LIBRARIESNYPL RESEARCHnil Iiilii33433 080440443-Cr-.^Xv^.•,--:'~K-;r;'.?r-''.'.fgSrg-\"^NPhiladelphiaA of the CityHistoryand its PeopleA Record of 225 YearsPAXSON Ph. D.KLLIS OBERHOLTZER,ByAuthor of"" "" and Financierof Robert PatriotThe Morris,Literary History Philadelphia"Financier of the Civil WarCooke,"JayILLUSTRATEDVOLUME IVTHE S. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANYJ.Philadelphia—St. LouisChicago.^»JiU;ri,''°ni'L188ARVPUBLICBISHOP JNiATTHEW SIMPSON''"'"'"'-'''' \"'^\Y'''\c 'c^ 5« ^ .';.»BIOGRAPHICALBISHOP MATTHEW SIMPSON.divines ofMatthew one of the most eminent and influentialBishop Simpson,rever-the Methodist whose name is with honor andEpiscopal ministry, spokenence wherever he is was born in Harrisonknown, Cadiz, Ohio, 21,county, Juneand181 1. His Thomas was a native ofpaternal grandfather, Simpson, Englandthe service as a horse to Ireland, heentered government dragoon. Removingsettled in where he died in middle a of fivelife,County Tyrone, leaving familyand one andsons Andrew, William, Matthew,daughter, namely: John, JamesMrs. In the the father and mother ofMary Eagleson. 1793 family, includingcrossed the Atlantic to the United from London-States,Bishop Simpson, sailingto Baltimore. From the latter went to Penn-derry city they Huntingdon county,whence a removal was made to western andsylvania, Pennsylvania subsequentlyto Ohio. Andrew settled near Chillicothe aiid left aSimpson large family. Johnestablished his home on ...
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