Person:Robert Semple (46)

Robert Anderson Semple and Mary Simpson

• Boucher, John Newton. Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. 3, Pages 241-243 (1908).^S1

Robert Anderson Semple, fourth son and fifth child of James and Christina (Taggart) Semple, was born on the family homestead at Gertys Run, now (1907) a part of Pittsburg, December 10, 1793. He also followed the occupation of farming, and, like his father, with a great deal of success. He married Mary Simpson, and they had children:^S1

1. James, married Jane Ross.^S1

2. Dr. John, see forward.^S1

3. William, who died at the age of twenty-two years.^S1

4. David, died in childhood.^S1

5. Eliza, married William Hutchinson.^S1

6. Mary.^S1

7. Sarah, married Robert Ferguson.^S1

8. Robert, married Harriet Myers.^S1

9. Silas, who married Eliza J. Steward.^S1

1.   Boucher, John N. (John Newton), and John W. (John Woolf) Jordan. A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people. (New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1908)
   Vol. 3, Pages 241-243.

   Robert Anderson Semple, fourth son and fifth child of James and Christina (Taggart) Semple, was born on the family homestead at Gertys Run, now (1907) a part of Pittsburg, December 10, 1793. He also followed the occupation of farming, and, like his father, with a great deal of success. He married Mary Simpson, and they had children: 1. James, married Jane Ross. 2. Dr. John, see forward. 3. William, who died at the age of twenty-two years. 4. David, died in childhood. 5. Eliza, married William Hutchinson. 6. Mary. 7. Sarah, married Robert Ferguson. 8. Robert, married Harriet Myers. 9. Silas, who married Eliza J. Steward.