MOONEY, James Harvey

County Died: Barry Co., MO
Cemetery: Washburn Prairie Cemetery
Deceased: MOONEY, James Harvey "Jamie" - AKA: Simpson
Birth: Nov. 10, 1877, Washington, Franklin Co., MO
Age:  73 years, 5 months, 27 days 
Death: May 7, 1951, Washburn, Barry Co., MO
Cause: Died in his sleep, presumed heart attack  

Married: Ella May Pease, born Beatrice, Gage Co., NE - She is also in the photo attached.

Married When & Where: Dec. 28, 1898, Miami, OK - Indian Territory, married by Eli Lamb
Father: George Simpson - his adoptive father was Timothy Patrick Mooney, born Dublin, Ireland
Mother: American Simpson, died Leflore Co., OK - his adoptive mother was Eliza J. Coppage
Military Information: Pvt. 1st AR Inf.  He enlisted in Benton Co., AR.  He was too young to serve so they made him a drummer boy.
Death Certificate Number: #15532, gives his adoptive parents names.
Resource: Newspaper, photos, military information, marriage license, death certificate, cemetery stone and family data
Research Note: His father was George Simpson and his mother America Simpson, apparently not related. Nothing is known about George Simpson, except that it is assumed that he lived in Barry County and was listed on the 1860 census in the Washburn area and as a son of John Rose and Nancy Ann (Spradling) Simpson. It is known, for a fact, that the Spradling and Simpson families removed to Franklin Co., MO, and were living in the same area where James Harvey Mooney was born. George Simpson was listed as the father on the death certificate of John Simpson, who was a brother of James Mooney's.  John Simpson is buried near James Mooney in Washburn Prairie Cemetery.