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'''Ezekiel Ewing Simpson''' ([[1803]]-[[1875]]) was a timber magnate who co-owned the [[Arcadia Manufacturing Company]] in [[Bagdad]]. | '''Ezekiel Ewing Simpson''' ([[1803]]-[[1875]]) was a timber magnate who co-owned the [[Arcadia Manufacturing Company]] in [[Bagdad]]. | ||
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He was born in [[1803]] in the Pendleton, South Carolina area. His father, [[John Simpson]], brought their family — which included brothers [[Andrew Simpson|Andrew]], [[James Simpson|James]] and [[John Simpson, Jr.|John]] — to the Pensacola area around [[1814]] and built the [[Woodbine Mill]] along the [[Simpson River]] around [[1820]]. | He was born in [[1803]] in the Pendleton, South Carolina area. His father, [[John Simpson]], brought their family — which included brothers [[Andrew Simpson|Andrew]], [[James Simpson|James]] and [[John Simpson, Jr.|John]] — to the Pensacola area around [[1814]] and built the [[Woodbine Mill]] along the [[Simpson River]] around [[1820]]. | ||
| − | Ezekiel married Bostonian [[Sophia S. Allen]] on [[July 30]], [[1840]]. They lived near the [[Blackwater River]] and had three children, only one of whom, [[Ezekiel Ewing Simpson | + | Ezekiel married Bostonian [[Sophia S. Allen]] on [[July 30]], [[1840]]. They lived near the [[Blackwater River]] and had three children, only one of whom, [[Ezekiel Ewing Simpson|Ezekiel Ewing]],<!--was he a junior?--> survived to adulthood. Sophia died of illness on [[March 11]], [[1847]]. |
In [[1853]], Simpson remarried to [[Susan Alexander Overman]] of Greensboro, North Carolina. They had seven children together, six of whom lived to adulthood. | In [[1853]], Simpson remarried to [[Susan Alexander Overman]] of Greensboro, North Carolina. They had seven children together, six of whom lived to adulthood. | ||
