Cyrus Truman Simpson

Occupation: carpenter

Truman Judd Elizabeth Nee George Warren Simpson Mary Elizabeth Judd Cyrus Truman Simpson

m.Julia S. Hitchcock Alta B. Simpson winifred l. simpson Albert C. Simpson Grace Simpson Martha Simpson Robert G. Simpson

Father: George Warren Simpson
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Judd

Married Julia S. Hitchcock on 12 MAR 1874

Child 1: Alta B. Simpson

Child 2: winifred l. simpson

Child 3: Albert C. Simpson

Child 4: Grace Simpson

Child 5: Martha Simpson

Child 6: Robert G. Simpson

Notes: Cyrus did not apparently move to Iowa with his father George in 1875 as Winnifred, his oldest daughter, was born in Pecatonica in 1876.

If Albert's obituary is correct Cyrus was in Cedar Falls in 1879 but in 1881 he is up in Emmet Co, Iowa and then back to Cedar Falls in 1887 when Grant was born.

According to Robert G.Simpson and Julie Bailey, Cyrus was an unsucessful (unlucky) farmer but a good carpenter/builder - not a good business man.

After he retired he spent a great deal of time ( and money) trying to build a perpetual motion machine in the basement of his home at 9th and Clay Street, Cedar Falls.

I remember as a college student examining this work of considerable skill, and the futile dream to achieve an unlimited source of energy. This consisted of beautifully hand carved series of rolling hard wood bars which rolled to the center of a six foot wide revolving wheel.

As the machine was placed in motion they rolled to the outer perimeter and then back to the center, as the wheel turned. It could revolve quite a while before coming to rest as it inevitably had to do.

Source - Donald Simpson, Julie Bailey and S.David Bailey, and Family Bible. - S. David Bailey 1997

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