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History of Old Pendleton District: With a Genealogy of the Leading Families of the District. E-book. Formato PDF Richard Wright Simpson   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

His father was Richard F. Simpson, a native of Laurens District, South Carolina, a graduate of the South Carolina College, and for many years a lawyer at Laurens Court House; a soldier with the rank of major in the Florida war; a member of both branches of the General Assembly of his native State; three terms (1842-48) a member of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States; and a signer of the Ordinance of Secession of the State of South Carolina. His mother was Margaret Taliaferro, a native of Anderson District, South Carolina, whose parents were Virginians by birth.