Wendell Lee Simpson of New York
Appointed from Michigan, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1880 (14)
Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 15 June 1884
Trasferred to the 24th U. S. Infantry, 4 January 1887
First Lietuenant, 20th Infantry, 20 April 1891
Tramsferrd to the 9th U. S. Infantry, 20 July 1891
Captain, Infantry, 17 September 1898
Assigned to the 6th U. S. Infantry, 1 January 1899
Wendell Lee SIMPSON
10 August 1859-23 April 1913
BOrn on 10 August1859 at Carlton, New York
Father: Emmery H. SIMPSON
Mother: Mary Aurora TOMSON
Wife: Marion O. Wood
Married 19 October 1886
Children: Bethel Wood Simpson and Dorothy Wood Simpson
SIMPSON, WENDELL L
- LT COL U S A RET
- DATE OF DEATH: 04/23/1913
- BURIED AT: SECTION SO DI SITE 2514
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
SIMPSON, MARION W/O W L
- DATE OF DEATH: 07/31/1913
- BURIED AT: SECTION S SID SITE 2514 S D
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - WIFE OF WL SIMPSON, LT COL U S A RET
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