... Henry Gordon Simpson, ninth child of William Wells and Nancy Garlington Simpson, was born March 6th, 1828. He removed, when a young man, to Edgefield County, S.C., and there married one Fannie Tillman, a sister of Hon. Benjamin R. Tillman, Governor of South Carolina, and now U.S. Senator. Henry G. Simpson died May 3rd, 1879. His wife, Fanny Tillman Simpson, and four children are still alive.
Their children are as follows:
Sophie Steiner Simpson, born June 4th, 1872
Nanny Garlington Simpson, b. Aug. 19th, 1874, d. Aug. 7th, 1876.
Mary Anna Simpson.
Margaret Simpson, James' twin, b. June 8th, 1876
James Simpson, Margaret's twin, b. June 8th, 1876
Sallie Henrietta Simpson, b. Aug. 18th, 1878.