Solomon Garrison, the father of William Simpson, was one of the earliest settlers in that part of Iowa, and well known throughout Jones and Cedar counties. He settled in Jones county in 1837. He took a prominent part in the conduct of the Underground Railway during the war. Many fugitive slaves were taken care of by him, hid in corn fields and other places in the day time and at night helped on their way to freedom.
NOTE: The body was moved from Rose Creek Cemetery in Nebraska to the Wyoming Cemetery in Wyoming, Iowa....Reburial at Wyoming on Dec 11, 1918 per Cemetery Records. See Cenotaph Memorial ID 19424659.
NOTE: The body was moved from Rose Creek Cemetery in Nebraska to the Wyoming Cemetery in Wyoming, Iowa....Reburial at Wyoming on Dec 11, 1918 per Cemetery Records. See Cenotaph Memorial ID 19424659.
Solomon Garrison, the father of William Simpson, was one of the earliest settlers in that part of Iowa, and well known throughout Jones and Cedar counties. He settled in Jones county in 1837. He took a prominent part in the conduct of the Underground Railway during the war. Many fugitive slaves were taken care of by him, hid in corn fields and other places in the day time and at night helped on their way to freedom.
NOTE: The body was moved from Rose Creek Cemetery in Nebraska to the Wyoming Cemetery in Wyoming, Iowa....Reburial at Wyoming on Dec 11, 1918 per Cemetery Records. See Cenotaph Memorial ID 19424659.
NOTE: The body was moved from Rose Creek Cemetery in Nebraska to the Wyoming Cemetery in Wyoming, Iowa....Reburial at Wyoming on Dec 11, 1918 per Cemetery Records. See Cenotaph Memorial ID 19424659.
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