Missouri Simpson

Missouri was born in 1846 in Washington Co., Missouri.¹   Missouri's father was Samuel P. Simpson and her mother was Mary\"Polly" Ann Wilkinson.  Her paternal grandparents were Joseph Simpson and Lovey Coats; her maternal grandparents were UNKNOWN Wilkinson and Jane UNKNOWN. She had a brother and a sister, named Joseph S. and Mary Ann.  She was the oldest of the three children.