I went back and looked again at the 1860 census and his location was Deer Creek, Bates, Missouri. Is this location close to Cass county? In my mind I kept thinking the whole family was in Cass and then moved to Bates but I guess they were already there. So do you think its a pretty good supposition that the Simpson mentioned in the report is my Simpson? I guess 52 could be considered aged at that time.
Leslie