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    Harriet E. Simpson (Bogart)

    Birth: 1838

    Death: 4-22-1860

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    Nickname: Little Harriet

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Simpson, Henry Livingston | Marriage Date: 1857

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Mentioned by Frances in a letter to Gus (FMS_AHS18430207) as "Little Harriet", and as being afflicted with Scarlet Fever.  In the letter Frances writes how HES is confined to bed on account of her illness, and that she is worried about of the possibility of Fred and Will Jr. becoming sick as well. In 18570528FAS_WHS, it is mentioned that she married a Reverend Simpson.
Harriet married Reverend Henry Livingston Simpson, one of the first, if not the first, African Americans to graduate from college in the United States. 
Harriet died in Auburn in 1860 from Anemia.

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Biography: 
Mentioned by Frances in a letter to Gus (FMS_AHS18430207) as "Little Harriet", and as being afflicted with Scarlet Fever. In the letter Frances writes how HES is confined to bed on account of her illness, and that she is worried about of the possibility of Fred and Will Jr. becoming sick as well. In 18570528FAS_WHS, it is mentioned that she married a Reverend Simpson. Harriet married Reverend Henry Livingston Simpson, one of the first, if not the first, African Americans to graduate from college in the United States. Harriet died in Auburn in 1860 from Anemia.
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http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=General-7181&indiv=try&h=1653816817
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Ancestry.com
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1855 New York State Census
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https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Cje6118&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=Amnv4St7maxL6rg1hIudyg%3D%3D&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=harriet%20&gsfn_x=0&gsln=simpson&gsln_x=0&msypn__ftp=Auburn,%20Cayuga,%20New%20York,%20USA&
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NY Census Schedules, Mortality Schedule
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