Alexander Simpson (1763 - 1834)

Born 2 May 1763 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey

Died Mar 1834 at age 70 in Dayton, Ohio, United States

Biography

Alexander Simpson served with New Jersey during the American Revolution.

"Alexander Simpson was born on May 2, 1763, Elizabeth, Essex Co., New Jersey to parents: John Simpson and Sarah Carle. At age of thirteen enlisted as a drummer boy in Maxwell's Jersey Brig of Continental Troops, was under Capt. Wood, Jacob Crane, Samuel Hinman. Col. Crane, and at Elizabethtown and Springfield. He Married Elizabeth Caldwell (D Feb 3, 1829), (and Elizabeth Lynch); Children: Aaron (Br 1792), Moses ( Sept, 1793), Dolly (1795), Electra (1800), Betsy (1803). He died in March 1834 Dayton, OH and Buried at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Lots 682- Sec 99 –Grave 5, 118 Woodland Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH 45409. GM Bronze marker in 1919. Natl. No of Revolutionary Soldier in D. A. R. Honor Roll 19456. Cemetery notes and/or description: Woodland Cemetery is one of the nation's five oldest rural/garden cemeteries and a unique cultural, botanical and educational resource in the heart of Dayton, Ohio. Fur in for Jonathan Dayton Chap. Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY,1998. SAR Ancestor # P- 290273. DAR# A104110. Has a tombstone." ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://ohssar.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Revolutionary-War-Patriots-Buried-in-Ohio_Apr-2017.pdf

See Also: DAR Patriot Index <http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm/>