William Seymour Simon (1847 - 1914)

Born 18 Feb 1847 in Hardy, Bedford, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Emswiler) Simon — married 27 Jun 1865 in Hardy, Bedford, Virginia

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1914 at age 66 in Oberon, Benson, North Dakota, United States

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Biography

William Simon was born in Appalachia, in Virginia (now West Virginia).

Native Virginian (Born in Virginia, Now West Virginia as of June 20, 1863)

William Seymour Simon was born 18 Feb 1847 at Milam, Hardy County, West Virginia. His wife Mary Elizabeth Simon was born 5 December 1847 in the same county. They were married in Hardy, Bedford County, Virginia on 27 June 1865.

They migrated starting about 1883 through Ohio and Indiana heading for Williston, Dakota Territory (became North Dakota in 1889). His older children were born in W Virginia from 1867-1883 and the remainder were born in Allen County, Ohio. The family then moved through Indiana and a few of them married in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana. The family as a whole then moved on to N Dakota, travelling to Sheyenne, N Dakota by rail. From there they took a horse and wagon to Oberon, N Dakota, arriving in 1897. William and Mary homesteaded 4 ½ miles southwest of Flora and a few of their children homesteaded near them.

To William and Mary were born fourteen children; John George Franklin, Phillip Seymour, Jacob Benjamin, Joseph Samuel, Sarah Annie, Catherine Elizabeth, David William, Hester Mary Susan, Lily May, Clarence Elmer, Cora Elda Priscilla, J. Ira Marcellus, and two children that died during infancy (Frank John George and Stephen Mcvay).

William and Mary were members of the Dunkard Church in Flora. William Seymour Simon died of a foot infection on 25 Jan 1914 at his daughter Hester’s home in Oberon, Benson County. Mary passed away 6 May 1918 in New Rockford, Eddy County, North Dakota due to paralytic stroke. She passed at the home of her daughter, Catherine Elizabeth (Simon) Koon. Both William and Mary are buried in Oberon, Benson County, North Dakota.

Sources

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• Residence: 1850 United States Federal Census. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 23, Hardy, Virginia; Roll: 950; Page: 18b.

• Marriage: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Source number: 1565.096; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.

• Residence: 1910 United States Federal Census. Year: 1910; Census Place: Albert, Benson, North Dakota; Roll: T624_1138; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1375151.

• Burial: North Dakota, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1877-1999. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTN-DN2C.

• Death: North Dakota, U.S., State Death Certificates, 1908-2007. North Dakota Department of Health. iNorth Dakota Death Records/i. Bismark, North Daktoa: North Dakota Department of Health.

• Life & Death: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28724697/william-seymour-simon: accessed 12 July 2023), memorial page for William Seymour Simon (18 Feb 1847–25 Jan 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28724697, citing Hillside Cemetery, Oberon, Benson County, North Dakota, USA; Maintained by SimonSez (contributor 50407772).

• Genealogy: From genealogical record of his grandson, Clifford E Simon. Due to MyFamily Tree DNA tests on 2 descendants of brother Christian W "Keesh" and William Seymour Simon, their father or grandfather possibly is from the Stump/Stumpf family.