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Shedrick Simcox

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Shedrick Simcox

Birth
Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
27 Feb 1901 (aged 70)
Bullion, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Shedrick Simcox, father of Frank Simcox, missionary...died at his home in Bullion at 3 p.m. last Wednesday of general debility and grief over tragic loss of son and family. 71 years of age and pioneer oil operator, being one of first to boat oil from Oil City to Pittsburgh before close of Civil War. Had been resident of Bullion for past 40 years. Last illness dates from time he received news of son. Survived by children: John and Horace, of Rochester,Pa.; Mrs. H.H. Austin, of Bullion; Mrs. Raymond of Franklin, Mrs. Echols of Chicago. Funeral Friday, itertment in McKee cemetery at Clintonville.

Wednesday, February 27.
Simcox... son Frank Simcox... Seventy years of age, born January 13, 1831, in a house which stood on what is now John A. Wilson's lawn, corner of Liberty and Eleventh streets... Prominent operator in the Bullion oilfield... Eight children, six survive: Mrs. A.W. Raymond of Grove City, John of New Castle, Mrs. H. Austin, L.B. and Horace of Bullion, and Mrs. Alice Echols of Chicago. Brother of Mrs. Margaret McMullen of this city and Mrs. Arthur Seaton of Mercer, also a half-brother of William Seaton and Mrs. Emma Taylor of Polk.

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Shedrick Simcox, father of Frank Simcox, missionary...died at his home in Bullion at 3 p.m. last Wednesday of general debility and grief over tragic loss of son and family. 71 years of age and pioneer oil operator, being one of first to boat oil from Oil City to Pittsburgh before close of Civil War. Had been resident of Bullion for past 40 years. Last illness dates from time he received news of son. Survived by children: John and Horace, of Rochester,Pa.; Mrs. H.H. Austin, of Bullion; Mrs. Raymond of Franklin, Mrs. Echols of Chicago. Funeral Friday, itertment in McKee cemetery at Clintonville.

Wednesday, February 27.
Simcox... son Frank Simcox... Seventy years of age, born January 13, 1831, in a house which stood on what is now John A. Wilson's lawn, corner of Liberty and Eleventh streets... Prominent operator in the Bullion oilfield... Eight children, six survive: Mrs. A.W. Raymond of Grove City, John of New Castle, Mrs. H. Austin, L.B. and Horace of Bullion, and Mrs. Alice Echols of Chicago. Brother of Mrs. Margaret McMullen of this city and Mrs. Arthur Seaton of Mercer, also a half-brother of William Seaton and Mrs. Emma Taylor of Polk.

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