Samuel Simon (1812 - 1868)

Born 18 Oct 1812 in Salem, Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Peppel) Simon — married 23 Feb 1837 in Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 9 May 1868 at age 55 in West Plains, Howell, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Samuel Simon was the second son of George Simon and Elizabeth Hewitt was born on October 18, 1812, near Canton, in Salem Township, Columbiana, Ohio, USA. He married Margaret Peppel, the daughter of Simon Peppel and Nancy Dixon, on 23 Feb 1837, in Columbiana, Ohio, USA. Together they had five children: Solomon, Albert, George, Arvilla, and Joshua. In politics like his father, Samuel was a Whig and therefore a supporter of the developing Republican principles. He lived in Columbiana County, Ohio from his birth in 1812, until he moved to Perry Township, Allen County, Indiana sometime after his marriage to Margaret in 1837, and before his son Albert’s birth in LaOtto, Indiana, in 1839. He died on May 9, 1868, at (a fairly young) age 55 and was buried at the Old Huntertown Cemetery in Huntertown, Allen County, Indiana, USA.

Sources

• History of Calhoun County, Michigan; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests, by Hon Washington Gardner ...Gardner, Washington, ed. 1845-1928.

• Citation Information: Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993

Marriage license https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61378&h=2998557&ssrc=pt&tid=156146832&pid=402114055987&usePUB=true

• Name: Samuel Simon Gender: Male
• Marriage Date: 23 Feb 1837 Marriage Place: Columbiana, Ohio, USA
• Spouse: Margaret Peppel Film Number: 000927766

• 1840 United States Federal Census

Name Samuel Symons Home in 1840 De Kalb, Indiana

• 1860 United States Federal Census

Name Samuel Simon Age 48 Gender Male Occupation Farming Home in 1860 Butler, De Kalb, Indiana

• Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999

Will Records; Author: Indiana. Probate Court (De Kalb County); Probate Place: DeKalb, Indiana

• THE DeKALB COUNTY, INDIANA GENWEB PROJECT

DeKALB COUNTY, INDIANA WILL INDEX - BOOK 1 - 1852 - 1912 Compiled by Troas M. Wise & Arlene Goodwin Transcribed by Arlene Goodwin

• Simon, Harold R, Jr. Grandfather Histories: A partial record of the descendants of [German-Palatine] John Adam Simon (1716-1788). LeRoy, MI: Hal Simon & Lulu Publishing, 2022.