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Gouverneur Morris Simpkins
1913 - 1998 (85 years)1. Gouverneur Morris Simpkins was born 11 Feb 1913, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (son of Harry Shafer Simpkins and Helen Myrtle Tewell); died 8 Jul 1998, West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina, USA. Gouverneur married Margery Etheridge Cook 24 Jan 1942, Richland, South Carolina, USA. Margery (daughter of James Pettus Cook and Nancy Mae Cook) was born 12 Nov 1918, Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA; died 4 Oct 2011, Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
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2. Harry Shafer Simpkins was born 27 Jul 1893, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (son of James Morris Simpkins and Hattie D. Sumner); died 30 Mar 1933, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. Harry married Helen Myrtle Tewell. Helen (daughter of Richard Manson Tewell and Marie Barre) was born 13 Sep 1889, Neelyville, Butler, Missouri, USA; died 25 Mar 1962, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Helen Myrtle Tewell was born 13 Sep 1889, Neelyville, Butler, Missouri, USA (daughter of Richard Manson Tewell and Marie Barre); died 25 Mar 1962, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. Children:
- 1. Gouverneur Morris Simpkins was born 11 Feb 1913, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; died 8 Jul 1998, West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina, USA.
Generation: 3
4. James Morris Simpkins was born 1834, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (son of Orman Allen Simpkins, Sr. and Nancy Reeves); died 7 Feb 1908, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. James married Hattie D. Sumner. Hattie (daughter of George Whitfield Sumner and Chloe Frances Graham) was born 10 May 1862, Sumner, Tennessee, USA; died 10 Apr 1926, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
5. Hattie D. Sumner was born 10 May 1862, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (daughter of George Whitfield Sumner and Chloe Frances Graham); died 10 Apr 1926, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. Children:
- 2. Harry Shafer Simpkins was born 27 Jul 1893, Davidson, Tennessee, USA; died 30 Mar 1933, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.
6. Richard Manson Tewell was born Abt 1868, Indiana, USA. Richard married Marie Barre. Marie was born 11 Jun 1869, Alsace-Lorraine, France; died 21 Jul 1942, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
7. Marie Barre was born 11 Jun 1869, Alsace-Lorraine, France; died 21 Jul 1942, Hardeman, Tennessee, USA. Children:
- 3. Helen Myrtle Tewell was born 13 Sep 1889, Neelyville, Butler, Missouri, USA; died 25 Mar 1962, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.
Generation: 4
8. Orman Allen Simpkins, Sr. was born Abt 1794, North Carolina, USA (son of Thomas Simpkins, Sr. and Frances Allen); died 7 Mar 1857, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. Orman married Nancy Reeves. Nancy (daughter of Daniel Reeves and Eleanor Guthrie) was born 27 Feb 1794; died Abt 1860, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
9. Nancy Reeves was born 27 Feb 1794 (daughter of Daniel Reeves and Eleanor Guthrie); died Abt 1860, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. Children:
- 4. James Morris Simpkins was born 1834, Davidson, Tennessee, USA; died 7 Feb 1908, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.
10. George Whitfield Sumner was born Abt 1833, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. George married Chloe Frances Graham. Chloe was born 31 Dec 1837, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
11. Chloe Frances Graham was born 31 Dec 1837, Tennessee, USA. Children:
- 5. Hattie D. Sumner was born 10 May 1862, Sumner, Tennessee, USA; died 10 Apr 1926, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.