Wayne County Bios

Descendants of Jonathan Drake Simpson

1. Jonathan Drake Simpson-1 was born on 25 Mar 1792 in Chatham, New Jersey. He died on 07 Mar 1860 in Seeleyville, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Cramer on 1827 in Seeleyville, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Enos Cramer and Anna Schoonover. She was born on 02 Mar 1809 in Seeleyville, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She died on 03 Feb 1867 in Seeleyville, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He married Hannah Spinning on Nov 1816 in Essex County, New Jersey. , daughter of Benjamin Spinning. She was born on 1800 in Essex County, New Jersey. She died on 13 Dec 1838 in Essex County, New Jersey.

Children of Jonathan Drake Simpson and Mary Cramer are:

2. i. Ann Eliza Simpson, B: Apr 1828 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, M: 05 Mar 1846.

ii. Helen Amanda Simpson, B: 1829 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, D: 26 Aug 1902 in Scranton, PA.

3. iii. Mary Emily Simpson, B: 18 Dec 1832 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, D: 22 Jun 1891 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, M: 20 Oct 1851 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

4. iv. Susan Beach Simpson, B: 04 Jun 1835 in Seelyville, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, D: 26 Jun 1876 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, M: 08 Jun 1853 in Seelyville, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

5. v. Jonathan Drake Simpson, B: 1837 in Seelyville, Pennsylvania, D: 09 Sep 1863 in Danville, VA buried at National Cemetery, M: 08 Jun 1859 in Texas Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

6. vi. Carolina Elizabeth Simpson, B: 29 Aug 1840 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, M: 02 Jul 1860.

vii. Sarah Melissa Simpson, B: 05 May 1843 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

Child of Jonathan Drake Simpson and Hannah Spinning is:

i. Jonathan Simpson, B: 18 Aug 1817.

2. Ann Eliza Simpson-2(Jonathan Drake Simpson-1) was born on Apr 1828 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She married Hector Pinney Cowles on 05 Mar 1846. He was born on 22 Aug 1820. He died on Aft. 1900. Children of Ann Eliza Simpson and Hector Pinney Cowles are:

i. Mary Menda Cowles, B: 12 Jan 1847 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

ii. Franklin Homer Cowles, B: 10 Mar 1849 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

iii. Helen Augusta Cowles, B: 07 Jul 1851 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

iv. William Simpson Cowles, B: 16 Apr 1854 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

v. Raymond J Cowles, B: 26 Jun 1860 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

vi. Susan Emily Cowles, B: 22 Apr 1863 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

vii. Andrew Albert Cowles, B: 26 Jun 1870 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

3. Mary Emily Simpson-2(Jonathan Drake Simpson-1) was born on 18 Dec 1832 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She died on 22 Jun 1891 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She married William Jackson Hazen on 20 Oct 1851 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He was born on 15 Sep 1823 in Londonderry, Windham, Vermont. He died on 03 Jan 1908 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

Children of Mary Emily Simpson and William Jackson Hazen are:

i. Mary P. Cramer Hazen.

ii. Charles Wayne Hazen, B: 04 Mar 1866 in Binghampton, New York.

iii. FUN Hazen, B: 25 Feb 1855 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

4. Susan Beach Simpson-2(Jonathan Drake Simpson-1) was born on 04 Jun 1835 in Seelyville, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She died on 26 Jun 1876 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa. She married Osborn Raymond Olmsted (7807) on 08 Jun 1853 in Seelyville, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, son of Raymond Olmsted (6022) and Joannah W. Jacks. He was born on 04 Dec 1831 in New York. He died on 20 Dec 1920 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.

Notes for Osborn Raymond Olmsted (7807):  O. R. Olmstead, a retired boot and shoe dealer of Cherokee, Iowa, was born in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, December 4, 1830, and is the son of Raymond and Joanna (Jack) Olmstea. The father was a shoemaker by trade. Our subject's ancestors on his father's side were of English descent. He was reared in the town of his nativity;, receiving a common school education. At the age of thirteen years he commenced to learn the shoemaker's trade of his grandfather, remaining with him until he was twenty-one years of age. In 1854 he went to Grnt County, Wisconsin, where he worked at farming until 1863. He then removed to the beatiful town of Boscoebel, Wisconsin, where he again resumed his trade, at which he continued until 1876, when he removed to Cherokee, Iowa, and purchased the boot and shoe stock owned by Davis Bates, after he had worked at the bench six months. He continued in the boot and shoe trade until 1887, when he sold his stock to Mr. Bates, of whom he had originally purchased it. Mr. Olmstead was married in 1853, to Susan B. Simpson, a native of Wayne County, Pennsylvania and daughter of John Simpson, Esq. Three children have been born to these estimable parents: Raymond, a resident of Grant County, Wisconsin; Minnie M., wife of Eugene Hodgins, and Agnes M. l In lpolitics Mr. Olmstead is counted with the Republicans. In his business career he has been purdent and thorough, and is now comoftably situated, owning a pretty home near the Congregational Church in Cherokee. Quoted from "History of Cherokee County, Ia, Biographical Sketches", 1889, pgs 591/2. 1

Children of Susan Beach Simpson and Osborn Raymond Olmsted (7807) are:

7. i. Raymond Simpson Olmstead, B: 23 Feb 1854 in Bethany Wayne Co, Pennsylvania, D: 08 Dec 1927 in Parker, South Dakota, M: 08 Jun 1879 in Woodman, Grant County, Wisconsin.

8. ii. Minnie Mary Olmstead, B: 12 Mar 1856 in Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, D: 04 Mar 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri, M: 02 Nov 1880 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa.

9. iii. Agnes Myrtle Olmsted, B: 11 Nov 1874 in Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, D: 29 Nov 1946 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, M: 18 Sep 1894 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa.

5. Jonathan Drake Simpson-2(Jonathan Drake Simpson-1) was born on 1837 in Seelyville, Pennsylvania. He died on 09 Sep 1863 in Danville, VA buried at National Cemetery. He married Angelina Hambly Welch on 08 Jun 1859 in Texas Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She was born on 29 Oct 1837 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She died on 28 Jan 1915 in Buried Glen Dyberry, Dyberry, Pennsylvania.

Child of Jonathan Drake Simpson and Angelina Hambly Welch is:

10. i. Charlotte (Lotta) Simpson, B: 11 Nov 1860 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, D: 19 May 1933 in Buried Glen Dyberry, Dyberry, Pennsylvania, M: Abt. 1884 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

6. Carolina Elizabeth Simpson-2(Jonathan Drake Simpson-1) was born on 29 Aug 1840 in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She married Henry Edward Skelton on 02 Jul 1860. He was born on 30 Dec 1837 in Texas, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

Children of Carolina Elizabeth Simpson and Henry Edward Skelton are:

i. Warren Elsworth Skelton, B: 25 Jun 1861 in Texas, Wayne County, PA.

ii. Frederick Edmund Skelton, B: 15 Aug 1863 in Texas, Wayne County, PA.

iii. Caroline May Skelton, B: 25 Nov 1868 in Prompton, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

iv. Charles Elwin Skelton, B: 13 Jan 1873 in Buckingham, Wayne County, PA.

v. Grace Louise Skelton, B: 31 Jan 1882 in Buckingham, Wayne County, PA.

7. Raymond Simpson Olmstead-3(Susan Beach Simpson-2, Jonathan Drake Simpson-1) was born on 23 Feb 1854 in Bethany Wayne Co, Pennsylvania. He died on 08 Dec 1927 in Parker, South Dakota. He married Fanny Jane Brown on 08 Jun 1879 in Woodman, Grant County, Wisconsin. She was born on 14 Aug 1856 in Rockford, Illinois. She died on 31 Aug 1935 in Carthage, South Dakota.

Children of Raymond Simpson Olmstead and Fanny Jane Brown are:

i. Osborn George Olmstead, B: 29 Jun 1889 in Woodman, Wisconsin, D: 04 Jun 1968 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, M: 02 Sep 1914 in Parker, South Dakota.

ii. Myrtle A. Olmstead, B: 03 Aug 1885 in LeMars, Iowa, D: 03 May 1913 in Parker, South Dakota, M: 16 Sep 1909.

iii. Minnie Jane Olmstead, B: 06 Feb 1886 in LeMars, Iowa, D: 14 Jul 1956 in Mitchell, South Dakota, M: 20 Jul 1909 in Boscobel, Wisconsin.

iv. Infant Olmstead, D: Died in infancy.

8. Minnie Mary Olmstead-3(Susan Beach Simpson-2, Jonathan Drake Simpson-1) was born on 12 Mar 1856 in Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin. She died on 04 Mar 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri. She married Eugene D. Hodgins on 02 Nov 1880 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, son of George W. Hodgins and Mary Jane Brown. He was born on Dec 1859 in Missouri. He died on 27 Nov 1930 in Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Notes for Eugene D. Hodgins: View Record George W. Hodgins 68 Vermont W Cherokee First Ward of Cherokee, View Record Mary Hodgins 66 Vermont W Cherokee First Ward of Cherokee, View Record Eugene Hodgins 35 MO W Cherokee First Ward of Cherokee, View Record Minnie Hodgins 38 Wis W Cherokee First Ward of Cherokee, View Record Jessie Hodgins 13 Cherokee CO IA W Cherokee First Ward of Cherokee, View Record Georgie Hodgins 12 Cherokee CO IA W Cherokee First Ward of Cherokee, From: 1895 Iowa State Census

Children of Minnie Mary Olmstead and Eugene D. Hodgins are:

i. Georgia Beth Hodgins, B: 24 Dec 1886 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, D: 13 Sep 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Notes for Georgia Beth Hodgins:

4900 E Truman Rd, Kansas City MO, us Location of Cemetery.

ii. Jessie Hodgins, B: 18 Sep 1881 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, D: 18 May 1969 in Kansas City, Missouri.

9. Agnes Myrtle Olmsted-3(Susan Beach Simpson-2, Jonathan Drake Simpson-1) was born on 11 Nov 1874 in Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin. She died on 29 Nov 1946 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. She married Thomas Pendry Cochrane on 18 Sep 1894 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, son of Joseph Cochrane and Mary Jane Pendry. He was born on 12 Jul 1870 in Indianola,Warren County, Iowa. He died on 13 Nov 1918 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

Notes for Thomas Pendry Cochrane:

Divorced 1/02/1924 grounds desertion. I believe that Thomas left in 1913-14. I believe that he went to California, where his parents lived. Children of Agnes Myrtle Olmsted and Thomas Pendry Cochrane are:

i. Donald Alexander Cochrane, B: 06 Mar 1895 in Algona, Iowa, D: 23 Nov 1949 in San Diego, CA, M: 14 Jul 1916 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

Notes for Donald Alexander Cochrane:  California Death Index, 1940-1997, about DONALD ALEXANDER COCHRANE, Name: COCHRANE, DONALD ALEXANDER, Social Security #: 564036830, Sex: MALE, Birth Date: 6 Mar 1895, Birthplace: IOWA, Death Date: 23 Nov 1949, Death Place: SAN DIEGO, Mother's Maiden Name: OLMSTEAD, Father's Surname: COCHRANE

ii. Vern Cochrane, B: Sep 1900 in Cherokee, Iowa, D: 09 Dec 1900 in Cherokee, Iowa.

iii. Julia Cochrane, B: Abt. 1901 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, D: Bet. 1906-1910.

iv. Robert Joseph Cochrane, B: 24 Aug 1902 in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, D: 29 Oct 1983 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, M: 22 Jun 1929 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.

Notes for Robert Joseph Cochrane:  OBIT (COCHRANE, ROBERT J.), SIOUX CITY JOURNAL 31 Oct 1983, Subjects COCHRANE, ROBERT J., Obituaries Page: 7 C 1

v. William Leonard Cochrane, B: 14 Feb 1904 in Sioux City,Woodbury County, Iowa, D: 09 May 1904 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.

10. Charlotte (Lotta) Simpson-3(Jonathan Drake Simpson-2, Jonathan Drake Simpson-1) was born on 11 Nov 1860 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She died on 19 May 1933 in Buried Glen Dyberry, Dyberry, Pennsylvania. She married William Cummings on Abt. 1884 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He was born on 08 Mar 1848 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. He died on 16 Jun 1892 in Buried Glen Dyberry, Dyberry, Pennsylvania.

Child of Charlotte (Lotta) Simpson and William Cummings is:

i. Pearl R. Cummings, B: 1885 in New York, D: Wilkes-Barre Ward 11, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, M: Abt. 1913.

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