1850 United States Federal Census
Name: James R Simpson
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Liberty, Highland, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 272
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Simpson 48
Mary A Simpson 41

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James P Simpson
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1839
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ohio
Home in 1860: Liberty, Highland, Ohio
Post Office: Hillsboro
Dwelling Number: 592
Family Number: 607
Attended School: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Simpson 58
May Am Simpson 51

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Name: James P Simpson
Residence: Liberty, Ohio
Class: 1
Congressional District: 6th
Age on 1 July 1863: 22
Race: White
Marital Status: Unmarried (Single)
Place of Birth: Ohio

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: James P Simpson
Age at Enlistment: 23
Enlistment Date: 14 Jul 1861
Rank at enlistment: 2nd Lieutenant
State Served: Ohio
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company C, Ohio 27th
Infantry Regiment on 18 Aug 1861.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 26 May 1862.
Promoted to Full Captain on 09 May 1864.
Promoted to Full Major on 29 May 1865.
Promoted to Full Lt Colonel on 31 May 1865.
Mustered out on 11 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.
Birth Date: abt 1838
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
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Regiment: 27th Infantry Regiment Ohio
Date of Organization: 18 Aug 1861
Muster Date: 11 Jul 1865
Regiment State: Ohio
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 27th
Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 6
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 1
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 80
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 122
Battles: Fought on 3 Nov 1861 at Little Blue, MO.
Fought on 5 Nov 1861 at Little Blue, MO.
Fought on 14 Nov 1861 at Little Blue, MO.
Fought on 13 Mar 1862 at New Madrid, MO.
Fought on 28 May 1862 at Corinth, MS.
Fought on 13 Sep 1862 at Iuka, MS.
Fought on 14 Sep 1862 at Little Blue, MO.
Fought on 19 Sep 1862 at Iuka, MS.
Fought on 3 Oct 1862 at Corinth, MS.
Fought on 4 Oct 1862 at Corinth, MS.
Fought on 19 Oct 1863 at Near Memphis, TN.
Fought on 27 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 31 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 16 Jun 1864 at Big Shanty, GA.
Fought on 17 Jun 1864 at Near Kenesaw Mt, GA.
Fought on 18 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 24 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 28 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 28 Jun 1864 at Big Shanty, GA.
Fought on 4 Jul 1864 at Ruff's Mills, GA.
Fought on 4 Jul 1864 at Nickajack Creek, GA.
Fought on 20 Jul 1864 at Big Shanty, GA.
Fought on 22 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 23 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 1 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 6 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 14 Aug 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 9 Dec 1864 at Savannah, GA.
Fought on 14 Jan 1865 at Hilton Head, SC.
Fought on 27 Feb 1865 at Near Cheraw, SC.
Fought on 3 Mar 1865 at Cheraw, SC.
Fought on 5 Mar 1865 at Cheraw, SC.
Fought on 21 Mar 1865 at Bentonville, NC.
Fought on 22 Mar 1865.
Fought on 28 Mar 1865.
Fought on 29 Mar 1865 at Goldsboro, NC.
Fought on 19 Apr 1865 at Dallas, GA.

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Name: James P. Simpson
State Filed: Ohio
Widow: Alice M. Simpson
Veteran filed application #103,036 2/16/1886 Cert. 75351
Widow filed application #614989 Certificate 417907 Ohio

Ohio Marriage Index
Name: James P. Simpson
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 02 Jun 1868
Event Place: Highland, Ohio
Spouse: Alice M. Waddell
Reference Number: pg 288 #1233
Film Number: 570616
Digital Folder Number: 4257846
Image Number: 169

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: James P Simpson
Birth Year: abt 1839
Age in 1870: 31
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Greenfield, Highland, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
James P Simpson 31
Alice Mary Simpson 20
Orice P Simpson 1
Rhoda Lynch 22

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Jas. P. Simpson
Age: 41
Birth Date: Abt 1839
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Street: Barr St
House Number: 131
Dwelling Number: 261
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Alice Simpson
Occupation: Manufacturer
Household Members:
Name Age
Jas. P. Simpson 41
Alice Simpson 29
Orrin Simpson 11
Frank Simpson 9
Isaac Simpson 5
Alice Simpson 3

1890 Veterans Schedules
Name: James P Simpson
Role: Veteran
Residence Date: Jun 1890
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
Enumeration District: 98
Year enlisted: 1861
Year discharged: 1865
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Company: H
Regiment or vessel: 27th Ohio Inf
Length of service: 3 Yrs. 10 Mo. 27 Days

"The News-Herald" Hillsboro, Ohio
April 18, 1895, Image 1
Death of Col. James P. Simpson
About one o'clock Thursday morning, Col. James Preston Simpson, former resident of this city, and one of the best known citizens of Highland County, passed to the great beyond.
Concerning him, the Greenfield Enterprise says:
Colonel James P. Simpson is dead, and his comrades in arms mourn with the stricken family and friends of this martyr to his country's cause.
Colonel Simpson was one of those patriots who were among the first to enter the service and the last to leave it.
His fame as a soldier was written on the sulphurous skies of a score of battlefields, and it is a legacy far more valuable than any he could have left his children.
He entered the service as Second Lieutenant in the 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in July 1861, and was mustered out as Lieutenant Colonel July 11, 1865, having successfully filled every grade between those ranks. When he enlisted he was twenty- three years old, an age when a young man usually begins to map out his career in life and lay the foundation for his future fortune.
The regiment to which he belonged was one of the very best sent from Ohio and none endured hardship and faced dangers of the battlefield with greater cheerfulness, or more nobly did its duty.
A history of Col. Simpson's army service would comprise a history of the regiment, for he was with it from the time it entered the service until mustered out, a period of four years.
The service of the regiment was principally performed in Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, North and South Carolina.
The regiment prominently participated in twenty-two battles, among the hardest fought of the war, in all of which Colonel Simpson took an active and conspicuous part.
In the battle of Atlanta, Georgia, he was seriously wounded, but remained with the regiment until it was discharged by reason of the close of the war.
So brave and patriotic a man as Colonel Simpson could not be otherwise than noble and generous, and he was possessed of all those qualities that go to make a good citizen and a warm hearted and true friend.
For a time, after coming from the army he was engaged in active business, but the wound made by a rebel bullet finally conquered him by causing partial paralysis, which eventually disabled him, and for years previous to his death he was confined for most of the time to his house.
In later years he was a great sufferer from the wound, but he bore up patiently and bravely, as befits a brave soldier, until Wednesday night, in the quietness of the midnight hour, death with a gentle hand touched his tired heart, and the spirit of this gallant soldier, pratrotic citizen, and manly gentlemen returned to the bosom of Divinity.
Col. Simpson is dead, but his name will live as long as the Republic stands.
One day, on each recurring year, when nature is clothed in its most attractive robes, and the air redolent of blooming meadows and sweet flowers, is made vocal by the warbling of winged songsters, some comrades in arms will drop a tear over his grave in memory of those dark days of the nation, when its best blood was offered upon the altar of its liberties.
And when the last of those heroes answer the call of the Divine Commander, and have joined him in that better and brighter land, where the blare of the bugle, the tramp of the war steed, the fierce clashing of steel and the boom of cannon are never heard, and the war and strife are unknown, grateful people will stand uncovered, while white robed girls with sweet and solemn face will bedeck his grave with beautiful flowers; and coming generations will think and talk of how he suffered, marched and fought, and how he died for the holy cause of freedom.

Close his eyes, his work is done.
What to him is friend or foe,
Rise of moon or set of sun,
Hand of man or Kiss of woman?
As a man may he fought his fight,
Proved his worth by his endeavor,
Let him sleep in endless night,
Sleep forever and forever.
Fold him in his country's stars,
Roll the drum and fire the volley,
What to him are all our wars,
What but death bemocking our follies?
Trust him to God's watchful eye.
Leave him to the hand that made him.
Mutual love weeps idly by,
God alone has the power to aid him
Lay him low, lay him low,
In the clover, or the snow,
What care he; he cannot know;
Lay him low, lay him low.