Mary Dalton Hedges
1880 - 1966 (86 years)
1. Mary Dalton Hedges was born on 17 Feb 1880 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 4 Dec 1966 in Rockport, Aransas County, Texas; was buried in Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas. Other Events:
- Religion: Center Point Church
- Census: 1920, Houston, Harris County, Texas
Notes:
Mrs. Harry S. Wood
Rockport – Mrs. Harry S. Wood, 86, died at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at her home here after a long illness. She was born in Kentucky and had lived in Rockport the past 24 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Funeral services will be at 4:30 Monday at the Rockport Church of Christ with N.E. Hicks, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Rockport Cemetery under the direction of Cage-Marshall Funeral Home.
She is survived by her husband.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas. Monday, 5 December 1966.
member of Center Point Church
Census:
1920 US census, Mary, widow, is proprietor of a rooming house with 35 people as roomers, 2 of whom are children under the age of 10. One roomer is Harry Scott Wood, age 41, her future husband.
Note: there are several rooming house with large numbers of residents on this and surrounding census pages.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136026614/mary-d-wood
There is also a headstone for Mary with her first husband, Adam Simpson, in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106427307/mary-d-simpsonMary married Adam Simpson on 22 Mar 1899 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois. Adam (son of Charles Simpson and Anna Lindsey) was born on 10 Jan 1874 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 22 Mar 1911; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. William "Cecil" Simpson
was born on 29 Apr 1900 in Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 5 Sep 1961 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; was buried in Mound Hill Cemetery, Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. - 3. Ersel Eldon Simpson was born on 11 Apr 1902 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 7 Jun 1946 in Rockport, Aransas County, Texas; was buried on 9 Jun 1946 in Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas.
Mary married Harry Scott Wood on 25 May 1921 in Montgomery County, Texas. Harry was born on 10 Feb 1879 in Ohio; died on 8 Dec 1969 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; was buried in Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Generation: 2
2. William "Cecil" Simpson (1.Mary1) was born on 29 Apr 1900 in Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 5 Sep 1961 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; was buried in Mound Hill Cemetery, Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. Other Events:
- Religion: Center Point Church
Notes:
W. Simpson Rites Friday.
Services for William C. Simpson, 61, executive manager of the Masonic Temple association since 1948, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Masonic temple. Burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery, Eaton.
Friends may call at the Morris Sons Funeral home, 1809 E. Third St., from 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, and at the temple from 11 a.m. Friday until services.
Mr. Simpson died at 1:15 a.m. yesterday at Miami Valley hospital. He resided at 4360 Little York Rd. A certified life underwriter, he formerly was associated with the Prudential Insurance Co.
Mr. Simpson was a member of John Durst lodge 716, F&AM; Reese council 9; Victory chapter 210, RAM; Reed commandery 6; Scottish Rite and Antioch temple. He was past patron of Acacia chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.
Surviving are his wife, Marie, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Wood of Rockport, Tex.
Memorial services will be conducted tomorrow at the funeral home at 7 p.m. by Acacia chapter, OES, and at 8 p.m. by John Durst lodge.
Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio. Wednesday, 6 September 1961.
member of Center Point Church
Baptized 26 February 1914
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24546262/william-cecil-simpsonWilliam married Catherine Marie Holman on 29 Jul 1926 in Paris, Texas. Catherine was born on 5 Oct 1900 in Eaton, Preble County, Ohio; died on 9 Sep 1973 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; was buried in Mound Hill Cemetery, Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Ersel Eldon Simpson (1.Mary1) was born on 11 Apr 1902 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 7 Jun 1946 in Rockport, Aransas County, Texas; was buried on 9 Jun 1946 in Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas. Other Events:
- Occupation: accountant
- Census: 1940, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Notes:
MHR note: he was a Mason and an accountant. received his CPA in 1922.
Note from LKH. Mary Hedges Reiner notes him as called "Eldon", but my father always referred to his cousins as Cecil and Ersel.
Eldon E. Simpson
Rockport, (Sp.) - Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Cage Funeral Home for Eldon E. Simpson, a public accountant, who died yesterday afternoon of wounds from a .38 calibre pistol Justice of the Peace Joe Smith returned a verdict of suicide.
Simpson had been a resident here for several years. Shortly before his death he gave a note to his two step-sons to be delivered to his wife, a waitress in a Rockport cafe. The boys were about 50 feet away from the house when they heard the shot.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marie Simpson; three children, aged seven, four, and two; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Wood, all of Rockport, and one brother, William C. Simpson, of Dayton, Ohio.
Corpus Christi Times. Saturday, 8 June 1945
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136026801/eldon-e-simpsonErsel married Elsie Violet Sullivan in 1932. Elsie was born on 28 May 1918 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; died on 16 Feb 1992 in Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in White Rose Cemetery, Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]