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Lieut Simeon "Sim" McCown
23 May 1828 – 8 Mar 1892
| Birth | 23 May 1828 |
| Death | 8 Mar 1892 |
| Cemetery | Nashville Cemetery Nashville , Howard County , Arkansas , USA |
| Added by | Leonard J. McCown on 20 Jan 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9574797 |
Bio
Simeon McCown was born in what is now Lowndes County, Mississippi, May 23rd, 1828, and was married October, 1st, 1850, to Margaret Elizabeth Thomas. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, having joined the same in 1849. In 1852 he moved to Arkansas and settled in Sevier County, but eventually moved to Hempstead County (now Howard County). He was made a Mason in Centre Point Lodge in 1857 and took the Royal Arch Degree June 27, 1860. In June 1861, he joined the Davis Blues at Nashville, was elected First Lieutenant of the company and served through the war as a brave and valant [sic] Confederate. His youngest brother died in Alabama, and his nephew died in Camp Douglas Prison in Chicago serving the same cause. Simeon and Margaret were the parents of 13 children, linked below. There were two other daughters, Frances and Columbia.
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Siblings
- George W. McCown 1825–1873
- Mary Elizabeth McCown Sampson 1830–1870
- Francis Asberry McCown 1832–1879
- Manerva Jane McCown Ussery 1834–1867
- Eliza Rebecca McCown Wells 1838–1878
- John W. McCown 1840–1865
Children
- Virginia Elizabeth McCown Ferguson 1851–1916
- Francis Dolvin McCown 1853–1929
- John Robert McCown 1855–1939
- Nancy Emily McCown 1857–1880
- Martha Rebecca McCown Weir 1859–1898
- William W McCown 1861–1861
- Simeon "Sim" McCown 1862–1925
- Sarah Jane "Sallie" McCown Jones 1865–1908
- Lenora Ann "Lena" McCown Hutchinson 1868–1924
- Samuel A McCown 1869–1879
- Richard Owen McCown 1873–1949
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