Philemon Simpson

Philemon B. Simpson (October 13, 1819 – April 28, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician.

Born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Simpson was raised in Jefferson County, New York. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1843 and was admitted to the Ohio Bar. He then practiced law in Peru, Indiana. In 1847, he moved to Shullburg, Wisconsin Territory and practiced law. He served in various city, village, and town government offices. In 1853, Simpson served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, as a Democrat, and then from 1857 to 1860, he then served in the Wisconsin State Senate. He died in Mobile, Alabama while his wife was recuperating from illness.[1][2]

Notes

1. 'Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin 1900,' vol. 3, Wisconsin State Bar Association: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Philemon B. Simpson, pg. 358-361
2. 'Commemorative Biographies of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families,' Higginson Book Company: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Jefferson B. Simpson and his father Philemon B. Simpson, pg. 426-427