... Dr. Joseph Simpson, eleventh child of William Wells and Nancy Garlington Simpson, was born April 3rd, 1832, and died unmarried. Dr. Simpson, like his brother James. L. Simpson was a great favorite on account of his kindly and genial nature. When admitted to practice medicine, he settled at Laurens, C.H., S.C. Upon breaking out of the war, he promptly volunteered as a private but subsequently was appointed assistant surgion (He belonged to Co. A, 3rd S.C.V.). In 1862 he took typhoid fever in Virginia, and relapsed twice. When the fever left him, he could neither talk nor walk, and in this condition he lived for several years, being taken care of by his brother, Dr. Edwin G. Simpson. ...
