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Hugh Simpson

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Hugh Simpson

Birth
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
8 Aug 1951 (aged 74)
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial
West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Addition: 3, Tract-Sublot: 140A, Block/Lot: X, Plot: 3
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Born in Kilmarnock. Entered US with his parents in 1880.
Married Myrtle I. Crookshank, 25 Dec 1989.
Occupation, coal miner (1910 census).

From the Council Bluffs Newspaper (Daily Nonpareil), Thursday, 9 August 1951:
Des Moines, AP - Hugh Simpson, 75*, of Des Moines, died at Broadlawns general hospital Wednesday of injuries suffered when struck by a car while crossing an intersection here June 2. Police said no charges were filed against Francis Belding, 17, driver of the car. It was Des Moines' ninth fatality of the year.

*Actually, Hugh was 74.
Born in Kilmarnock. Entered US with his parents in 1880.
Married Myrtle I. Crookshank, 25 Dec 1989.
Occupation, coal miner (1910 census).

From the Council Bluffs Newspaper (Daily Nonpareil), Thursday, 9 August 1951:
Des Moines, AP - Hugh Simpson, 75*, of Des Moines, died at Broadlawns general hospital Wednesday of injuries suffered when struck by a car while crossing an intersection here June 2. Police said no charges were filed against Francis Belding, 17, driver of the car. It was Des Moines' ninth fatality of the year.

*Actually, Hugh was 74.


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