Benjamin O Simpson (1902 - 1969)

Born 17 Aug 1902 in Ottawa County, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Apr 1969 at age 66 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Eric Weddington [send private message]

Biography

From the Miami News-Record (Miami, Oklahoma), 10 Jan 1939:

"Mr. and Mrs. Lee Simpson enjoyed the day Sunday when all their children gathered at their farm home here. They were dinner guests and included Mr. and Mrs. Ray McCleary and family of Peoria, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cardwell and son of Baxter Springs, Kas., Mr. and Mrs. Ross Bowser and son of Quapaw, Bennie, John, and Jake Simpson." ^[1]

Ben served as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy in World War II. From the Miami Daily News Record (Miami Oklahoma), 20 August 1942:

"Two Wyandotte men, Clyde L. Bluejacket and Ben O. Simpson were enlisted in the Seabees construction regiment of the navy last week. Both Were enlisted as construction workers, which carries seaman, first class, rating." ^[2]

Clyde Bluejacket is Ben's aunt's brother-in-law.

Sources

1. ↑ Miami News-Record (Miami, Oklahoma), 10 January 1939, Tuesday, page 8, column 7, "Wayside".
2. ↑ Miami Daily News Record (Miami Oklahoma), 20 August 1942, Thursday, page 1, column 1, "Three County Men Into Naval Duty; Helton Goes Soon".

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQ5-P32 : 29 October 2015), Benjamin Simpson in household of Lee Simpson, Wyandotte, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 167, sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,281.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMH-T6N : 14 December 2015), Benjamin O Simpson in household of Lee C Simpson, Wyandotte, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States; citing sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,481.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC49-XZ8 : 8 December 2015), Bennie O Simpson in entry for Lee C Simpson, 1930.

• Longan Family Reunion, Oklahoma, 1933. Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States, 15 June 1933.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKH-4FC : 17 May 2014), Bennie Simpson in household of Lee Simpson, Wyandotte Township, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-37, sheet 7A, family 125, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3321.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49342451/ben-o-simpson: accessed 15 February 2023), memorial page for Ben O Simpson (17 Aug 1902–6 Apr 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49342451, citing Wyandotte Indian Cemetery, Wyandotte, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Camp (contributor 47112839).