Emily Lou Ella Hale (
daughter of William Joseph Hale and Zilpha Frances Dalrymple) was born on December 10, 1879 in Randolph County, Alabama. She died on November 15, 1967 in Plainview, Hale, Texas. She married James William Simpkins in 1894. James was born on October 26, 1868 in Alabama. He died on February 1, 1941.
Emily and James are buried at Rule Cemetery in Rule, Haskell, Texas.
They had the following children:
1.
Jerome Henry Simpkins was born on June 3, 1895.
2.
Sara Elizabeth Simpkins was born on November 17, 1897.
3.
Alice Aribel Simpkins was born on July 26, 1899 in Alabama. She died on February 7, 1901 in Alabama.
4.
Benjamin Urban Simpkins was born on June 28, 1901.
5.
Cornelia Naomi Simpkins was born on May 20, 1903.
6. William James Simpkins was born on December 26, 1904.
7. Letha Viola Simpkins was born on December 27, 1906.
8. Otis Cicero Simpkins was born on January 26, 1909.
9.
Walter Simpkins was born on October 26, 1910. He died on January 22, 1913 in Texas. He was buried at Pella Cemetery in Alvord, Wise, Texas.
10.
L. Roy Simpkins was born on July 31, 1912 in Texas. He died on April 1, 1986 in Hale County, Texas. He is buried at Plainview Memorial Park in Plainview, Hale, Texas.
11. Hazel Marie Simpkins was born in 1915.
12. Calvin Awbry Simpkins was born on January 14, 1916.
13. Gladys Simpkins was born on June 27, 1919.
Notes for James William and Emily Lou Ella Hale Simpkins
James William Simpkins was a school teacher. Emily was one of his students. When they married, James began farming. Eventually they moved out to Texas where James had a good farm.
Sources:
1880 Census - Lamar, Randolph, Alabama
1900 Census - Lamar, Randolph, Alabama
1910 Census - Wise County, Texas
1920 Census - Wise County, Texas
1930 Census - Haskell County, Texas
1940 Census - Rule, Haskell, Texas
Email from Bill Simpkins – March 25, 2013
J C: Thanks for your contact. You are batting almost 1000. Louella's husband James William (J W) was next younger brother of my grandfather W T Martin Simpkins. My GP was the oldest of 11 kids born to Lewis Castle and Lucinda Jane Simpkins, and J W was next in line. J W and Louella had 13 kids, and only one of them is left - a dear, dear cousin Hazel Marie Simpkins Schwartz who lives in Plainview, TX and will turn 99 on May 27th!!!! Physically, she struggles, but her mind is sharp as a tack. I call her every couple of weeks or so, and we make each other laugh. I'm only 79, and sometimes she makes me think her 99 is younger. I am going to attach a lot of stuff for you; most of which I have sized down to easily email. Believe me, this barely scratches the surface of all I have o n J W and Louella's family. I just don't want to overwhelm you. Don't know how much of their story you know, so I will just touch on a couple of things. Most of J W's family were born in Heard County, GA, but my GP and he migrated across the border a few miles to Randolph County, AL. My GP was farming there and J W was teaching school. J W had never married, and at age 26 one of his pupils was a young lady named Emily Louella Hale; age 15. Louella was born there in AL, and was going to school - to her parents' credit. Most girls in particular in those days did not. Short version of th e story; they married, J W started farming since teachers were paid slave wages, and their family history began right there. The pictures and pedigree charts I have attached tell a fine story. They wound up in Haskell County, TX. Apparently, J W had a good farm there. In May 2011 my wife and I took a drive back to Texas. We live in Bakersfield, CA. Among other things, we visited Hazel in Plainview and helped her celebrate her 97th birthday. I learned a lot from her, but she doesn't remember a lot of things that I would like to have found out about. But I have a Flip-pal portable scanner and copied a whole bunch of her old pictures. She even had framed pictures of Bud and Zilphie Hale. It was like a gold mine. Two of the pictures attached here are of the adult children of J W and Louella, taken at the funeral for J W in 1941. One little daughter, Alice, had died quite young in 1899, and a son, Walter, born in 1910, only lived three years. So of the 13 born, the 11 pictured here survived well. In the picture of the daughters, Louella posed with them and is third from right. Well, J C; this should give you some fun input, and make you glad you asked if I was connected in some way. Actually, I have a double connection. My grandmother Simpkins was a Huddleston, and Zilphie's mother (Louella's grandmother) Sarah Anne Huddleston Dalrymple was her aunt. Hope all this is helpful. Best regards. Bill Simpkins
Death Certificate -- Lou Ella Simpkins
James William and Emily Louella Simpkins Gravestone Photo
Walter Simpkins Gravestone Photo
Texas, Death Index, 1964-1998 -- L Roy Simpkins
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 -- J. W. Simpkins (8475)
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| James William and Lou Ella Hale Simpkins with their children c1913. |
Updated on July 30, 2013
