Simeon Haigh (1786 - 1865)

Born 10 Aug 1786 in Yorkshire, England

Husband of Mary (Newton) Haigh — married about 1815 in New York

Descendants

Died 17 Oct 1865 at age 79 in New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia

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Biography

Simeon Haigh. Given Name: Simeon. Surname: Haigh. ^[1]

Born 10 Aug 1786. , Yorkshire, England. ^[2][3][4][5]

Died 17 Oct 1865. New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia. ^[6][7][8][9]

Christening: 5 Sep 1786. Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England. ^[10][11]

Buried Oct 1865. New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia. ^[12]

Note: #NI61.

Marriage Husband Simeon Haigh. Wife Mary Newton. Marriage Abt 1815. , New York. ^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]} Child: Elizabeth Haigh. Child: Melissa Gilbert Haigh. Child: Simeon E. Haigh. Child: Joseph P. Haigh. Child: Preston Clay Haigh.

Notes

Note NI61The Christening Records of the Kirkburton Parish, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England shows a Simeon Haigh, son of John Haigh, being christened on 5 Sep 1786. It is believed that this is the Simeon Haigh profiled here. The date of christening would be only about three weeks after the known birth date of this Simeon Haigh, who was also known to have been born in Yorkshire. 1

Simeon Haigh was married in an Episcopal Church in New York. 1

There is disagreement about his birth date. A note in the Haigh Family Collection, believed written by "Aunt Sis," (his granddaughter, Anna Elizabeth Haigh) states he was born 10 Aug 1793, but cemetery records show his birth year as 1786. The 1786 date agrees with the censuses of 1820, 1850, and 1860. The 10 Aug 1793 date was probably a mistake by Aunt Sis, as this was almost certainly the birth date of his wife, Mary Newton. 1

He was probably married sometime in 1815, as his first child, Elizabeth, was born on 5 May 1816. Family tradition says that he was married at an Episcopal Church in New York, but no official record of the marriage has been found. Nor has any record of his entry into the United States from England been found. 1

In 1817-1818, he was living in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. He was a Mason in the Steubenville Lodge #45, and his daughter, Melissa, was born there in 1818. Sometime before 1820 he moved just across the Ohio River, to Brooke County, Virginia. 1

His occupation is listed as "Wool Manufacturer" in the 1820 census, the 1850 census and in the 1860 census. In the 1820 Federal Census of Manufacturers, he is listed as owning and operating a woolen mill in Brooke County, Virginia (now West Virginia). At that time the business employed two men and two "boys and girls," and produced 1500 yards of cloth annually. 1

In 1841 he moved to Franklin County, Indiana where he and his son, Simeon Jr., owned and operated a Woolen Mill in Metamora. 1

From sometime after 1860 until his death in 1865 he and his wife lived with their daughter, Melissa Atkinson in New Cumberland, West Virginia, where they both died. 1

He died at the home of his son-in-law, J. H. Atkinson, who was married to Simeon's daughter, Melissa.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S951 Memorial #100278847 Simeon Haigh, Sr Certainty: 3 Simeon Haigh, Sr.
2. ↑ Source: #S93 Certainty: 3 Note: No source for the note. Must be considered secondary information and must be verified. Simeon Haigh, Sr., was born in Lercister (???) England.
3. ↑ Source: #S94 Page 170 Certainty: 3 HAIGH, Simeon d. 10-17-1865, age 79 years
4. ↑ Source: #S638 Page 1 Certainty: 3 "...Simeon [Haigh] was born Aug. 16, 1786..."
5. ↑ Source: #S951 Memorial #100278847 Simeon Haigh, Sr Certainty: 3 Birth: Aug. 10, 1786. England "Born in Yorkshire, England...."
6. ↑ Source: #S94 Page 170 Certainty: 3 HAIGH, Simeon d. 10-17-1865, age 79 years
7. ↑ Source: #S619 Certainty: 3 "...[Melissa Gilbert Atkinson] had ministered to her father and mother in their old age in her own home [in New Cumberland, West Virginia]...and tenderly laid them to rest in our silent city on the hill, where loving hands on Tuesday laid her by the side of her parents."
8. ↑ Source: #S638 Page 1 Certainty: 3 "Bill is right about both Simeon and Mary dying in 1865...Simeon died Oct. 17 of that year..."
9. ↑ Source: #S951 Memorial #100278847 Simeon Haigh, Sr Certainty: 3 Death: Oct. 17, 1865 New Cumberland Hancock County West Virginia, USA
10. ↑ Source: #S364 Page 2 - Baptisms Certainty: 3 Note: It is not certain that this reference is truly for this particular Simeon Haigh, but the date seems to match, as well as what little is known about Simeon's origins. The record of his baptism on 3 Sep 1786 appears in the microfilm of the church records.
11. ↑ Source: #S760 Certainty: 3 Note: There are two entries in the IGI, one dated 18 Apr 1995 and the other dated 18 Jul 1996. In neither case is there any information on who submitted the information. This source shows a Simeon Haigh, son of John Haigh, being christened in the Kirkburton Church, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England on 5 Sep 1786.
12. ↑ Source: #S94 Page 170 Certainty: 3 HAIGH, Simeon d. 10-17-1865, age 79 years
13. ↑ Source: #S93 Certainty: 3 Note: Secondary information, must be verified. A note in scrapbook states: Simeon Haigh, Sr. was born in Lercister (???), England. His wife, Mary Newton, was born in Yorkshire, England and was said to have been kin to Sir Isaac Newton. Simeon and Mary were married in an Episcopal Church in New York. No source for the note is given.
14. ↑ Source: #S93 Certainty: 3 A note in scrapbook states: Simeon Haigh, Sr....married Mary [Newton] in an Episcopal Church in New York. No source for the note is given.
15. ↑ Source: #S96 Certainty: 3 "Died....Mrs. Mary Haigh, wife of Simeon Haigh, Sr...."
16. ↑ Source: #S97 Page 326 Certainty: 3 ....Melissa G. Haigh....the daughter of Simeon and Mary (Newton) Haigh, natives of England....
17. ↑ Source: #S670 Certainty: 3 "...I guess that the Haighs were probably married in 1815 or so since Elizabeth [their first child] was born 5 May 1816..."
18. ↑ Source: #S951 Memorial #100278829 Mary (Newton) Haigh Certainty: 3 Mary Nerwton Haigh "Wife of Simeon Haigh, Sr., whom she married in New York;....."
19. ↑ Source: #S951 Memorial #100278847 Simeon Haigh, Sr Certainty: 3 "Husband of Mary Newton (1793 - 1885) [Note: the "1885" i believe is a typo, her tombstone shows Jan. 8, 1865, as do other sources).

• Source: S100 HAIG-OH-0002 - Federal Census of 1830, Town of Wellsville, County of Columbiana, State of Ohio -- Publication: Microfilm copy Note: Microfilm copy of original records. Repository: #R93 Page 380 Certainty: 3 Note: Microfilm copy of original records. Enumeration date not shown: Simeon Haigh Males: Of five and under 10 2 Of forty and under fifty 1 [probably Simeon himself] Females: Of thirty and under forty 1 [probably Mary Newton Haigh, his wife]
• Repository: R93 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Source: S101 HAIG-VA-0001 - Federal Census of 1840, County of Brooke, State of Virginia [now West Virginia] -- Publication: Microfilm Note: Microfilm copy of original records. Repository: #R94 Call Number: Microfilm SL#29684, Copy #T-5, Reel #178 Page 15 Certainty: 3 Note: Microfilm of original record. Simeon Haigh: Males: 15 & under 20 2 20 & under 30 2 50 & under 60 1 Females: 20 & under 30 1 40 & under 50 1
• Repository: R94 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Source: S364 HAIG-0015 - England, York, Kirkburton Church Records 1730-1820 -- Publication: Unpublished Baptisms at Kirkburton in 1786 continued Page 2nd Simeon son of John Haigh ThurstonLand baptised September 3" Note: Microfilm of original records. Filmed by the Latter Day Saints Church. Repository: #R350 Call Number: Microfilm #SL990,701 British Film Area Page 2 Certainty: 3 Baptisms at Kirkburton in 1786: Page 2nd Simeon son of John Haigh Thurstonland baptised September 3
• Repository: R350 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Source: S464 HAIG-0016 - Federal Population Census of 1820, State of Virginia, County of Brooke -- Publication: National Archives Micro Copy #M-33, Roll #132 Lists Simeon Haigh, Abraham Haigh, Levi Haigh, and Richard Haigh as heads of families living in Brooke County, Virginia [now West Virginia]. The township in which they lived is not shown. Note: This census record was reported in modified alphabetical order, that is, all the names starting with "A" are listed together, all the names starting with "B", etc. However, within each letter, the names are not alphabetical. The Haigh listings are in the "H" section of the report. Repository: #R450 Call Number: Microfilm Reel #193691 "H" Section Certainty: 3 Name of Head of Family: Simeon Haigh Males in Household: To 10 years of age 1 11 to 16 1 27 to 45 1 [this is probably Simeon himself] 46 and over 1 [could this be his father? Or father-in-law?] Females in Household: To 10 years of age 2 [Melissa and a sister?] 11 to 16 1 17 to 26 1 27 to 45 1 [of these latter two females, one, the younger is probably Simeon's wife, Mary Newton; the older may be his mother, or, again, his mother-in-law]. Foreigh aliens, not naturalized 2 [this suggests that the oldest male and the oldest female were his parents, and that they were not naturalized. However, since naturalization records for Simeon himself have not yet been found, it's possible that he is one of these two himself] Number employed in Manufacturing 2 [more evidence that the oldest male is Simeon's father, since if the Kirkburton baptismal record [see HAIGH-0015] does refer to this Simeon, than his father was engaged in woolen manufacturing in England, and may well have been employed by his son in his local woolen mill [see HAIG-0017]. Family tradition also has it that the family had been employed in the woolen milling business for several generations]
• Repository: R450 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Source: S465 HAIG-0017 - Federal Census of Manufacturers, 1820, State of Virginia, County of Brooke -- Publication: National Archives Micro Copy #279, Roll #18 Repository: #R451 Call Number: Microfilm Reel #1024509 Pages 12 & 31 Certainty: 3 Page 12: Name of Courthouse, [The original ink has blurried and smudged, most of the entry cannot be read... Parish, Township, what can be read is] ...Creek in the County of Brooke and State of Virginia Town or City where the Manufacture exists RAW MATERIALS 1.....The kind? Wool flc EMPLOYED. 2.....The quantity annually consumed? Fifteen Hundred yards3.....The cost of annual consumption? Seven Hundred Dollars NUMBER OF PERSONS 4.....Men? Two men EMPLOYED 5.....Women? none CONC6.....Boys and Girls? Two boys MACHINERY 7.....Whole quantity and kind of Machinery? one Carding machine 8.....Quantity of Machinery in operation? one Jinny two looms one fulling Stacker and other [unreadable] necessary 9.....Amount of capital invested? twenty Seven Hundred Dollars EXPENDITURES. 10....Amount paid annually for wages? Six Hundred Dollars CONC11....Amount of Contingent Expenses? one Hundred Dollars 12....The nature and names of Articles Manufactured? [unreadable] clothes & PRODUCTION. 13.....Market value of the Articles which are annually [unreadable] manufactured? two Thousand CONCDollars CONC14....General Remarks concerning the Establishment, as CONCto its actual and past condition, the demand for, CONCand sale of, its Manufactures. Answers to the above Question-- No. 1. Wollen factory & machienary in good Condition. T The demand for and Sale of the manufactures much reduced within the past Twelve months Dec 20th 1820/s/ Simeon Haigh [The questions were pre-printed on the form. The answers were handwritten, but do not appear to be in the same handwriting as the signature. It appears that the census taker filled out the form, and then Simeon Haigh signed it] Page 31: This page is simply the enumerator's recap of the information given on page 12.
• Repository: R451 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Source: S619 HAIG-0045 - Obituary of Melissa Gilbert Haigh Publication: "New Cumberland Independent," New Cumberland, West Virginia:19 Mar 1903 Note: Melissa Atkinson's husband, J. H. Atkinson, signed his name at the bottom of the clipping. This is not the same obituary as that mentioned as Source HAIG-WV-0003, although the latter might have been abstracted from this one. Repository: #R600 Call Number: HAIG-0045 Certainty: 3 "...[Melissa Gilbert Haigh's] father, Simeon Haigh, and mother, Mary Newton, came from England and lived for many years in Pittsburg [sic], removed at a later day to Holliday's Cove, W. Va. Her father removing to the west in the spring of 1841, the daughter went to reside with her older sister in Pittsburg [sic]... "...[Melissa Gilbert Haigh] had ministered to her father and mother in their old age in her own home [in New Cumberland, West Virginia]...and tenderly laid them to rest in our silent city on the hill, where loving hands on Tuesday laid her by the side of her parents."
• Repository: R600 Haigh Family Documents 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Haigh Family Documents
• Source: S620 HAIG-0046 - Federal Population Census of 1850, State of Indiana, County of Franklin, Town of Metamora. Publication: Nation Archives Micro Copy #M432, Roll #146 Note: Enumerated on 19 Oct 1850. Repository: #R601 Call Number: Microfilm reel #442924 Page 270 Certainty: 3 Dwelling #81, Family #81 Name: Simeon Haigh Age: 63 Sex: M Occupation: Wool Manufacture Born: England Living with Mary Haigh, age 56. This listing immediately followed the listing for the family of another Simeon Haigh, believed to be the son of this Simeon Haigh.
• Repository: R601 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Source: S638 HAIG-0066 - "My line." E-mail to William W. Brewer Jr., et. al. Evans, Mary Publication: 13 Oct 2000 Repository: #R619 Call Number: HAIG-0066 Page 1 Certainty: 3 "My line comes through Elizabeth Haigh who was born 5 May 1816...I believe she was the oldest of the children [of Simeon Haigh and Mary Newton] who I have listed as Melissa, Pres...Simon [sic] Jr., and Joseph P. Haigh... "Bill is right about both Simeon and Mary dying in 1865. Mary died Jan. 9 and Simeon died Oct. 17 of that year...They are both buried in New Cumberland, W. Va...Simeon was born Aug. 16, 1786 and I did find a baptism record for 3 Sept. 1786 for Kirkburton which links up with Bill's information. "...Melissa Haigh was born 13 Aug 1818..."
• Repository: R619 Haigh Family Documents 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Haigh Family Documents
• Source: S669 HAIG-0095 - "Re: Haigh." E-mail to Bill Brewer. Evans, Mary Publication: 11 Oct 2001 Repository: #R650 Call Number: HAIG-0095 Page 1 Certainty: 3 "It looks like Simeon and Mary Haigh were in Steubenville, Ohio in 1817 and 1818. On page 432 of Doyle's 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson Co. there is a listing for Simeon Haigh(es) as a Free and Accepted Mason in the Steubenville Lodge #45. His daughter Melissa was born in Ohio in 1818. He left before 1820 since he is not in the Ohio census of that year [he is listed in the Virginia census of 1820, living in Brooke County.]..."
• Repository: R650 Haigh Family Documents 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Haigh Family Documents
• Source: S760 HAIG-0102 - International Genealogical Index - !993 Edition - Version 3.02 Publication: 28 Apr 1995 & 18 Jul 1996 "Name: HAIGH, Simeon Sex: M Event: Christening 5 Sep 1786 Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England Father: John HAIGH" Source Information NO additional information is available. Submitter's name and address are currently not available. Film number is for official temple record which contains no additional information. Ancestral File may list the same family with the submitter." Note: The Ancestral File did not list the family at all. Repository: #R739 Call Number: Microfilm reel #1760881
• Repository: R739 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center
• Source: S788 HAIG-0126 - The Hollingworth Letters: Technical Change in the Textile Industry, 1826-1837 Leavit, Thomas W., editor Publication: Published jointly by The Society for the History of Technology and The M. I. T. Press, Cambridge, MA & London, England:19 See book for complete text. Note: This is a collection of letters written between 1826 and 1837 by members of the Hollingworth family, and by some of their acquaintances. The collection was published as part of a series of monographs in the history of technology and culture published jointly by the Society for the History of Technology and The M. I. T. Press. Repository: #R767 Call Number: ISBN #262 12030 5 Lib of Cong catalogue #72-90751 Pages 62-65 Certainty: 3 Note: This is a letter from Joseph Hollingworth in South Leicester, CT to his uncle William Rawcliffin Poughkeepsie, NY. "Sunday, 14th, Father recieved a letter from Joseph Haigh last Thursday; Joseph H. and family is at Pitsburgh [sic] but have not got a situation for work nor do they see any chance of geting [sic] work in that parte. It seems that he has been decieved about his Brother Simeon, for he wrote to him from N. Y. and awited for an answer, but recieved none; then he wrote again requesting him to direct and answer to Pitsburgh; but when he got there, he found no letter and when he made inquireies about him, found that 'his situation was any thing but enviable.' Joseph Haigh asks advice from Father for he seems to be in a dillemma [sic]. Father is in too much trouble [because of the recent death of his daughter Hannah] to write him, but he has set Bro. John to do it." Note: Simeon Haigh is listed on the 1830 Federal Population Census at Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio. This letter establishes that Joseph Haigh and Simeon Haigh were brothers.
• Repository: R767 Bill Brewer's Library 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach CA 90277 Bill Brewer's Library
• Source: S790 HAIG-0128 - "Letter to John Hollingworth in America" Hollingworth, George Publication: 8 Nov 1826 See document for full text. The portion concerning the Haigh family follows, from page 2 of the letter, in a postscript: "...Joseph Haigh has received a Letter from his Brother Simiom [sic] in answer to one he sent by Matthew Broadhead. He lives at a place called Two-Mile Run near Stubenville where he has purchased a Quantity of Land and carries on a small Manufacturing." Note: This is a transcription of the letter, which was sent to Judy Russell by Nancy Bender as an attachment to an E-mail (see HAIG-0127). According to Judy Russell (see HAIG-0129) the 1830 Federal Census of Population shows a Matthew Broadhead living in New York state. He is listed on the same page as a Charles Riddell. The Riddell family keep cropping up where the Haigh family occurs. George Hollingworth was in England at this time. John Hollingworth was his son. Simeon Haigh is shown in the 1820 Federal Census of Manufacturers as owning a woolen mill in Brooke County, Virginia (now West Virginia) which is directly across the Ohio River from Stubenville, Ohio. At least one of his children's birth place is listedas Steubenville, Ohio. He is almost certainly the "Simiom" referred to in the letter. Repository: #R769 Call Number: HAIG-0128 Page 2 Certainty: 3 "...Joseph Haigh has received a Letter from his Brother Simiom [sic] in answer to one he sent by Matthew Broadhead. He lives at a place called Two-Mile Run near Stubenville where he has purchased a Quantity of Land and carries on a small Manufacturing."
• Repository: R769 Haigh Family Documents 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Haigh Family Documents
• Source: S791 HAIG-0129 - "matthew broadhead, mentioned in Nancy's letter [see HAIG-0128]" E-mail to N. Bender (nbenderm@hotmail.com) Russell, Judy Publication: 28 Oct 2002 "in the 1830 cen of pop for ny there is a Matthew Broadhead--on the same page as a Charles Riddell (we keep running into them) (the letter seems to say that Joseph Haigh is still in England, but Simion [sic] is living in Stubenville.)" Repository: #R770 Call Number: HAIG-0129
• Repository: R770 Haigh Family Documents 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Haigh Family Documents
• Source: S93 HAIG-EN-0002 - Haigh Notes unknown Publication: unpublished Note: A note found in Albert E. Haigh's scrapbook. Repository: #R87 Call Number: n/a Certainty: 3 Note: This information is highly suspect, and must be used only as a guide to research. An article [see Haigh Family, Madison, Indiana, Page 14, HAIG-IN-0014] that appeared in a newspaper does state that John Haigh, Simeon Sr.'s grandfather, was the first successful wool carder in Great Britain, but again, no source for the information is given. A note found in the scrapbook states: Simeon Haigh, Sr. was born in Lercister (???), England. His wife, Mary Newton, was born in Yorkshire, England and was said to have been kin to Sir Isaac Newton. Simeon and Mary were married in an Episcopal Church in New York. No source for the note is given, no is there any indication as to who wrote the note.
• Repository: R87 Haigh Family Memoribilia 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach CA 90277-6762 Haigh Family Memoribilia
• Source: S94 HAIG-WV-0006 - New Cumberland Cemetery Records, Hancock County, West Virginia -- Publication: Unpublished Note: Cemetery records, kept in the local library. Repository: #R88 Page 170 Certainty: 3 Note: Original records. Page 170: HAIGH, Simeon d. 10-17-1865, age 79 years HAIGH, Mary d. 01-08-1865, age 73 years
• Repository: R88 New Cumberland Public Library New Cumberland, West Virginia New Cumberland Public Library Map: Latitude: N40.4943886111111 Longitude: W80.6046369444445
• Source: S95 HAIG-WV-0003 - Obiturary of Melissa Gilbert Atkinson, Nee Haigh unknown Publication: Newspaper name unknown Note: This is an abstract of the obiturary, which was found in the Haigh Family Bible. It is not the same obituary quoted as Source HAIG-0045. Repository: #R89 Call Number: -- -- Certainty: 3 Note: Secondary information, must be verified. Melissa Gilbert [Haigh] Atkinson was born on August 13, 1818, at Steubenville, Ohio. Her parents were Simeon Haigh and Mary Newton Haigh. They had immigrated from England. The obiturary states that they "landed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania," which, of course, is impossible. Family tradition states that they were married in New York, and that Simeon came to New York from England. From Pittsburgh, the family moved to Holiday's Cove, Virginia [now Weirton, West Virginia]. "In the spring of 1841 Melissa's parents removed west, leaving her with an older sister in Pittsburgh." Both of her parents died in 1865, and were living with Melissa and her husband in New Cumberland, West Virginia at the times of their deaths.
• Repository: R89 Haigh Family Memoribilia 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach CA 90277-6762 Haigh Family Memoribilia
• Source: S951 Media: Database on-line Find A Grave Various Publication: World Wide Web, Find A Grave, Jim Tipton, 1995 5 Nov 2016 "Who is behind Find A Grave? Well, first and foremost, you are. Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour. The site simply wouldn't exist without the million+ contributors. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton. In addition to Jim, there are a handful of folks who work behind the scenes, helping out with Find A Grave on a daily basis:" Note: The information in this online database comes from over 400,000 registered Find A Grave contributors. Unless the contributor prefers to remain anonymous, their name is listed on the memorial pages they build and the photos they submit. Repository: #R862 -- Certainty: 3 Note: Secondary information, must be verified. Melissa Gilbert [Haigh] Atkinson was born on August 13, 1818, at Steubenville, Ohio. Her parents were Simeon Haigh and Mary Newton Haigh. They had immigrated from England. The obiturary states that they "landed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania," which, of course, is impossible. Family tradition states that they were married in New York, and that Simeon came to New York from England. From Pittsburgh, the family moved to Holiday's Cove, Virginia [now Weirton, West Virginia]. "In the spring of 1841 Melissa's parents removed west, leaving her with an older sister in Pittsburgh." Both of her parents died in 1865, and were living with Melissa and her husband in New Cumberland, West Virginia at the times of their deaths.1
• Repository: R862 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2020), memorial page for Simeon Haigh, Sr (10 Aug 1786–17 Oct 1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #100278847, citing New Cumberland Cemetery, New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Peggy Rocchio (contributor 48016329) .
• Source: S96 HAIG-WV-0004 - Newspaper Clipping unknown Publication: Newspaper unnamed Note: A newspaper clipping found in the Haigh Family Bible. Repository: #R90 Call Number: -- -- Certainty: 3 Note: Secondary information, must be verified. Died--January 9th, 1865 at the residence of her son-in-law, J. H. Atkinson, in New Cumberland Hancock County, West Virginia, Mrs. Mary Haigh, wife of Simeon Haigh, Sr., in the 72nd year of her age.
• Repository: R90 Haigh Family Bible 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Haigh Family Bible Map: Latitude: N33.8087005555556 Longitude: W118.380874444444
• Source: S97 HAIG-WV-0007 - "Men of West Virginia" Note: This is a book, but at the time I did not record the author or publication information. I will find the book again and get that informaiton. [12 Nov 1997] Page 326 Certainty: 3 Note: Secondary information, must be verified, although, it appears that Melissa was alive when the account was written, but died before publication. It is possible that she is the source of at least some of the information. On November 8, 1841, Mr. Atkinson was married to Melissa G. Haigh, who was born in Steubenville, Ohio, a daughter of Simeon and Mary (Newton) Haigh, natives of England and early settlers in Virginia. Mr. Haigh made the first cards that camein use in a carding machine west of the Alleghany Mountains.
• Source: S98 HAIG-PA-0003 - Letter to (assumed) Simeon Haigh (Jr.) Haigh, Simeon (Sr.) Publication: Unpublished, Pittsburgh:1860 Note: This is a letter found in the Haigh Family Bible. Portions of the paper the letter was written on have disintergrated, and the handwriting in places is unreadable. The letter is assumed to have been written to Simeon Haigh (Jr.) since it was found in the family Bible belonging to his descendants, plus some of the subjects mentioned in the letter seem to also suggest that its recipient was Simeon Haigh (Jr.). The portion of the letter on which the date was written has faded, or been torn, to the point that only the year, 1860, is visible. Repository: #R91 Call Number: -- File Format: JPG First page of the letter Note: This is a letter found in the Haigh Family Bible. There are two pages to the letter, and this is only the first page. Both pages have been copied, and are in the Haigh Family Documents folder. The original letter is in a plastic folder in photo album. Scrapbook: Y PHOTO -- Certainty: 3 Note: Original document. Simeon Haigh wrote a letter to "Son" [assumed to be his son, Simeon Haigh, Jr.] in 1860. He was in Pittsburgh and said he could be written to in care of J. P. Haigh [probably Joseph Haigh, another son], No. 64 Penn St., Pittsburgh. He says, in the letter, that he has talked to Joseph about "...if you should find the Rising Sun factory would answer you. if he [Joseph] would be [indecipherable (abled?)] towards helping to rais [sic] the first installment, telling him that I thought Son would have no objections to being [indecipherable] his share..." The main topic of the letter is this Rising Sun factory, which Simeon Jr. is negotiating to purchase from "Schofield." It also mentions that "...Joseph is going to rent the Forge of his wife..." and twice mentions "mama". In that year, according to Simeon Jr.'s obituary, and to Joseph Schofield's obituary, Simeon Haigh purchased Joseph Schofield's woolen mill in Rising Sun, Indiana, so this is further evidence that the letter was to Simeon Haigh, Jr. Several times in the letter Simeon Sr. mentions another son, clearly not the recipient of the letter, who is married to a "Mary." This son seems to have a 1/3 interest in a boat that Joseph owns. Whether this is one of the steamboats it is known Joseph owned, or simply a pleasure boat of some kind is not clear. Simeon Jr. himself was married to a "Mary," and she is also mentioned, but another son, Preston Clay Haigh, was also married to a "Mary," so this is probably the third son discussed.
• Repository: R91 Haigh Family Bible 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Haigh Family Bible
• Source: S99 HAIG-PA-0012 - Federal Census of 1860, 1st Ward, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania -- Publication: Microfilm copy Note: Microfilm copy of the original records. Repository: #R92 Page 105 Certainty: 3 Note: Microfilm copy of the original records. Dwelling #1994 Family #2547 CONCValue In Names: Age Sex Occupation, etc. Personal Birthplace Sch Joseph P. Haigh 39 M Proprietor, Steam Works 25000 Virginia Rachael " 32 F 15000 England Florence E. " 16 FPenn 1 Edward E. " 14 M" Emma " 11 F" Simeon " 74 M Wool Manufacturer England Mary " 67 F" Anna " 4 FPenn Josephine " 6/12 F" William Ridell 14 F [sic] " Lydia Ridell 12 F" John Ridell 9 M" Mary Flannigan 20 FIreland Mary McQuillen 20 F" Enumerated on 21 June 1860. Note: Everyone on this list, except Simeon Haigh and Mary Haigh, also appear on page 35, Dwelling #1532, Family #2049, enumerated on 5 June 1860.
• Repository: R92 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center