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A. Simpson, M. D., of Greenville, was born in Laurens county in 1844, a son of Dr. John W. Simpson, and grandson of Col. John Simpson, a native of Ireland, who settled in Laurens county soon after the Revolution. William D. Simpson, who succeeded Ghe Scotch-Presbyterian Simpsons who left Scotland and settled in Ireland. The first of them to come to America was Col. John Simpson, who at about the close of the continental war located in Laurens county, S. C., and purchased a plantation there which he called Belfast, in honor of his native city. Colonel Simpson before coming to America married Miss Wells, a lady of English birth, and they had three sons and four daughters, all of whom survived their parents. The sons of Col. John SimpsoCol. John Simpson were W. W., John W., and Richard F. John W., the second son, graduated from the Jefferson college at Philadelphia and was later a successful practicing physician and became one of the most prominent men in the county. He married Elizabeth Satterw