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| | Frederick W. Simkin |
 | | FREDERICK W. SIMKIN, one of the pioneer settlers of Cherokee County, and a well known and esteemed resident of Columbus, was born April 10, 1848, at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, and is a son of Capt. George and Charlotte (Watson) Simkin. |
 | | Mr Simkin's land was the northwest quarter of section 25, township 32, range 23, in Ross township, three and a half miles north, and a half miles west of the center of the present city of Columbus. |
 | | Simkin was married in Indiana, on August 7, 1869, to Mary A. Ervin, who was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, and is a daughter of John and Mary (Harris) Ervin, who were farmers in Indiana. |
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