased one hundred and forty acres in two different pieces and built a fine house where he still lives. He has devoted himself too general farming. Our subject has four children -- Deroy, May, Merritt E., and Deloss C. May is Mrs. W.Z. HUTCHISON and is the mother of three children. Mr. HUTCHISON is an apiarist and editor of the Bee-keepers' Review; Merritt married Nettie WILCOX and is the f ather of three children; Deloss C. married Hattie BECKWITH--his first wife, now deceased, was Mary DUFF. Mr. SIMPSON is a stanch Democrat and has held the office of School Director. He is a practical bee-keeper and has often lectured on the natu re and physiology of the honey-bee. He has imported these from Italy and Syria and has paid as high as $20 for a queen, at one time having five hundred swarms.