She was married to William D. Simpson.
She is a descendant of John Lewis of Ireland and his wife, Margaret Lynn, who settled in the Shenandoah Valley about 1732 through their daughter, Margaret Lewis, who married William Long.
Talented seamstress and faithful Church goer. She made all her own clothes and those of her daughters and sometimes she even sewed for friends. Faith was important to her and she read the Bible daily, quoting entire passages from memory. She was a Motherless Daughter as her mother died when she was 18 months old. Even though her father remarried she felt the loss of her mother for her entire life. She kept a moth eaten dress that belonged to her mother and it was one of her most precious possessions.
She was married to William D. Simpson.
She is a descendant of John Lewis of Ireland and his wife, Margaret Lynn, who settled in the Shenandoah Valley about 1732 through their daughter, Margaret Lewis, who married William Long.
Talented seamstress and faithful Church goer. She made all her own clothes and those of her daughters and sometimes she even sewed for friends. Faith was important to her and she read the Bible daily, quoting entire passages from memory. She was a Motherless Daughter as her mother died when she was 18 months old. Even though her father remarried she felt the loss of her mother for her entire life. She kept a moth eaten dress that belonged to her mother and it was one of her most precious possessions.
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