cember, 1864, a widow, Mrs. Dixon, of Albany, Athens county.
Her first husband was Dr. Joseph Dixon, and they had two
daughters, one of whom died unmarried. The other is Mrs.
John Bradford. Mrs. Simpson died in 1890 (?).
Nathan Simpson was the second son of Josiah Simpson, Sr.,
born May 20th, 1812. He married Miss Liva Nye, daughter
of George Nye, of Athens county, Ohio, who died June llth,
1845, aged thirty-three years and twenty-two days. Nathan
Simpson and his wife Liva had one son and two daughters.
The son, G. Perry Simpson, became a lawyer and married a
daughter of Mrs. Kennedy, of Salem township, and settled in
Point Pleasant, W. Va., and practiced his profession while he
lived. His daughter, Miss Liva N. Simpson, was proprietor
and editor of the Point Pleasant Gazette some years before
her marriage.
Two daughters of Nathan Simpson were Rosantha, who
died young, and Mandana, who was married to Alvin Bingham,
of Rutland. They lived in Middleport several years,
then moved to Missouri, and afterwards they went to Iron-
ville, near Toledo, Ohio, where two of their sons were in bus-
iness. Mrs. Mandana Bingham died there in 1896.
The daughters of Josiah Simpson, Sr., were Eliza, Mrs.
Ransom Harding; Nancy Simpson, became Mrs. Wheatley,
of Indiana; Mary Simpson, Mrs. Simms; Betsy, the second
wife of Ethan Cowdery, lived on Shade river; Ruth, Mrs. Dr.
Abel Phelps, of Pomeroy, Ohio; Lydia, Mrs. Pullens; Susan
Simpson, Mrs. Willis. There was one son, John Simpson,
who died in early manhood.
Nathan Simpson married for his second wife Miss Nancy
Hendry. He was an associate judge in Meigs county six
years; later filled the office of prosecuting attorney with abil-
ity and public approval.
Robert Simpson bought the northeast corner of Congress
Section No. 26 in Rutland township, 160 acres. He sold this
farm in a few years and purchased a fine tract of land near
