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William F. Simpson, county surveyor of Camden County, and a farmer of Adair Township, was born in Tennessee in 1845, and is a son of William C. and Lucretia T. (Garner) Simpson, both natives of Tennessee, the former of whom was born in 1810. The parents moved from Tennessee to Camden County, Mo., in 1847. William C. Simpson was a farmer, and served as county surveyor for about twenty-seven years; he was also assessor several terms and commissioner of public schools. Of the eight children in this family but four are now living, viz.: Sophia Ann Pritchett, Nancy E. Freeman, John D. and William F. William C. Simpson, who died in 1882, was a son of James Simpson and Levina Simpson; the former, a farmer, was born in Virginia, and died in 1860. Mrs. Lucretia T. Simpson died in 1860. She was a daughter of Louis Garner, who moved from his native State, Tennessee, to Camden County, Mo., about 1857. William F. Simpson spent the greater part of his early life in Camden County, Mo. In 1863 he enlisted in Company K, Second Missouri Light Artillery, United States Army, under command of Col. Nelson Cole and Capt. Confare, with whom he served in the capacity of duty sergeant and second lieutenant, operating in Nebraska and Montana, until 1865, receiving his discharge at St. Louis. November 15, 1866, he married Lucy Estes, who was born in Camden County in 1840, and was a daughter of John G. and Lucy (Dodson) Estes. Mrs. Simpson died in 1881, and June 9, 1886, Mr. Simpson married Mary J. Russell, who was born in Camden County in 1856, and is a daughter of Andrew A. Russell. They have one child, William Andrew. Mr. Simpson was justice of the peace in Auglaize Township for six years, and upon the death of his father, in 1882, he was appointed county surveyor, which position he still holds. In politics he is a Republican. He is a Mason, a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R., and also belongs to the Christian Church.