Philadelphia, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from Philadelphia, Vol. 4: A History of the City and Its People, a Record of 225 Years Bishop Matthew Simpson, one of the most eminent and influential divines of the Methodist Episcopal ministry, whose name is spoken with honor and reverence wherever he is known, was born in Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, June 21, 1811.His paternal grandfather, Thomas Simpson, was a native of England and entered the government service as a horse dragoon. Removing to Ireland, he settled in County Tyrone, where he died in middle life, leaving a family of five sons and one daughter, namely: Andrew, John, William, Matthew, James and Mrs. Mary Eagleson. In 1793 the family, including the father and mother of Bishop Simpson, crossed the Atlantic to the United States, sailing from Londonderry to Baltimore. From the latter city they went to Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, whence a removal was made to western Pennsylvania and subsequently to Ohio. Andrew Simpson settled near Chillicothe and left a large family. John established his home on Stillwater creek in Harrison county, Ohio, where he reared a large family of sons and daughters, most of whom are now in Illinois. William made his home near Waterford, Erie county, Pennsylvania, and died in the prime of life, leaving several sons. Mary became a resident of Harrison county, Ohio, and there reared a large family. James Simpson, the father of Bishop Simpson, was the youngest of the family. He was a man of great personal energy and unusual business ability and Because of ill health he turned his attention to commercial pursuits, securing a clerkship in a store in Pittsburg, and later he began the business of manufacturing weavers' reeds. In this he was associated with his brother Matthew, who had no family and lived with him. They established the enterprise in Cadiz and in connection with their manufacturing plant opened a store which they successfully conducted for a number of years. About 1806 James Simpson married Miss Sarah Tingley at Short Creek, Jefferson county, Ohio, and they began their domestic life in Cadiz, Mr. Simpson purchasing property in the center of the town. He was quite successful in business until his health failed in 1811. He then removed to Pittsburg for better medical treatment and died at his home in that city, June 15. 1812. His mother was connected with an old Scotch Presbyterian family and educated her children very strictly in that faith, but shortly after being left a widow she heard Wesley preach on one of his visits to Ireland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.