History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 474, Banner Township
William F. Simpson, brick-layer and plaster, Monterey; P. O.,
Canton. His father, Wm. J., was a native of Kentucky, who emigrated to
Indiana and thence to Illinois in 1849, and died Sept., 1853; his
mother's maiden name was Mary Logan: she was born in Kentucky and died
June 1, 1862, in Illinois. Wm. F. was born June 11, 1826, in Ky.,
educated in the country schools, enlisted in Co. I, 86th Ill. Inf.,
promoted to Sergeant, and since has held this offices of School
Director and Constable. Nov. 22, 1853, he married Ophelia Spencer, who
was born June 6, 1833, in Cole Co., Ill. They have had 8 children,
namely: T. A., born in 1857; Mary J., 1858; E. L., 1859; Taylor, 1861,
and died Jan., 1863; Ida S., 1863; Minnie, 1866; Dilard, 1870; and
Jessie, 1876. Methodist Protestant. Republican.
