Emily Dye b. 20 Aug 1820 Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia d. 22 May 1891 Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas: Genealogy at Pitard.net

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Name Emily Dye [1, 2]

Birth 20 Aug 1820 Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia

Gender Female

Census 1850 Fairfax Co., Virginia

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Age	BirthDate	Gender	Race	Occupation	BirthPlace
Image									Transcript
23	37	James H	Simpson	31	1819	Male	White	Farmer	Virginia
24	37	Emily	Simpson	28	1822	Female	White		Virginia
25	37	French	Simpson	2	1848	Male	White		Virginia

Census 1860 Fairfax Co., Virginia

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Age	BirthDate	Gender	Race	Occupation	BirthPlace
Image									Transcript
19	17	James H	Simpson	41	1819	Male	White	Farmer	Virginia
20	17	Emily	Simpson			Female	White		Virginia
21	17	French	Simpson	12	1848	Male	White		Virginia
22	17	V H	Simpson	10	1850	Female	White		Virginia
23	17	Fannie	Simpson	8	1852	Female	White		Virginia
24	17	Helen	Simpson	5	1855	Female	White		Virginia
25	17	Emma J	Simpson			Female	White		Virginia
26	17	E	Buckley	40	1820	Male	White		Virginia
27	17	M A	Ish	22	1838	Male	White	Student of Medicine	Virginia
28	17	Robt J	Simpson	30	1830	Male	White	Physician	Virginia

NARA Pub: M653 Page: 3 Enumerated: 18 June 1860

Census 1870 Colorado Co., Texas

1870 U.S. Census, Colorado Co., Texas

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Age	BirthDate	Gender	Race	Occupation	BirthPlace
Image									Transcript
31	171	James	Simpson	57	1813	Male	White	Farmer	Virginia
32	171	Emily	Simpson	50	1820	Female	White	Keeping House	Virginia
33	171	Frank	Simpson	22	1848	Male	White	Farmer	Virginia
34	171	Hattie V	Simpson	19	1851	Female	White		Virginia
35	171	Fannie	Simpson	17	1853	Female	White		Virginia
36	171	Helen	Simpson	15	1855	Female	White		Virginia
37	171	Emily J	Simpson	13	1857	Female	White		Virginia
38	171	Lewis	Parker	35	1835	Male	Black	Farm Laborer	Virginia
39	171	George	Prince	16	1854	Male	Black	Farm Laborer	Virginia
40	171	Bennie	Prince	15	1855	Male	Black	Farm Laborer	Virginia

NARA Pub: M593 Roll: 1580 Page: 48A Enumerated: 6 Sept. 1870

Census 1880 Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas

1880 U.S. Census, Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Relation	Gender	Race	BirthDate	Age	Status	BirthPlace	BirthPlace of Father	BirthPlace of Mother	Occupation	Street
Image															Transcript
43	138	Emily	Simpson	Self (Head)	Female	White	Abt 1820	60	Widowed	Virginia	Virginia	Virginia		Preston Street
44	138	Fannie	Simpson	Daughter	Female	White	Abt 1853	27	Single	Virginia	Virginia	Virginia		Preston Street
45	138	Helen	Simpson	Daughter	Female	White	Abt 1855	25	Single	Virginia	Virginia	Virginia		Preston Street
46	138	Emma	Simpson	Daughter	Female	White	Abt 1858	22	Single	Virginia	Virginia	Virginia		Preston Street
47	138	Peter	Respondek		Male	White	Abt 1840	40	Single	Poland	Poland	Poland	Servant	Preston Street

NARA Pub: T9 ED: 046 Enumerated: 5 June 1880

Obituary Obit, Colorado Citizen, May 28, 1891:

Simpson, Emily

Universal regret was expressed by our citizens last Friday morning when it became generally known that Mrs. Emily Simpson was dead. Though afflicted for many months, and herself despairing of recovery, her friends had hoped that with care and the use of remedies suggested by skilled physicians, her life might be prolonged for years yet to come. It was not to be. The hope was rudely dispelled.

Mrs. Simpson was born in Fairfax county Va, August 20, 1820, was married to James H. Simpson, September 10, 1844, immigrated to Colorado county, Texas, March, 1862, and died May 22, 1891, at her home in this city. Her long life was one of quiet, unostentatious usefulness and labor for home interests, her family and friends, of devotion to her children's comfort and well being, finding within the home, its attachents and adornments the greatest meed of her happiness--the fruition of her highest desire. Her malady was borne with the resignation of inate courage and fortitude enshrined to the decrees of an All wise Power; and in her last days she "put her house in order" for her expected departure. To her gentle spirit what the world terms "grim death" came as a longed for messenger of peace, the summons of relief, the invitatiion to rest.

Her remains were transferred to Weimar and interred beside her husband, who preceded her over a decade ago "to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler e'er returns," Rev. G. H. Collins of the Methodist church conducting services at the residence here, and at the Odd Fellow's cemetery in Weimar, assisted by Rev. Mr. Haynie. a large concourse of relatives and friends were present at the sad rites. A son and three daughters are left to mourn their irreparable loss. The Citizen extends sincere condolence.

"The night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps,
Shall brighten with verdure the grave where she sleeps;
And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls,
Shall long keep her memory green in our souls"

Religion Baptist, Episcopal

Religion Old school Baptist/Episcopal

Death 22 May 1891 Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas

Burial Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado Co., Texas [3, 4]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51506699/emily-simpson

Origins

Patriarch & Matriarch

Richard Duyts
b. Abt 1580, Holstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

d. Abt 1613 (Age 33 years) (5 x Great Grandfather)

Ann Simpson
b. 17 Mar 1699
d. 4 Jan 1801, East Windsor Twp., Mercer Co., New Jersey

(Age 101 years) (2 x Great Grandmother)

Notes

Much of her ancestry is of Dutch descent, from families who moved from New York and New Jersey to northern Virginia in the 18th century. Her grandmothers, Mary and Lydia Hixson, were sisters.

She lived in the Union Mills area of Fairfax Co., VA. She and her family moved to Texas in 1862.

Person ID I9297

Last Modified 27 Mar 2025

Father	John Hixson Dye, Sr. b. 1785, Prince William Co., Virginia d. 26 Sep 1826, Manassas, Prince William Co., Virginia (Age 41 years)
Mother	Ann "Nancy" Hixson Johnson b. 1796 d. 21 Sep 1861 (Age 65 years)
Marriage	16 Feb 1812

Spouse / Partner James Hendley Simpson
b. 12 Mar 1819, Loudoun Co., Virginia
d. 9 Feb 1880, Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas (Age 60 years)

Marriage 10 Sep 1844 Virginia

Children 1 son and 5 daughters

	1. Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Simpson b. 24 Oct 1845, Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia d. 13 Jan 1850, Fairfax Co., Virginia (Age 4 years)
+	2. Friench Simpson b. 13 Feb 1848, Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia d. 25 Mar 1923, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas (Age 75 years) └─ Virginia Ann (Jennie) Harbert (Age 83 years) m. 11 Feb 1877
+	3. Virginia Henrietta "Hattie" Simpson b. 2 Oct 1850, Alexandria, Virginia d. 16 Dec 1926, Weimar, Colorado Co., Texas (Age 76 years) └─ Stephen Montgomery McCormick, Sr. (Age 64 years) m. 27 Oct 1870
+	4. Mary Francis "Fannie" Simpson b. 8 Nov 1852, Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia d. 7 Feb 1930, Manassas, Prince William Co., Virginia (Age 77 years) └─ Joseph Benjamin Johnson (Age 69 years) m. 15 Oct 1883
+	5. Helen Adams Simpson b. 21 Dec 1854, Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia d. 14 Dec 1933, Hillsboro, Hill Co., Texas (Age 78 years) └─ Edgar Austere Tomlinson (Age 72 years) m. 25 Jan 1883
	6. Emily Jane Simpson b. 15 Mar 1857, Manassas, Prince William Co., Virginia d. 21 Jul 1900, El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas (Age 43 years)

Family ID F6612 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 22 Apr 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 20 Aug 1820 - Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia
	Marriage - 10 Sep 1844 - Virginia
	Census - 1850 - Fairfax Co., Virginia
	Census - 1860 - Fairfax Co., Virginia
	Census - 1870 - Colorado Co., Texas
	Census - 1880 - Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas
	Death - 22 May 1891 - Columbus, Colorado Co., Texas
	Burial - - Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado Co., Texas

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Reference Pitard, D. "Emily Dye". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I9297&tree=1sttree (accessed April 24, 2025).

Sources

[S160] Simpson, James Hendley (d. 1977), Simpson Family History, 59.
[S212] Dye Society, Dye Listserv, David Dye, “John Hixson Dye, Jr. and Anne ‘Nancy’ Hixson Johnson,” 27 Aug. 2000.
[S29] Awesome Find a Grave Contributors, Find A Grave.
[S190] TxGenWeb contributors, Colorado County TXGenWeb Project.

Birth	24 Oct 1845	Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia
Died	13 Jan 1850	Fairfax Co., Virginia
Buried	North Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, North Fork, Loudoun Co., Virginia

Father	James Hendley Simpson b. 12 Mar 1819, Loudoun Co., Virginia
Mother	Emily Dye b. 20 Aug 1820, Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia
Married	10 Sep 1844	Virginia

Birth	15 Mar 1857	Manassas, Prince William Co., Virginia
Died	21 Jul 1900	El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas
Buried	Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado Co., Texas

Father	James Hendley Simpson b. 12 Mar 1819, Loudoun Co., Virginia
Mother	Emily Dye b. 20 Aug 1820, Union Mills, Fairfax Co., Virginia
Married	10 Sep 1844	Virginia

Emily Dye

Richard Duyts

Ann Simpson

John Hixson Dye, Sr.

Ann "Nancy" Hixson Johnson

James Hendley Simpson

Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Simpson

Friench Simpson

Virginia Ann (Jennie) Harbert

Virginia Henrietta "Hattie" Simpson

Stephen Montgomery McCormick, Sr.

Mary Francis "Fannie" Simpson

Joseph Benjamin Johnson

Helen Adams Simpson

Edgar Austere Tomlinson

Emily Jane Simpson