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Simpson Asbury Donovan

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Simpson Asbury Donovan

Birth
Washington County, Iowa, USA
Death
30 Dec 1939 (aged 84)
Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
2nd.032
Memorial ID
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Caution: The dates used in this obituary for his birth, the death of his wife "Tillia" (Tillie) are questionable or in error. His headstone birth date is August 19, 1855; the correct date for the death of his wife should be 1923, not 1933.

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LEDGER, Tuesday, January 2 1940, 1-2.

SIMPSON A. DONOVAN, 84, longtime Jefferson County resident, died Jefferson Co. Hospital Saturday. Hoskins Funeral Home. Bur. Evergreen Cemetery.

Born August 8,1855 near Brighton. Wife Tillie died 1923.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Gus Mullenix, Fairfield; three sons, Arthur, Morrison, Ill., Guy S. and Edward R., both of Fairfield, and 7 grandchildren.

Transcriber's note: Married Tillie E. Knerr on 6 September 1877 - JEFFERSON COUNTY MARRIAGE Record #4790. Tillie Donovan aka "Matilda" - cited from LEDGER-JOURNAL, Monday, January 8 1923, 1-7.

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Children:
Arthur William Donovan
Edwin R Donovan
Carrie Ann
Guy S Donovan
Bessie Pearl Mullenix

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Simpson's paternal grandfather was Aquila Donovan (mis-spelled in the memorial as Aqulla Donovan)


Caution: The dates used in this obituary for his birth, the death of his wife "Tillia" (Tillie) are questionable or in error. His headstone birth date is August 19, 1855; the correct date for the death of his wife should be 1923, not 1933.

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LEDGER, Tuesday, January 2 1940, 1-2.

SIMPSON A. DONOVAN, 84, longtime Jefferson County resident, died Jefferson Co. Hospital Saturday. Hoskins Funeral Home. Bur. Evergreen Cemetery.

Born August 8,1855 near Brighton. Wife Tillie died 1923.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Gus Mullenix, Fairfield; three sons, Arthur, Morrison, Ill., Guy S. and Edward R., both of Fairfield, and 7 grandchildren.

Transcriber's note: Married Tillie E. Knerr on 6 September 1877 - JEFFERSON COUNTY MARRIAGE Record #4790. Tillie Donovan aka "Matilda" - cited from LEDGER-JOURNAL, Monday, January 8 1923, 1-7.

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Children:
Arthur William Donovan
Edwin R Donovan
Carrie Ann
Guy S Donovan
Bessie Pearl Mullenix

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Simpson's paternal grandfather was Aquila Donovan (mis-spelled in the memorial as Aqulla Donovan)




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