Benjamin F. Simpson was my great-great grandfather. His son, William, was my great grandfather; Wm's son, Lee Ander Coleman Simpson was my grandfather; Lee's son, Jake Woodrow Simpson, was my father. Bejamin F. Simpson was killed June, 1862, for failing to sell horses to Kansas Jayhawkers. He earned his living trading horses and farming. He is buried in Cass County, MO.