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most prominent men in the county. He married Elizabeth Satterwhite, of Virginia, and two sons were born to them: J. Wistar and William Dunlap. William Dnnlap Simpson was born in Laurens county on October 27, 1823. His boyhood days were spent in that county, where he received his primary education, and he entered the South Carolina college and graduated from it with distinction in 1843. He next entered Harvard law school, when that department was under the charge of Joseph Story and Simon Greenleaf, but on account of ill health attended only one session. Returning home he entered the law office of Hon. Henry C. Young, one of the most distinguished lawyers of upper Carolina, who afterward became his father-in-law. He was admitted to practice his profession in 1846, became the partner of Mr. Young and practiced with him until his death, shortly after the late war. Previous to the war Judge Simpson was prominent in politics and several times represented his county in the legislatur