Had two sons, Larry and Nolan Lee Simpson
Daddy's [William Lafayette Andrews, Jr.] closest cousin, maybe even closer than Paul Harris, or at least as close, was Orlando Simpson, Jr. Daddy said, "Orlando, Jr. was my hero."
William L. Andrews' son David: "Funny, thinking back on those trips to Fairfield, IL. Orlando and his family clearly loved Daddy, and me by extension. It's only now that I see the smiles and attention so clearly as more than the kind of bounded affection we experienced with Aunt Sara and Grandmother, and even with Auntie Joan, maybe. Of course it was just a couple visits, but I remember very clearly being nonplused and unable to recognize the way all that family came to see Daddy and me and with such interest. I spent more time with Larry. He may not have taught me to fish, but I'm pretty sure it was with him on his farm pond that I caught my first fish. I remember being incredible with excitement and didn't want to leave. I loved Larry, and he seemed especially genuine to me and willing to please a young kid--for a young teenager or in his early 20s."
Orlando, Jr. was William Lafayette Andrews, Jr.'s uncle, but was only 5 years older. He liked music a great deal and played guitar and other instruments. His father had stopped farming the nearly 200 acres, but he was farming when William L. Andrews, Jr. knew them.
William Lafayette Andrews, Jr. INTERVIEW:
Orlando, Jr. ran the farm and was 5 years older than I was. He was my hero, because he was just, we were interested in a lot of the same things. Well, music. He liked guitar and all, and, of course, I was probably playing the piano back then too, in my teens. I could always pretty much pick out a melody, like one finger you know. And then you know those little ukulele cords they used to have on sheet music. I'd get my ukulele and get the cord and then match the sound on that and it made those cords. And the first song I ever learned was in E flat which most people don't play in E flats and A flats and all those, but that's the way I learned it, so I played most of my songs in E flat and A flat and B flat. I could handle it better than I could just the straight ones. That's the reason the girls I played with at church, they usually had to use a capo so I'd be in key a little bit higher and they'd use a capo and get up with me.
Orlando Sr. had 7 girls and 1 boy. Orlando Jr. was 5 years older that Daddy and the two of them were very close.
Cousin Sara Josephine Andrews has a photo upon the back of which she has written, "Nolan Lee Simpson at 5 months and Orlando, his father, Fairfield, Illinois." She also has a photo labeled, "Peggy, our maid."
From: Andrews, John (DC)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:29 PM
To: 'David Andrews'
Cc: ' Susan Andrews'; Bill Andrews
Subject: RE: Nolan Simpson
Orlando, Jr. had a son Nolan who must be the same age as Bill and me. Nolan Lee Simpson is that person. Interestingly, when I called the Wayne County recorder's office in Fairfield about the Oil interests when we were probating the estate, the recorder, unbeknownst to me, called Nolan and his brother Larry and told them of my inquiry. She said they were very excited about my contact. I should have gotten in touch with them but didn't. You wouldn't want to contact them would you?
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:25 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Subject: Re: Nolan Simpson
I do remember the trip, and now I remember both Larry and Nolan!
Nolan was in the Merchant Marines for a good, long time. When I saw him on one of the two trips to visit Orlando, he had a relatively new baby, I think. His trailer had burned the year or so before, and he was telling Daddy and me that his greatest loss was his photography from travels around the world.
Maybe Bill was with us that trip, because, as little as I was, I think Nolan was saying that he (too) was a photographer to someone. Do you remember this, Bill?
David Andrews
Letter from Orlando's Wife Edna to Sara Josephine Andrews:
Fairfield, Ill
Jan 3, 1978
Dear Sara:
Thanks for the nice Christmas card.
We were rather busy over the holidays with get-togethers with both relations and friends. Larry came home Christmas Eve from Wisconsin but he was sick with a cold and spent the first few days in bed. He went back yesterday afternoon. He called today saying he made the trip ok and the roads weren't bad at all. He is now working for Bucyrus-Erie in the Computer department.
Norma Lee and Edward Koontz moved this fall to a place near Kentucky Lake. Francis and Lora also have a mobile home there too but they kept their place here too and spend time at both place.
Darrel Koontz also moved to the northeastern part of the state near where Dale lives. I bet Maud and Melba sure do miss them.
Olive said they were snow bound for two weeks after she had snow at that time too but only some snowflakes for Christmas Day.
Orlando has been having trouble with his right leg. He hasn't been to a Dr. but may have to go.
We had open house for my Mothers 100th birthday. One hundred fourteen signed the register. That was on Sunday before Jeanes death. Then my brother in Searcy, Ark died the 30th of November so there has been so much going on since the 20th of November.
We got this information on the Wrights from Elsie Wright Carter. I hope it is what you wanted.
Best wishes for the New Year.
As ever,
Edna
On March 28, 2008 Elizabeth Jane Early Andrews said to her son John that Orlando was visiting her husband's mother and Sister, Sara and Stella, and she surprisingly heard a knock on her door at Stokes Lane in Nashville. It was Orlando, Jr. and he said, "it sounds as if there is a N_____ in the Woodpile! I just wanted to come by and see this horrible person they were talking about. And then he finally said, "you're not as bad as you're made out to be."
John looked up the expression and found that it was - "Some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed; something suspicious or wrong; something rotten in Denmark. The sayings with 'fence' and 'woodpile' developed about the same time and about at the period 1840-50, when the 'Underground Railroad' was flourishing successfully. Evidence is slight, but because early uses of the expressions occurred in Northern states, it is presumable that they derived from actual instances of the surreptitious concealment of fugitive Negroes in their flight north through Ohio or Pennsylvania to Canada under piles of firewood or within hiding places in stone fences."
Orlando, Jr. was William L. Andrews, Jr.'s uncle, but was only 5 years older. He liked music a great deal and played guitar and other instruments. His father had stopped farming the nearly 200 acres, but he was farming when William L. Andrews, Jr. knew them.
Cousin Sara Josephine Andrews has a photo upon the back of which she has written, "Nolan Lee Simpson at 5 months and Orlando, his father, Fairfield, Illinois." She also has a photo labeled, "Peggy, our maid."
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Cc: John Lewis
Subject: Nolan Simpson
John,
A good friend just named his child Nolan (I cc him on this). What relation to us is our Nolan, and what became of him. Do you know?
David
From: Andrews, John (DC)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:29 PM
To: 'David Andrews'
Cc: ' Susan Andrews'; Bill Andrews
Subject: RE: Nolan Simpson
Daddy's closest cousin, maybe even closer than Paul, or at least as close, was Orlando Simpson, Jr. I believe you met him. (You were too young for photography then, but it would be nice to have a photo from your trip.) Orlando, Jr. had a son Nolan who must be the same age as Bill and me. Nolan Lee Simpson is that person. Interestingly, when I called the Wayne County recorder's office in Fairfield about the Oil interests when we were probating the estate, the recorder, unbeknownst to me, called Nolan and his brother Larry and told them of my inquiry. She said they were very excited about my contact. I should have gotten in touch with them but didn't. You wouldn't want to contact them at (618) 842-5103 would you?
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:25 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Subject: Re: Nolan Simpson
I do remember the trip, and now I remember both Larry and Nolan!
Nolan was in the Merchant Marines for a good, long time. When I saw him on one of the two trips to visit Orlando, he had a relatively new baby, I think. His trailer had burned the year or so before, and he was telling Daddy and me that his greatest loss was his photography from travels around the world.
Maybe Bill was with us that trip, because, as little as I was, I think Nolan was saying that he (too) was a photographer to someone. Do you remember this, Bill?
I spent more time with Larry. I saw him both trips. He may not have taught me to fish, but I'm pretty sure it was with him on his farm pond that I caught my first fish. I remember being incredible with excitement and didn't want to leave. I loved Larry, and he seemed especially genuine to me and willing to please a young kid--for a young teenager or in his early 20s.
Funny, thinking back on those trips. Orlando and his family clearly loved Daddy, and me by extension. It's only now that I see the smiles and attention so clearly as more than the kind of bounded affection we experience with Aunt Sara and Grandmother, and even with Auntie Joan, maybe. Of course it was just a couple visits, but I remember very clearly being nonplused and unable to recognize the way all that family came to see Daddy and me and with such interest.
David Andrews
1637 Berkley Cir.
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423-266-0037
February 19, 1971 Letter to Sara Andrews from Orlando
February 19, 1971
Fairfield, Illinois
Orlndo F. Simpson
R#5
Fairfield, Ill 62837
Miss Sara Andrews
4110 Lealand Lane
Nashville, Tenn 37204
Dear Sara: -
I am sorry that I have waited so long to answer your nice letter and birthday card.
I do very little writing, not even to Nolan. I leave that to his mother. He is in Fort Gordon, Georgia in radio school. He should graduate in March and then we don't know where after that.
We had 3 to 4 inches of snow over last week end, and it drifted 4 feet deep across our road. Had to wait for a bulldozer to clear it out. Such storms make it hard for me to feed my cattle. I haul hay out in the fields on a box on a tractor and almost get stuck in drifts sometimes.
I'm afraid I can't help your cousin very much on the family tree. I am sending you a copy of some material which I got together years ago, but I can't explain the difference in spelling - (Pilkinton and Pinkletom). You can keep this copy for yourself if you like. I wish I knew more about our family in Tennessee. I've heard dad say that some of his folks came over the Blue Ridge mts.
Well it is raining here to-day and it is about mail time so I had better put this in the box.
Bye now
Orlando
Daddy's [William Lafayette Andrews, Jr.] closest cousin, maybe even closer than Paul Harris, or at least as close, was Orlando Simpson, Jr. Daddy said, "Orlando, Jr. was my hero."
William L. Andrews' son David: "Funny, thinking back on those trips to Fairfield, IL. Orlando and his family clearly loved Daddy, and me by extension. It's only now that I see the smiles and attention so clearly as more than the kind of bounded affection we experienced with Aunt Sara and Grandmother, and even with Auntie Joan, maybe. Of course it was just a couple visits, but I remember very clearly being nonplused and unable to recognize the way all that family came to see Daddy and me and with such interest. I spent more time with Larry. He may not have taught me to fish, but I'm pretty sure it was with him on his farm pond that I caught my first fish. I remember being incredible with excitement and didn't want to leave. I loved Larry, and he seemed especially genuine to me and willing to please a young kid--for a young teenager or in his early 20s."
Orlando, Jr. was William Lafayette Andrews, Jr.'s uncle, but was only 5 years older. He liked music a great deal and played guitar and other instruments. His father had stopped farming the nearly 200 acres, but he was farming when William L. Andrews, Jr. knew them.
William Lafayette Andrews, Jr. INTERVIEW:
Orlando, Jr. ran the farm and was 5 years older than I was. He was my hero, because he was just, we were interested in a lot of the same things. Well, music. He liked guitar and all, and, of course, I was probably playing the piano back then too, in my teens. I could always pretty much pick out a melody, like one finger you know. And then you know those little ukulele cords they used to have on sheet music. I'd get my ukulele and get the cord and then match the sound on that and it made those cords. And the first song I ever learned was in E flat which most people don't play in E flats and A flats and all those, but that's the way I learned it, so I played most of my songs in E flat and A flat and B flat. I could handle it better than I could just the straight ones. That's the reason the girls I played with at church, they usually had to use a capo so I'd be in key a little bit higher and they'd use a capo and get up with me.
Orlando Sr. had 7 girls and 1 boy. Orlando Jr. was 5 years older that Daddy and the two of them were very close.
Cousin Sara Josephine Andrews has a photo upon the back of which she has written, "Nolan Lee Simpson at 5 months and Orlando, his father, Fairfield, Illinois." She also has a photo labeled, "Peggy, our maid."
From: Andrews, John (DC)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:29 PM
To: 'David Andrews'
Cc: ' Susan Andrews'; Bill Andrews
Subject: RE: Nolan Simpson
Orlando, Jr. had a son Nolan who must be the same age as Bill and me. Nolan Lee Simpson is that person. Interestingly, when I called the Wayne County recorder's office in Fairfield about the Oil interests when we were probating the estate, the recorder, unbeknownst to me, called Nolan and his brother Larry and told them of my inquiry. She said they were very excited about my contact. I should have gotten in touch with them but didn't. You wouldn't want to contact them would you?
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:25 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Subject: Re: Nolan Simpson
I do remember the trip, and now I remember both Larry and Nolan!
Nolan was in the Merchant Marines for a good, long time. When I saw him on one of the two trips to visit Orlando, he had a relatively new baby, I think. His trailer had burned the year or so before, and he was telling Daddy and me that his greatest loss was his photography from travels around the world.
Maybe Bill was with us that trip, because, as little as I was, I think Nolan was saying that he (too) was a photographer to someone. Do you remember this, Bill?
David Andrews
Letter from Orlando's Wife Edna to Sara Josephine Andrews:
Fairfield, Ill
Jan 3, 1978
Dear Sara:
Thanks for the nice Christmas card.
We were rather busy over the holidays with get-togethers with both relations and friends. Larry came home Christmas Eve from Wisconsin but he was sick with a cold and spent the first few days in bed. He went back yesterday afternoon. He called today saying he made the trip ok and the roads weren't bad at all. He is now working for Bucyrus-Erie in the Computer department.
Norma Lee and Edward Koontz moved this fall to a place near Kentucky Lake. Francis and Lora also have a mobile home there too but they kept their place here too and spend time at both place.
Darrel Koontz also moved to the northeastern part of the state near where Dale lives. I bet Maud and Melba sure do miss them.
Olive said they were snow bound for two weeks after she had snow at that time too but only some snowflakes for Christmas Day.
Orlando has been having trouble with his right leg. He hasn't been to a Dr. but may have to go.
We had open house for my Mothers 100th birthday. One hundred fourteen signed the register. That was on Sunday before Jeanes death. Then my brother in Searcy, Ark died the 30th of November so there has been so much going on since the 20th of November.
We got this information on the Wrights from Elsie Wright Carter. I hope it is what you wanted.
Best wishes for the New Year.
As ever,
Edna
On March 28, 2008 Elizabeth Jane Early Andrews said to her son John that Orlando was visiting her husband's mother and Sister, Sara and Stella, and she surprisingly heard a knock on her door at Stokes Lane in Nashville. It was Orlando, Jr. and he said, "it sounds as if there is a N_____ in the Woodpile! I just wanted to come by and see this horrible person they were talking about. And then he finally said, "you're not as bad as you're made out to be."
John looked up the expression and found that it was - "Some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed; something suspicious or wrong; something rotten in Denmark. The sayings with 'fence' and 'woodpile' developed about the same time and about at the period 1840-50, when the 'Underground Railroad' was flourishing successfully. Evidence is slight, but because early uses of the expressions occurred in Northern states, it is presumable that they derived from actual instances of the surreptitious concealment of fugitive Negroes in their flight north through Ohio or Pennsylvania to Canada under piles of firewood or within hiding places in stone fences."
Orlando, Jr. was William L. Andrews, Jr.'s uncle, but was only 5 years older. He liked music a great deal and played guitar and other instruments. His father had stopped farming the nearly 200 acres, but he was farming when William L. Andrews, Jr. knew them.
Cousin Sara Josephine Andrews has a photo upon the back of which she has written, "Nolan Lee Simpson at 5 months and Orlando, his father, Fairfield, Illinois." She also has a photo labeled, "Peggy, our maid."
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Cc: John Lewis
Subject: Nolan Simpson
John,
A good friend just named his child Nolan (I cc him on this). What relation to us is our Nolan, and what became of him. Do you know?
David
From: Andrews, John (DC)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:29 PM
To: 'David Andrews'
Cc: ' Susan Andrews'; Bill Andrews
Subject: RE: Nolan Simpson
Daddy's closest cousin, maybe even closer than Paul, or at least as close, was Orlando Simpson, Jr. I believe you met him. (You were too young for photography then, but it would be nice to have a photo from your trip.) Orlando, Jr. had a son Nolan who must be the same age as Bill and me. Nolan Lee Simpson is that person. Interestingly, when I called the Wayne County recorder's office in Fairfield about the Oil interests when we were probating the estate, the recorder, unbeknownst to me, called Nolan and his brother Larry and told them of my inquiry. She said they were very excited about my contact. I should have gotten in touch with them but didn't. You wouldn't want to contact them at (618) 842-5103 would you?
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:25 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Subject: Re: Nolan Simpson
I do remember the trip, and now I remember both Larry and Nolan!
Nolan was in the Merchant Marines for a good, long time. When I saw him on one of the two trips to visit Orlando, he had a relatively new baby, I think. His trailer had burned the year or so before, and he was telling Daddy and me that his greatest loss was his photography from travels around the world.
Maybe Bill was with us that trip, because, as little as I was, I think Nolan was saying that he (too) was a photographer to someone. Do you remember this, Bill?
I spent more time with Larry. I saw him both trips. He may not have taught me to fish, but I'm pretty sure it was with him on his farm pond that I caught my first fish. I remember being incredible with excitement and didn't want to leave. I loved Larry, and he seemed especially genuine to me and willing to please a young kid--for a young teenager or in his early 20s.
Funny, thinking back on those trips. Orlando and his family clearly loved Daddy, and me by extension. It's only now that I see the smiles and attention so clearly as more than the kind of bounded affection we experience with Aunt Sara and Grandmother, and even with Auntie Joan, maybe. Of course it was just a couple visits, but I remember very clearly being nonplused and unable to recognize the way all that family came to see Daddy and me and with such interest.
David Andrews
1637 Berkley Cir.
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423-266-0037
February 19, 1971 Letter to Sara Andrews from Orlando
February 19, 1971
Fairfield, Illinois
Orlndo F. Simpson
R#5
Fairfield, Ill 62837
Miss Sara Andrews
4110 Lealand Lane
Nashville, Tenn 37204
Dear Sara: -
I am sorry that I have waited so long to answer your nice letter and birthday card.
I do very little writing, not even to Nolan. I leave that to his mother. He is in Fort Gordon, Georgia in radio school. He should graduate in March and then we don't know where after that.
We had 3 to 4 inches of snow over last week end, and it drifted 4 feet deep across our road. Had to wait for a bulldozer to clear it out. Such storms make it hard for me to feed my cattle. I haul hay out in the fields on a box on a tractor and almost get stuck in drifts sometimes.
I'm afraid I can't help your cousin very much on the family tree. I am sending you a copy of some material which I got together years ago, but I can't explain the difference in spelling - (Pilkinton and Pinkletom). You can keep this copy for yourself if you like. I wish I knew more about our family in Tennessee. I've heard dad say that some of his folks came over the Blue Ridge mts.
Well it is raining here to-day and it is about mail time so I had better put this in the box.
Bye now
Orlando
Had two sons, Larry and Nolan Lee Simpson
Daddy's [William Lafayette Andrews, Jr.] closest cousin, maybe even closer than Paul Harris, or at least as close, was Orlando Simpson, Jr. Daddy said, "Orlando, Jr. was my hero."
William L. Andrews' son David: "Funny, thinking back on those trips to Fairfield, IL. Orlando and his family clearly loved Daddy, and me by extension. It's only now that I see the smiles and attention so clearly as more than the kind of bounded affection we experienced with Aunt Sara and Grandmother, and even with Auntie Joan, maybe. Of course it was just a couple visits, but I remember very clearly being nonplused and unable to recognize the way all that family came to see Daddy and me and with such interest. I spent more time with Larry. He may not have taught me to fish, but I'm pretty sure it was with him on his farm pond that I caught my first fish. I remember being incredible with excitement and didn't want to leave. I loved Larry, and he seemed especially genuine to me and willing to please a young kid--for a young teenager or in his early 20s."
Orlando, Jr. was William Lafayette Andrews, Jr.'s uncle, but was only 5 years older. He liked music a great deal and played guitar and other instruments. His father had stopped farming the nearly 200 acres, but he was farming when William L. Andrews, Jr. knew them.
William Lafayette Andrews, Jr. INTERVIEW:
Orlando, Jr. ran the farm and was 5 years older than I was. He was my hero, because he was just, we were interested in a lot of the same things. Well, music. He liked guitar and all, and, of course, I was probably playing the piano back then too, in my teens. I could always pretty much pick out a melody, like one finger you know. And then you know those little ukulele cords they used to have on sheet music. I'd get my ukulele and get the cord and then match the sound on that and it made those cords. And the first song I ever learned was in E flat which most people don't play in E flats and A flats and all those, but that's the way I learned it, so I played most of my songs in E flat and A flat and B flat. I could handle it better than I could just the straight ones. That's the reason the girls I played with at church, they usually had to use a capo so I'd be in key a little bit higher and they'd use a capo and get up with me.
Orlando Sr. had 7 girls and 1 boy. Orlando Jr. was 5 years older that Daddy and the two of them were very close.
Cousin Sara Josephine Andrews has a photo upon the back of which she has written, "Nolan Lee Simpson at 5 months and Orlando, his father, Fairfield, Illinois." She also has a photo labeled, "Peggy, our maid."
From: Andrews, John (DC)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:29 PM
To: 'David Andrews'
Cc: ' Susan Andrews'; Bill Andrews
Subject: RE: Nolan Simpson
Orlando, Jr. had a son Nolan who must be the same age as Bill and me. Nolan Lee Simpson is that person. Interestingly, when I called the Wayne County recorder's office in Fairfield about the Oil interests when we were probating the estate, the recorder, unbeknownst to me, called Nolan and his brother Larry and told them of my inquiry. She said they were very excited about my contact. I should have gotten in touch with them but didn't. You wouldn't want to contact them would you?
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:25 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Subject: Re: Nolan Simpson
I do remember the trip, and now I remember both Larry and Nolan!
Nolan was in the Merchant Marines for a good, long time. When I saw him on one of the two trips to visit Orlando, he had a relatively new baby, I think. His trailer had burned the year or so before, and he was telling Daddy and me that his greatest loss was his photography from travels around the world.
Maybe Bill was with us that trip, because, as little as I was, I think Nolan was saying that he (too) was a photographer to someone. Do you remember this, Bill?
David Andrews
Letter from Orlando's Wife Edna to Sara Josephine Andrews:
Fairfield, Ill
Jan 3, 1978
Dear Sara:
Thanks for the nice Christmas card.
We were rather busy over the holidays with get-togethers with both relations and friends. Larry came home Christmas Eve from Wisconsin but he was sick with a cold and spent the first few days in bed. He went back yesterday afternoon. He called today saying he made the trip ok and the roads weren't bad at all. He is now working for Bucyrus-Erie in the Computer department.
Norma Lee and Edward Koontz moved this fall to a place near Kentucky Lake. Francis and Lora also have a mobile home there too but they kept their place here too and spend time at both place.
Darrel Koontz also moved to the northeastern part of the state near where Dale lives. I bet Maud and Melba sure do miss them.
Olive said they were snow bound for two weeks after she had snow at that time too but only some snowflakes for Christmas Day.
Orlando has been having trouble with his right leg. He hasn't been to a Dr. but may have to go.
We had open house for my Mothers 100th birthday. One hundred fourteen signed the register. That was on Sunday before Jeanes death. Then my brother in Searcy, Ark died the 30th of November so there has been so much going on since the 20th of November.
We got this information on the Wrights from Elsie Wright Carter. I hope it is what you wanted.
Best wishes for the New Year.
As ever,
Edna
On March 28, 2008 Elizabeth Jane Early Andrews said to her son John that Orlando was visiting her husband's mother and Sister, Sara and Stella, and she surprisingly heard a knock on her door at Stokes Lane in Nashville. It was Orlando, Jr. and he said, "it sounds as if there is a N_____ in the Woodpile! I just wanted to come by and see this horrible person they were talking about. And then he finally said, "you're not as bad as you're made out to be."
John looked up the expression and found that it was - "Some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed; something suspicious or wrong; something rotten in Denmark. The sayings with 'fence' and 'woodpile' developed about the same time and about at the period 1840-50, when the 'Underground Railroad' was flourishing successfully. Evidence is slight, but because early uses of the expressions occurred in Northern states, it is presumable that they derived from actual instances of the surreptitious concealment of fugitive Negroes in their flight north through Ohio or Pennsylvania to Canada under piles of firewood or within hiding places in stone fences."
Orlando, Jr. was William L. Andrews, Jr.'s uncle, but was only 5 years older. He liked music a great deal and played guitar and other instruments. His father had stopped farming the nearly 200 acres, but he was farming when William L. Andrews, Jr. knew them.
Cousin Sara Josephine Andrews has a photo upon the back of which she has written, "Nolan Lee Simpson at 5 months and Orlando, his father, Fairfield, Illinois." She also has a photo labeled, "Peggy, our maid."
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Cc: John Lewis
Subject: Nolan Simpson
John,
A good friend just named his child Nolan (I cc him on this). What relation to us is our Nolan, and what became of him. Do you know?
David
From: Andrews, John (DC)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:29 PM
To: 'David Andrews'
Cc: ' Susan Andrews'; Bill Andrews
Subject: RE: Nolan Simpson
Daddy's closest cousin, maybe even closer than Paul, or at least as close, was Orlando Simpson, Jr. I believe you met him. (You were too young for photography then, but it would be nice to have a photo from your trip.) Orlando, Jr. had a son Nolan who must be the same age as Bill and me. Nolan Lee Simpson is that person. Interestingly, when I called the Wayne County recorder's office in Fairfield about the Oil interests when we were probating the estate, the recorder, unbeknownst to me, called Nolan and his brother Larry and told them of my inquiry. She said they were very excited about my contact. I should have gotten in touch with them but didn't. You wouldn't want to contact them at (618) 842-5103 would you?
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:25 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Subject: Re: Nolan Simpson
I do remember the trip, and now I remember both Larry and Nolan!
Nolan was in the Merchant Marines for a good, long time. When I saw him on one of the two trips to visit Orlando, he had a relatively new baby, I think. His trailer had burned the year or so before, and he was telling Daddy and me that his greatest loss was his photography from travels around the world.
Maybe Bill was with us that trip, because, as little as I was, I think Nolan was saying that he (too) was a photographer to someone. Do you remember this, Bill?
I spent more time with Larry. I saw him both trips. He may not have taught me to fish, but I'm pretty sure it was with him on his farm pond that I caught my first fish. I remember being incredible with excitement and didn't want to leave. I loved Larry, and he seemed especially genuine to me and willing to please a young kid--for a young teenager or in his early 20s.
Funny, thinking back on those trips. Orlando and his family clearly loved Daddy, and me by extension. It's only now that I see the smiles and attention so clearly as more than the kind of bounded affection we experience with Aunt Sara and Grandmother, and even with Auntie Joan, maybe. Of course it was just a couple visits, but I remember very clearly being nonplused and unable to recognize the way all that family came to see Daddy and me and with such interest.
David Andrews
1637 Berkley Cir.
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423-266-0037
February 19, 1971 Letter to Sara Andrews from Orlando
February 19, 1971
Fairfield, Illinois
Orlndo F. Simpson
R#5
Fairfield, Ill 62837
Miss Sara Andrews
4110 Lealand Lane
Nashville, Tenn 37204
Dear Sara: -
I am sorry that I have waited so long to answer your nice letter and birthday card.
I do very little writing, not even to Nolan. I leave that to his mother. He is in Fort Gordon, Georgia in radio school. He should graduate in March and then we don't know where after that.
We had 3 to 4 inches of snow over last week end, and it drifted 4 feet deep across our road. Had to wait for a bulldozer to clear it out. Such storms make it hard for me to feed my cattle. I haul hay out in the fields on a box on a tractor and almost get stuck in drifts sometimes.
I'm afraid I can't help your cousin very much on the family tree. I am sending you a copy of some material which I got together years ago, but I can't explain the difference in spelling - (Pilkinton and Pinkletom). You can keep this copy for yourself if you like. I wish I knew more about our family in Tennessee. I've heard dad say that some of his folks came over the Blue Ridge mts.
Well it is raining here to-day and it is about mail time so I had better put this in the box.
Bye now
Orlando
Daddy's [William Lafayette Andrews, Jr.] closest cousin, maybe even closer than Paul Harris, or at least as close, was Orlando Simpson, Jr. Daddy said, "Orlando, Jr. was my hero."
William L. Andrews' son David: "Funny, thinking back on those trips to Fairfield, IL. Orlando and his family clearly loved Daddy, and me by extension. It's only now that I see the smiles and attention so clearly as more than the kind of bounded affection we experienced with Aunt Sara and Grandmother, and even with Auntie Joan, maybe. Of course it was just a couple visits, but I remember very clearly being nonplused and unable to recognize the way all that family came to see Daddy and me and with such interest. I spent more time with Larry. He may not have taught me to fish, but I'm pretty sure it was with him on his farm pond that I caught my first fish. I remember being incredible with excitement and didn't want to leave. I loved Larry, and he seemed especially genuine to me and willing to please a young kid--for a young teenager or in his early 20s."
Orlando, Jr. was William Lafayette Andrews, Jr.'s uncle, but was only 5 years older. He liked music a great deal and played guitar and other instruments. His father had stopped farming the nearly 200 acres, but he was farming when William L. Andrews, Jr. knew them.
William Lafayette Andrews, Jr. INTERVIEW:
Orlando, Jr. ran the farm and was 5 years older than I was. He was my hero, because he was just, we were interested in a lot of the same things. Well, music. He liked guitar and all, and, of course, I was probably playing the piano back then too, in my teens. I could always pretty much pick out a melody, like one finger you know. And then you know those little ukulele cords they used to have on sheet music. I'd get my ukulele and get the cord and then match the sound on that and it made those cords. And the first song I ever learned was in E flat which most people don't play in E flats and A flats and all those, but that's the way I learned it, so I played most of my songs in E flat and A flat and B flat. I could handle it better than I could just the straight ones. That's the reason the girls I played with at church, they usually had to use a capo so I'd be in key a little bit higher and they'd use a capo and get up with me.
Orlando Sr. had 7 girls and 1 boy. Orlando Jr. was 5 years older that Daddy and the two of them were very close.
Cousin Sara Josephine Andrews has a photo upon the back of which she has written, "Nolan Lee Simpson at 5 months and Orlando, his father, Fairfield, Illinois." She also has a photo labeled, "Peggy, our maid."
From: Andrews, John (DC)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:29 PM
To: 'David Andrews'
Cc: ' Susan Andrews'; Bill Andrews
Subject: RE: Nolan Simpson
Orlando, Jr. had a son Nolan who must be the same age as Bill and me. Nolan Lee Simpson is that person. Interestingly, when I called the Wayne County recorder's office in Fairfield about the Oil interests when we were probating the estate, the recorder, unbeknownst to me, called Nolan and his brother Larry and told them of my inquiry. She said they were very excited about my contact. I should have gotten in touch with them but didn't. You wouldn't want to contact them would you?
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:25 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Subject: Re: Nolan Simpson
I do remember the trip, and now I remember both Larry and Nolan!
Nolan was in the Merchant Marines for a good, long time. When I saw him on one of the two trips to visit Orlando, he had a relatively new baby, I think. His trailer had burned the year or so before, and he was telling Daddy and me that his greatest loss was his photography from travels around the world.
Maybe Bill was with us that trip, because, as little as I was, I think Nolan was saying that he (too) was a photographer to someone. Do you remember this, Bill?
David Andrews
Letter from Orlando's Wife Edna to Sara Josephine Andrews:
Fairfield, Ill
Jan 3, 1978
Dear Sara:
Thanks for the nice Christmas card.
We were rather busy over the holidays with get-togethers with both relations and friends. Larry came home Christmas Eve from Wisconsin but he was sick with a cold and spent the first few days in bed. He went back yesterday afternoon. He called today saying he made the trip ok and the roads weren't bad at all. He is now working for Bucyrus-Erie in the Computer department.
Norma Lee and Edward Koontz moved this fall to a place near Kentucky Lake. Francis and Lora also have a mobile home there too but they kept their place here too and spend time at both place.
Darrel Koontz also moved to the northeastern part of the state near where Dale lives. I bet Maud and Melba sure do miss them.
Olive said they were snow bound for two weeks after she had snow at that time too but only some snowflakes for Christmas Day.
Orlando has been having trouble with his right leg. He hasn't been to a Dr. but may have to go.
We had open house for my Mothers 100th birthday. One hundred fourteen signed the register. That was on Sunday before Jeanes death. Then my brother in Searcy, Ark died the 30th of November so there has been so much going on since the 20th of November.
We got this information on the Wrights from Elsie Wright Carter. I hope it is what you wanted.
Best wishes for the New Year.
As ever,
Edna
On March 28, 2008 Elizabeth Jane Early Andrews said to her son John that Orlando was visiting her husband's mother and Sister, Sara and Stella, and she surprisingly heard a knock on her door at Stokes Lane in Nashville. It was Orlando, Jr. and he said, "it sounds as if there is a N_____ in the Woodpile! I just wanted to come by and see this horrible person they were talking about. And then he finally said, "you're not as bad as you're made out to be."
John looked up the expression and found that it was - "Some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed; something suspicious or wrong; something rotten in Denmark. The sayings with 'fence' and 'woodpile' developed about the same time and about at the period 1840-50, when the 'Underground Railroad' was flourishing successfully. Evidence is slight, but because early uses of the expressions occurred in Northern states, it is presumable that they derived from actual instances of the surreptitious concealment of fugitive Negroes in their flight north through Ohio or Pennsylvania to Canada under piles of firewood or within hiding places in stone fences."
Orlando, Jr. was William L. Andrews, Jr.'s uncle, but was only 5 years older. He liked music a great deal and played guitar and other instruments. His father had stopped farming the nearly 200 acres, but he was farming when William L. Andrews, Jr. knew them.
Cousin Sara Josephine Andrews has a photo upon the back of which she has written, "Nolan Lee Simpson at 5 months and Orlando, his father, Fairfield, Illinois." She also has a photo labeled, "Peggy, our maid."
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:21 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Cc: John Lewis
Subject: Nolan Simpson
John,
A good friend just named his child Nolan (I cc him on this). What relation to us is our Nolan, and what became of him. Do you know?
David
From: Andrews, John (DC)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:29 PM
To: 'David Andrews'
Cc: ' Susan Andrews'; Bill Andrews
Subject: RE: Nolan Simpson
Daddy's closest cousin, maybe even closer than Paul, or at least as close, was Orlando Simpson, Jr. I believe you met him. (You were too young for photography then, but it would be nice to have a photo from your trip.) Orlando, Jr. had a son Nolan who must be the same age as Bill and me. Nolan Lee Simpson is that person. Interestingly, when I called the Wayne County recorder's office in Fairfield about the Oil interests when we were probating the estate, the recorder, unbeknownst to me, called Nolan and his brother Larry and told them of my inquiry. She said they were very excited about my contact. I should have gotten in touch with them but didn't. You wouldn't want to contact them at (618) 842-5103 would you?
From: David Andrews
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:25 PM
To: Andrews, John (DC); Bill Andrews
Subject: Re: Nolan Simpson
I do remember the trip, and now I remember both Larry and Nolan!
Nolan was in the Merchant Marines for a good, long time. When I saw him on one of the two trips to visit Orlando, he had a relatively new baby, I think. His trailer had burned the year or so before, and he was telling Daddy and me that his greatest loss was his photography from travels around the world.
Maybe Bill was with us that trip, because, as little as I was, I think Nolan was saying that he (too) was a photographer to someone. Do you remember this, Bill?
I spent more time with Larry. I saw him both trips. He may not have taught me to fish, but I'm pretty sure it was with him on his farm pond that I caught my first fish. I remember being incredible with excitement and didn't want to leave. I loved Larry, and he seemed especially genuine to me and willing to please a young kid--for a young teenager or in his early 20s.
Funny, thinking back on those trips. Orlando and his family clearly loved Daddy, and me by extension. It's only now that I see the smiles and attention so clearly as more than the kind of bounded affection we experience with Aunt Sara and Grandmother, and even with Auntie Joan, maybe. Of course it was just a couple visits, but I remember very clearly being nonplused and unable to recognize the way all that family came to see Daddy and me and with such interest.
David Andrews
1637 Berkley Cir.
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423-266-0037
February 19, 1971 Letter to Sara Andrews from Orlando
February 19, 1971
Fairfield, Illinois
Orlndo F. Simpson
R#5
Fairfield, Ill 62837
Miss Sara Andrews
4110 Lealand Lane
Nashville, Tenn 37204
Dear Sara: -
I am sorry that I have waited so long to answer your nice letter and birthday card.
I do very little writing, not even to Nolan. I leave that to his mother. He is in Fort Gordon, Georgia in radio school. He should graduate in March and then we don't know where after that.
We had 3 to 4 inches of snow over last week end, and it drifted 4 feet deep across our road. Had to wait for a bulldozer to clear it out. Such storms make it hard for me to feed my cattle. I haul hay out in the fields on a box on a tractor and almost get stuck in drifts sometimes.
I'm afraid I can't help your cousin very much on the family tree. I am sending you a copy of some material which I got together years ago, but I can't explain the difference in spelling - (Pilkinton and Pinkletom). You can keep this copy for yourself if you like. I wish I knew more about our family in Tennessee. I've heard dad say that some of his folks came over the Blue Ridge mts.
Well it is raining here to-day and it is about mail time so I had better put this in the box.
Bye now
Orlando
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