hmtl5 Ersel Eldon Simpson b. 11 Apr 1902 Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 7 Jun 1946 Rockport, Aransas County, Texas: Hedges Genealogy
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Ersel Eldon Simpson

Ersel Eldon Simpson

Male 1902 - 1946  (44 years)


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  • Name Ersel Eldon Simpson 
    Birth 11 Apr 1902  Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation accountant 
    Census 1940  Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 7 Jun 1946  Rockport, Aransas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Burial 9 Jun 1946  Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I193  Hedges
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2023 

    Father Adam Simpson,   b. 10 Jan 1874, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1911 (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Mary Dalton Hedges,   b. 17 Feb 1880, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1966, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 22 Mar 1899  Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    • photocopy of wedding announcement
    Family ID F66  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elsie Violet Sullivan,   b. 28 May 1918, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1992, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 1932  [2] 
    Family ID F2309  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Apr 1902 - Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jun 1946 - Rockport, Aransas County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 9 Jun 1946 - Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Simpson, Cecil and Ersel    		Simpson, Cecil and Ersel
    Simpson, Cecil, Ersel and Mary    		Simpson, Cecil, Ersel and Mary
    Simpson, Ersel    		Simpson, Ersel
    Simpson, Ersel    		Simpson, Ersel
    Simpson, Ersel portrait    		Simpson, Ersel portrait

    Documents
    Obituary of Simpson, Ersel Eldon    		Obituary of Simpson, Ersel Eldon

  • Notes 
    • MHR note: he was a Mason and an accountant. received his CPA in 1922.
      [1]
    • Note from LKH. Mary Hedges Reiner notes him as called "Eldon", but my father always referred to his cousins as Cecil and Ersel.
      [7]
    • Eldon E. Simpson
      Rockport, (Sp.) - Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Cage Funeral Home for Eldon E. Simpson, a public accountant, who died yesterday afternoon of wounds from a .38 calibre pistol Justice of the Peace Joe Smith returned a verdict of suicide.
      Simpson had been a resident here for several years. Shortly before his death he gave a note to his two step-sons to be delivered to his wife, a waitress in a Rockport cafe. The boys were about 50 feet away from the house when they heard the shot.
      Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marie Simpson; three children, aged seven, four, and two; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Wood, all of Rockport, and one brother, William C. Simpson, of Dayton, Ohio.
      Corpus Christi Times. Saturday, 8 June 1945
      [5, 8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S7] Death certificate.

    4. [S11] Hedges Reunion Book, Library of Linda Hedges.

    5. [S9] Obituary.

    6. [S5] 1900 US census.

    7. [S82] LKH.

    8. [S87] Newspaper article.


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