All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Edward Simpson, USN-- Part 5: Burial and Family
From Find A Grave.
BIRTH: 3 March 1824 in New York, NY
DEATH: 1 December 1888 in Washington, D.C.
BURIAL: Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y.
His father, Edmund Simpson (1784-1848), was born in England and was an actor and for many years manager of the Park Theatre. His mother, Julia Elizabeth Jones Simpson, died 11 Feb. 1870, at the home of her son, Edward Simpson, USN, in Washington, D.C. and is buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery.
His wife was Mary Ann Ridgley Simpson: Born 1826 in Maryland, Died 15 Jan 1862 in Newport Rhode Island. Buried Cedar Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pa..
--Old B-Runner
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