http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 04 January 2014 Researcher (Location): #083 - Arthur Erbe (PA) Research: This is the family of Benjamin Coogan, a miner. He was apparently born in Pennsylvania. By 1860, we had settled in Rimersburg (Clarion County), Pennsylvania. He was killed in a mine explosion in 1860. Benjamin's descendants worked the coal mines in Clarion County well into the Twentieth Century. This family has also been found as COGAN. _________________________________________________________________ Arthur is a descendant of Benjamin Coogan through his daughter, Mary Ann Coogan. ************************* 01. [ male01 ] COOGAN (?, ? - after 1815, ?) married [ female01 ] [* female01 ?, ? - after 1815, ?] resided NY Children of [ male01 ] and [ female01 ] Coogan: 02. Benjamin COOGAN (c.1815, PA - 1860, PA) married Catherine [ ] [* Catherine c.1820, PA - after 1860, ?] occupation - miner ***possible*** resided Perry, Armstrong, PA - 1840 resided Rimersburg, Clarion, PA resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1860 (as COGAN) ************* ************* ************* ************* Children of Benjamin and Catherine Coogan: 03. Mary Ann COOGAN ***see below*** (JAN 1839, PA - after 1884, ?) married Thomas Washington SIMPSON, 1858, Rimersburg, Clarion, PA [* Thomas c.1830 [or FEB 1837], PA - 1880/DEC 1891, ?] resided Madison, Clarion, PA - 1861 resided Madison, Clarion, PA - 1874 resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1880 resided Madison, Clarion, PA - 1884 03. Elizabeth COOGAN (c.1841, PA - after 1860, ?) resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1860 (as COGAN) 03. Rachel COOGAN (c.1847, PA - after 1860, ?) resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1860 (as COGAN) ************* ************* ************* Children of Mary Ann and Thomas Simpson: 04. Elijah Lincoln SIMPSON ***see below*** (11 DEC 1860, Madison, PA - 10 JUN 1944, Sandy Hollow, PA) married Louisa A. PHILLIPS, 19 DEC [or 21 DEC] 1891, PA [* Louisa c.1874, ? - after 1944, ?] occupation - miner resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1880 resided New Athens, Clarion, PA - 1891 resided Sandy Hollow, PA - 1944 04. Nancy B. SIMPSON (05 AUG 1863, PA - before 1944, ?) resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1880 04. John A. SIMPSON (AUG 1866, Clarion County, PA - before 1897, ?) married Katie E. RANDOLPH, 19 JUL 1887, PA [* Katie c.1867, ? - after 1887, ?] resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1880 resided New Athens, Clarion, PA - 1887 04. [Edward ?] 'Eddy' SIMPSON (c.1869, PA - before 1944, ?) resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1880 04. Thomas Washington SIMPSON JR (c.1871, PA - after 1944, ?) married Libbie DETWILER, 01 FEB 1899, PA [* Libbie c.1875, ? - after 1899, ?] occupation - laborer resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1880 resided Madison, Clarion, PA - 1899 resided Rimersburg, Clarion, PA - 1944 04. William Arthur SIMPSON ***see below*** (20 APR 1874, Madison, PA - 1953, Sligo, PA) married Mary D. BUZZARD / BUZARD / BOSSART, [29 APR 1896 ?], PA occupation - laborer resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1880 resided Madison, Clarion, PA - 1896 resided Rimersburg, Clarion, PA - 1944 04. Mary Ellen SIMPSON (JAN 1879, PA - after 1944, ?) married (1) Harry R. DETWILER, 26 APR 1899, PA [* Harry c.1872, ? - before 1944, ?] married (2) Mr. PARSSON, before 1944 resided Perry, Clarion, PA - 1880 resided Madison, Clarion, PA - 1899 resided Lakewood, OH - 1944 04. [James] Walter SIMPSON (13 APR 1884, Madison, PA - after 1944, ?) married Jennifer WILSON, 06 MAY 1908, PA [* Jennifer c.1888, ? - after 1908, ?] occupation - miner resided Rimersburg, Clarion, PA - 1908 resided Rimersburg, Clarion, PA - 1944 ************* ************* Children Elijah Lincoln and Louisa Simpson: 05. Edgar SIMPSON (?, ? - after 1944, ?) resided Port Matilda, PA - 1944 05. Harold SIMPSON (?, ? - after 1944, ?) resided Sandy Hollow, PA - 1944 05. Ernest SIMPSON (?, ? - after 1944, ?) military service - US Navy World War II 05. Nelle G. SIMPSON (?, ? - after 1944, ?) married Mr. DRESSLER, before 1944 resided Wilkinsburg, PA - 1944 05. Ethyl M. SIMPSON (?, ? - after 1944, ?) resided Sandy Hollow, PA - 1944 05. Olive M. SIMPSON (?, ? - after 1944, ?) married Mr. HOOKS, before 1944 resided Boyers, PA - 1944 05. [Mabel] Flora SIMPSON (?, ? - after 1944, ?) married Mr. SHIRA, before 1944 resided Kittanning, PA - 1944 05. Mabel SIMPSON (?, ? - after 1944, ?) married Mr. MCQUEENY, before 1944 resided Boyers [or Boyer], PA - 1944 05. Raymond Blair SIMPSON (?, ? - before 1944, ?) 05. Claude Ardell SIMPSON (?, ? - before 1944, ?) 05. Clifford SIMPSON (?, ? - before 1944, ?) ************* ************* Children of William and Mary Simpson: 05. Martha A. SIMPSON ***see below*** married William S. ERBE ************* Children of Martha and William Erbe: 06. Arthur ERBE ***