Elizabeth (Simpson) Christian (1838 - 1907)

Born 1838 in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Addison Bailey Christian — married 1851 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1907 at about age 69 in Keyrock, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was a Midwife

Elizabeth (Simpson) Christian was born in Virginia.

Elizabeth (Simpson) Christian was a West Virginian.

The Life Summary of Elizabeth (Simpson) Christian:

Elizabeth Simpson was born in 1836 in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States to the parents of John Lewis Simpson and Josephine (Justice) Simpson.^[1]

In 1850, Elizabeth was fourteen (14) living in her father's home but her mother must have died, because she is not listed.^[2]

In 1851, Elizabeth married Addison Bailey Christian.^[3]

In 1857, they had a daughter together, Mary Lucinda Simpson.^[4]

In 1852, John Walden Simpson, was born in McDowell, Virginia, United States.^[5]

In 1860, Elizabeth is twenty-three (23) living with her father and step-mother, Rhoda, and step-siblings.^[6]

In 1870, Elizabeth was living in the household of William & Sarah Short in Sandy River Magisterial District, McDowell, West Virginia, United States.^[7]

In 1880, Elizabeth, her daughter, Mary L., not sister, were living in her son's, John W. Simpson, Jr., household in Wyoming, West Virginia, United States.^[8]

Elizabeth died December 12, 1907 at the age of sixty-nine (69) as a single woman and worked as a midwife in Keyrock, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDBT-Y92
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DT-FG7 : 23 December 2020), Betsy Simpson in household of Jno Simpson, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/120816785?p=35349259&returnLabel=Mary%20Lucinda%20Simpson%20(MY41-NPR)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FMY41-NPR
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDBT-Y92
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDBT-Y92
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM7-R18 : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Simpson in entry for John W Simpson, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ45-NQL : 29 May 2021), Elizabeth Simpson in entry for William Short, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6T8-PB6 : 20 February 2021), Elizabeth Simpson in household of Jno W Simpson, Center, Wyoming, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 155, sheet 506B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,416.
9. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMLJ-42H : 10 March 2018), Elizabeth Simpson, 12 Dec 1907; citing Keyrock, West Virginia, County Records, v 1 p 83, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 597,573.