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Simpson - Jones Cemetery, 65-3 Summary Report, page 39
THE DESCENDANTS OF DOCTOR WILLIAM SIMPSON, compiled by Dennis William Simpson, 199.1 JOHN SIMPSON AND MARGARET DICKSON Access to Simpson Cemetery is not readily available. It lies within the bo daries of our test area which is secured because of the classified work. Thcreu' arrangements would need to be made two weeks in advance of any visit, and an would be required while in the area. Should you have further questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Ralph C. Perrill Public Affairs Office There are many interesting articles written about the pioneer families who settled in the area now known as Redstone Arsenal. Of particular interest is Weldon Payne's article for the Huntsville Times entitled, "Many Cemeteries Remain in the Shadow of Missiles" written Sunday, November 8. 1959. The picture in the article shows a Nike-Hercules anti-missile missile passing a gravestone. He writes, "despite the drastic switch of the area from a quite country place into one of the busiest places in the country, this graveyard and about 59 others on the Arsenal property have not been molested and are, in fact, kept up by the Army". He continues, ”... On one stone is listed the names of John Simpson, Margaret A. Simpson, Marion E. Simpson and Arthur M. Simpson. John's wife was born Aug. 9, 1816, died Aug. 31, 1874. Did she dream that some of the world's smartest men would someday walk in their backyard--in the years ahead after her country had fought three big wars". On November 18, 1840, John Simpson married Margaret Ann Dickson near Whitesburg, Alabama. She was the daughter of James Dickson and Keziah Wood.' Margaret was bom in the State of Tennessee, probably in Rutherford County where the family was residing before moving into Alabama.3 Margaret's dales of birth. August 9. 1816, and death August 31, I874,'1 are both listed on her gravestone which is located in the Simpson family cemetery at Redstone Arsenal. Al.: December 1929^'31^ KMh,eCn '' JO,KS' 'Gen':ak'W Hams and Allied Fan,ilte/ ; "? it l Dickson. 23 November 1840. Murfreesboro. Rutherford County. Te " Wah,'Ul rctford*n8 flfollowing notation wShL^ '' Jones‘ 'GeneilW t'c Harris and Allied Families/ P 3 * 8 notation was handwrmen: *b. Aug. 9. 1815. d. Aug. 31. 1873. No source of information 78 39 - (2460)