Reuben Brooks Simco (Simcoe) was the third child of James Simco and Francis Canada. Reuben was my 2nd great granduncle. He was born May 10, 1805 in Madison Co., Virginia.
On May 19, 1835 he married Sarah Cowherd Hill in Albemarle Co., Virginia.
Sarah C. Hill was born October 19, 1818 in Albemarle Co. Virginia. She was a daughter of John Hill and Agnes Brockman. I believe John Hill was a son of my 5th great grandparents, Henry Hill and Susanna Jones. We do not have official proof of this yet, but I have found clues that point to them being his parents. If he is their son, then Sarah Cowherd Hill Simco would have been my 1st cousin 5 times removed.
There were several marriages between the Hill, Simco, and Herring families, both in Albemarle Co. Virginia before 1835 and in Callaway Co. Missouri.
Reuben and Sarah had 11 children:
- Mary Francis Simco b: Feb 1, 1836, Callaway Co. Missouri d: June 15, 1919, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married Feb 26, 1857 Callaway Co., Mo. Dabney Carver Herring, b: Dec 18, 1829, Albemarle Co. Virginia, d: Nov 15, 1896 Callaway Co., Mo.
- Lucy Jane Simco b: Dec 15, 1838, Callaway Co. Missouri d: Feb 4, 1924, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married Aug 26, 1857 Callaway Co., Mo. Gideon C. Herring, b: May 25, 1831, Albemarle Co. Virginia, d: Nov 26, 1914 Callaway Co., Mo.
- Sarah Ann (Sally) Simco b: Oct 19, 1839, Callaway Co. Missouri d: May 16, 1912, Fulton Twp., Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married Mar 7, 1861 Callaway Co., Missouri, John Gibbs Berry, b: Nov 23, 1836 Missouri d: Aug 23, 1915 Callaway Co., Missouri.
- James W. Simco b: Sept. 7, 1841, Callaway Co. Missouri d: Aug. 4, 1927, Mount Washington, Jackson Co. Missouri. Buried, Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri.
- married Mary M. Turner, b: 1838, Callaway Co. Missouri d: Nov 22, 1907 Callaway Co., Missouri.
Daughter of Henry Turner and Mary Hook. He may have also had a second wife, Mary Humphreys
- Record of civil war service, surrendered at New Orleans May 26, 1865. Wounded in action, Pleasant Hill LA, April 9, 1864. Paroled June 7, 1865, Alexandra LA, Enlisted July 1, 1862, Co. E, 9th Missouri Infantry. In 1880, this family lived in Centralia, Boone, Missouri. James was a carpenter.
- Children:
- Carrie Lee Simco b: 1868 Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Harriet A. Simco b: Oct. 1847, Callaway Co. Missouri d: Sep. 1940, St. Louis, Missouri.
- married Oct 18, 1871 Callaway Co., Mo. William Sacre, b: Jul. 29, 1847, Callaway Co., Missouri. William was the brother of Cynthia Ann Sacre, wife of John Simco, Harriet's brother. He was the son of George Sacre and Mary Jane Wilmon.
- Obit - Fulton Sun - Nov. 18, 1915 - William Wallace Sacre, 69 years old who was born and reared in Callaway Co. and lived here until he moved to St. Louis about 16 years ago, died in that city, Wed, of cancer of the bowels. He had been ill for a long time and had been in the hospital for treatment for quite a while.. Funeral services will be held in St. Louis Friday afternoon... at one time, he ran a restaurant in Fulton and later was a teamster. He is survived by his widow, Harriet and one daughter and five sons, all of St. Louis.
- Children
- Cora D. Sacre, b: abt. 1874, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 1945, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Clarence E. Sacre, b: abt. 1877, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Barton R. Sacre, b: abt. 1878, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 15, 1935, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Willis Sacre, b: abt. 1884, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Claude Sacre, b: abt. 1890, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Derrett S. Simco b: Feb. 17, 1849, Callaway Co. Missouri d: June 19, 1919, Centralia, Boone Co. Missouri, buried Centralia Cemetery, Bonne Co., Missouri.
- married 6 Mar 1873 Callaway Co., Mo. Mary Francis Stultz,b: abt 1852, Callaway Co., Mo. d: abt. 1934, Centralia, Boone Co. Missouri. She was a daughter of Henry Stultz and Margaret Ann Houf and a grandaughter of David Stultz and Mary Polly Simco. Derrett and Mary Francis were 1st cousins once removed. On the 1910 census it says they had 11 children but only 5 had survived until 1900. This family lived in Centralia, Boone, Missouri.
- Children
- Jarder Macie Simco b: Apr. 6, 1876, Missouri, d: May 3, 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Centralia Cemetery, Boone Co., Missouri. He was a widower when he died, I have not found wife's name or any children.
- James S. Simco, b: abt. 1887, Missouri, d: after 1951. Married abt. 1913, Myrtle Neth, b: Feb. 17, 1891, Missouri, d: Feb. 25, 1951, Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri.
- Children:
- James N. Simco, b: abt. 1914, Moberly Randolph Co., Missouri.
- Samuel Simco, b: Dec. 15, 1930, Moberly Randolph Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 24, 1930, Moberly Randolph Co., Missouri. Twin of Daniel
- Daniel Simco, b: Dec. 15, 1930, Moberly Randolph Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 22, 2004, Dallas, Texas, buried, Pineville, Missouri.
- Married: Living, on daughter, Living
- Martin Simco b: abt 1892
- Daisy D. Simco b: Jan. 23, 1896, Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri, d: May 13, 1915, Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri, buried Centralia Cemetery, Bonne Co., Missouri.
- Mildred Irene Simco b: abt 1899, Missouri. Married Dale Hamilton, b: abt. 1892, Missouri. They lived in Centralia, Boone, Missouri.
- John Franklin Simco b: Jan. 1851, Callaway Co. Missouri d: May 1947, Audrain Co. Missouri, buried Liberty Christian Church cemetery, Audrain Co., Missouri.
- married 27 Jan 1880, Callaway Co., Missouri, Laura D. Fox, b: Aug 1859, Kentucky, d: Mar. 1946, Audrain Co., Missouri, buried Liberty Christian Church cemetery, Audrain Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Dr. Thomas Fox.
- Children
- Judd A. Simco b: Nov 1881, Audrain Co. Missouri, d: 1917, buried Liberty Christian Church cemetery, Audrain Co., Missouri.
- Price S. Simco b: Mar 1883, Audrain Co. Missouri
- Beulah Simco b: Jun 1887, Audrain Co. Missouri
- Nina J. Simco b: Jan 1890, Audrain Co. Missouri
- George Henry Simco b: Aug 5, 1852, Callaway Co. Missouri d: Sep. 22, 1905, Audrain Co. Missouri.
- married Oct 30, 1878 Callaway Co., Mo. Louise "Eliza" J. Marshall b: June 8, 1860, Kentucky, d: May 8, 1907, Audrain Co., Missouri.
- Judith Alice Simco b: Nov 20, 1856, Callaway Co. Missouri d: July 13, 1936, Calwood, Callaway Co. Missouri. In 1900, her mother, Sarah Cowherd Hill Simco was living with this family.
- married Callaway Co., Missouri, Robert Austin Wright, b: Feb 1848, Missouri, d: May 26, 1932, Calwood, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children
- Aden or Adia Wright b: abt. 1878, Callaway Co. Missouri
- Alma Maude Wright b: Feb 1880, Callaway Co. Missouri.
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Married, Apr. 8, 1908, Callaway Co., Missouri, Collier Sanders.
- Pricci J. Wright b: Dec 1882, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: after 1952.
- Married, Jan 3, 1912 in Callaway Co. Missouri, Grant M. Maddox, b: Jan. 24, 1873, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 8, 1952, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children:
- Roy or Ray M. Maddox, b: abt 1914, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Willie M. Maddox, b: abt. 1916, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Living
- Living
- Grover C. Wright b: Aug 1885, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Married Sept 26, 1906, Callaway Co. Missouri, Alma Hardin, b: abt. 1889, Missouri.
- Children:
- Harold H. Wright, b: abt 1913, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Leorea M. Wright b: Feb 1887, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Married, Aug 15, 1906, Callaway Co. Missouri, Barton M. Acree, b: abt. 1881, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 1944, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children:
- Gordon W. Acree, b: abt. 1908, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Gladys R. Acree, b: abt. 1910, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- George R. Acree, b: abt. 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Grover B. Acree, b: abt. 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Ulah B. Wright b: Aug 27, 1889, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jun. 26, 1952, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married Feb 15, 1911, Callaway Co. Missouri, Charles H. Houchins, b: abt. 1890, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: after 1952.
- Children: at least one, living
- Ruby Pearl Wright b: Aug 1895, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jun. 17, 1936, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married Feb 11, 1914, Callaway Co. Missouri, Cecil L. Thomasson, b: Jun. 20, 1894, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1918, Callaway Co., Missouri. Son of Robert W. Thomasson and Sarah I. S. Steele. He was my 2nd cousin 3 times removed.
- Children:
- Ralph Thomasson, b: abt. 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Living
- Susie J. Wright b: July 1897, Callaway Co. Missouri
- Susan M. Simco b: Nov. 17, 1857, Callaway Co. Missouri d: May 5, 1951, McCredie, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married Nov 5, 1883 Callaway Co., Missouri, Jacob Thomas Larue, b: Sep. 2, 1846, Missouri, d: Apr. 11, 1918, Liberty Twp., Callaway Co. Missouri. He was a son of Frank Larue and Julia Snell. Jacob and Susan are both buried in Richland Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children:
- Clarence Onie Larue, b: 1884, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1962.
- Married, Myrtle unknown, d: 1978. They are buried in Richland Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Margary S. Larue, b: abt. 1888, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Sarah Maud Larue, b: abt. 1892, Callaway Co., Missouri. In 1930 she was living at home with her mother.
- Harold Jake Larue, b: Apr. 21, 1900, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 20, 1983.
- Married, Apr. 17, 1940, Margaret M. unknown, b: Mar. 16, 1912, d: Jun. 9, 1997. They are buried in Richland Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Charles Canada Simco b: Nov. 23, 1859, Callaway Co. Missouri d: Jul. 22, 1915, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was the propriator of a bottling plant in Fulton.
- married Feb 25, 1884 Callaway Co., Mo. Clarrisa Jane Roberts, b: Sept 21, 1866, d: Jul. 8, 1954, Callaway Co. Missouri. They are both buried in the Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Children:
- Alana Simco b: Dec. 1884, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Married B.S. Gilman, June 27, 1918 in Callaway Co. Missouri
- Children: at least one Living
- Carroll Simco b: May 1887, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Married, Sept. 1919, Callaway Co. Missouri, Florence Mills
- Ralph Simco b: Apr 1900, Callaway Co. Missouri
Obit - from the files of Carole Lieske - July 19, 1893
Died, at the residence of his son-in-law, Robert Wright, about seven miles northeast of Fulton, Reuben B. Simcoe, aged 88 years, 2 months, and 9 days. Funeral services and burial at Ebenezer Church.
Uncle Reuben married Miss Sarah C. Hill in Albemarle County Virginia in the fall of 1825 and moved to this county in the same fall, arriving here in October and settled on Richland Creek. (this is incorrect, it was 1835, proved by legal papers and also his wife's obit, and other documented information). He bought a farm four miles west of Fulton where he lived for many years until all his children married and left him. He then broke up housekeeping and lived with his children.
He united with the Christian church in 1854, under the preaching of D. Pat Henderson. His wife, who survives him, joined at the same time. They raised eleven children, all of whom are married and have families. The children are: Mrs. D.C. Herring, Mrs. G.C. Herring, Mrs. J.G. Berry, Mrs. William Sacre, Mrs. Robert Wright, Mrs. Jacob Larne, all of whom reside in this county. The boys are James, who lives at Centralia, Derritt who also lives at Centralia, John who lives in Audrain, Henry in Boone county, and Charles in this county.
Uncle Reuben was one of those hard working, rugged, honest men who helped to make this country what it is today. He was a man of an iron constitution and could do more hard work than anybody. Few men could hold up a hand spike with him at a log rolling. As an axeman, he had but few equals; always in a good humor and ready to assist a neighbor when in a pinch. While he was cheerful and easy to get along with, he had his convictions and when he took a stand on any question, he was there to stay. He was an old states' rights democrat and on these points there was no compromise with him. He voted the democratic ticket for over 60 years. It is with sadness and regret that we see these old, sturdy, reliable pioneers pass away.
Our readers will observe that Uncle Reuben and Felix Nichols were both born May 10, 1805. One lived here 6- years and the other 68 years, one living 8 days longer than the other -,
Ebenezer Church has lost an honest upright member; his children a kind and upright father; and his wife a devoted husband; therefore, be it resolved: we extend to his family our heartfelt sympathies, ever pointing his children to the lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world, and that a copy of these resolutions be placed on the church book.
Obit - Missouri Telegraph newspaper, May 7, 1902
At her home near Calwood, Thursday, May 1, 1902, Mrs. Sarah Simcoe, of general debility, aged 85 years. She was born in Virginia in 1817 and came to this county in 1835. She had been a member of the Christian church for over forty years.
She was the mother of 11 children, all of whom survive her. They are Charles C. Simcoe, of this city, who is the youngest; Derrett and Jas. Simcoe of Centralia; Henry Simcoe, of College Mound; John Simcoe of Audrain county; Mesdames D. C. Herring, G. C. Herring, J. G. Berry, R. A. Wright, J. T. Larue, all of Callaway County, and Mrs. William Sacre, of St. Louis.
Funeral services were conducted Friday morning at Ebenezer Baptist church.
Obit - from the files of Carole Lieske - May 01, 1902
Mrs. Sarah C. Simcoe Dead
Mrs. Sarah Simcoe died at her home near Calwood, Thursday morning, May 01, 1902, at 2 o'clock, of old age.
She ate a hearty supper Wednesday night and felt well until near midnight, when she was seized with a fit of coughing, from which she died.
Mrs. Simcoe was born in Virginia in 1817. She moved to Callaway county, Mo. in 1835, where she has since resided. She was the mother of 11 children, all of whom survive her. They are Charles C. Simcoe, of this city, who is the youngest; Derrett and Jas. Simcoe of Centralia; Henry Simcoe, of College Mound; John Simcoe of Audrain county; Mesdames D. C. Herring, G. C. Herring, J. G. Berry, R. A. Wright, J. T. Larue, all of Callaway County, and Mrs. William Sacre, of St. Louis.
Mrs. Simcoe had been a member of the Christian church for about 50 years. Funeral services will take place at Ebenezer Baptist church, Friday morning at eleven o'clock.
Reuben Brooks Simco died July 19, 1893. They are buried together in the Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri and have a Woodsman headstone. It's shaped like a tree stump with their names on two sides.
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