Person:David Semple (6)

1. 1870 Census: Athens Township, Gentry County, Missouri; Albany PO,138, 136, 8, M, W, PA, attended school.

2. 1880 Census: Athens Township, Gentry County, Missouri, Ed 275,p14B, 115, 115, W, M, 18, son, S, PA, Scotland, Scotland, attendedschool.

3. 1900 Census: Precinct 22, Walden, Larimer County, Colorado, ED212, sheet 6B, 137, 140, head, W, M, Sept, 1862, 37, M, 7, PA,Scotland,Scotland, farm laborer, 0, yes, yes, yes, R, H.

4. 1910 Census: Precinct 22, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, ED207, sheet 4A, 70, 71, head, M, W, 49, Wd, PA, Scot English, ScotEnglish, English, carrier, US mail, W, no, 0, yes, yes.

5. 1920 Census: Precinct 5, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, Ed 59,sheet 1B, 15, 17, Main St., head, O, M, W, 52, Wd, yes, yes, PA, PA,US, yes, laborer, ranch, w.

6. 1930 Census: Coalman Precinct, Jackson County, Colorado, ED 29-3,sheet 4A, 80, 83, head, R, no, M, W, 68, Wd, 33, no, yes, PA,Scotland, Scotland, 58, 01, 0, yes, carpenter, coal mine, 06V2, w,yes, no.

7. North Park(Colorado) by Hazel Gresham 1975 pg. 185-186 Dave Telfer Semple Dave Delfer Semple was born Sept. 2, 1861, at PittsburgPennsylvania... The stage line was still running to Rand on the old Teller route. Thisroute was Laramie, Woods Landing, Pinkhampton, Canadian, Sage Hen,Haworth and Rand. Jake Alling now started an independent stage linecarrying no mail, which went from Laramie to Woods Landing, throughPorter Gulch and Chimney Park and by Mountain Home to Pinkhampton,Canadian, then across by where the oil field is now and came out ontop of the hill and to Walden; all in one day, one stage each way.Semple worked on this independent line driving the stage untilSeptember 17, 1890.... In May, 1893, he returned to Walden and married Mrs. Elizabeth Wood,whose first husband was Nels Wood. Nels' brother, Sam Wood, was theman Wood's Landing was named for... Mrs. Semple had five children by Wood: Ed, Bob, Maud, Roy and AddieRobitaille... Mrs. Wood was running a boarding house in Walden when she and Mr.Semple married... Mr and Mrs Semple had one son, Harold, who married Irene Riggen,daughter of Mr and Mrs Charlie Riggen. They were parents of Harold,Jr., Doug, Robert, Edith, Fern, Thelma, and Marjorie. Irene Semplelives in Arizona. All the above was told to Mrs. Ada B Bailey by Dave Semple in 1947.Dave Semple died July 23, 1957. [photo Dave Semple with his stage on pg 185]

8. Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records Patentee: DAVID SEMPLE Survey State: COLORADO Acres: 160 Metes/Bounds: No Title Transfer Issue Date: 2/11/1891 Land Office: Assigned For Automation Cancelled: No U.S. Reservations: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Numbers Document Nr.: 12361 Accession/Serial Nr.: COCOAA 003762 BLM Serial Nr.: COCOAA 003762 NW 17/ 9-N 79-W No 6th PM CO Jackson