Eliza Simpson

1840 - 1916  (75 years)

• Name	Eliza Simpson  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	27 Nov 1840	Union City, Obion, Tennessee   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate birth	1841  [1, 2]
  Death	16 Feb 1916	Holcomb, Dunklin, Missouri   [7, 8, 9]
  Alternate death	Bef 18 Dec 1919  [10]
  Burial	Sumach Cemetery, Holcomb, Dunklin, Missouri   [4, 11]
  Person ID	I9145	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel McKee Simpson,   b. Pulaski County, Kentucky
  Mother	Octavia Wright,   b. Pulaski County, Kentucky
  Family ID	F26070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louis Joubert,   b. 26 Feb 1841, St-Athanase-de-Bleury, Iberville, now part of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Le Haut-Richelieu, Montérégie, Québec d. 18 Dec 1919, Decatur, Macon, Illinois (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1870	Jackson County, Illinois   [12]
  SEPA	Bef 21 Mar 1915  [13]
  Children	> 1. John Robert Joubert,   b. 16 Feb 1871, Illinois d. 5 Jul 1920, Alameda County, California (Age 49 years) > 2. George W. Joubert,   b. 20 Nov 1872, Illinois d. 18 Jul 1902, Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois (Age 29 years) + 3. Julia Joubert,   b. 6 Feb 1875, Oraville, Jackson, Illinois d. 31 Oct 1929, Decatur, Macon, Illinois (Age 54 years)   4. Moses M. Joubert,   b. 21 Dec 1876, Illinois d. 18 Jul 1902, Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F2794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  In a Bureau of Pensions questionnaire answered by Louis Joubert on 21 Mar 1915, he was asked "If your present wife was married before her marriage to you, state the name of her former husband, the date of such marriage, and the date and place of his death or divorce, and state whether he ever rendered any military or naval service, and, if so, give name of the organization in which he served. If she was married more than once before her marriage to you, let your answer include all former husbands." His answer was "present wife's first husband was name [illegible, single name beginning with a capital J], don't know. he is dead. no." He also states that as of the present date, he and his wife are "separated by mutual covenant." The Missouri death certificate for Eliza Joubert calls her a "widow", not the first time we've seen this on the death certificate of a woman who, at the time of her death, was separated from her still-living husband. It also says that she died of influenza, and that her usual residence was Oroville, Illinois. The informant was Ernest Joubert, presumably her grandson who was born to George Joubert and Lydia Sorrels in 1898. From "People You Know", Decatur (Illinois) Daily Review, 29 Feb 1916, p. 11: Mr. & Mrs. C J McCormick have returned to their home in Forrest. They were called to Holcomb, Mo., Feb 16 by the sudden death of Mrs. McCormick's mother Mrs. Eliza Joubert.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S4021] 1910 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S8846] Jackson, Illinois, Marriage Registers 1878-1915, on familysearch.org. [S8961] Find a Grave page for Eliza B Simpson Joubert. [S8959] Bureau of Pensions questionnaire answered by Louis Joubert on 21 Mar 1915, copy held by P & T Nielsen Hayden., place only. [S8974] Missouri death certificate for Eliza Joubert., date, county, and state only ("Obion C. Tenn"). [S8935] "People You Know." Decatur (Illinois) Daily Review, 29 Feb 1916, p. 11. [S8961] Find a Grave page for Eliza B Simpson Joubert., date only. [S8974] Missouri death certificate for Eliza Joubert., date, county, and state only. [S8835] Illinois Death Certificates 1919, on familysearch.org., Louis Joubert's death certificate, calling him "widow.". [S8974] Missouri death certificate for Eliza Joubert. [S8960] Bureau of Pensions questionnaire answered by Louis Joubert on 5 Jul 1898, copy held by P & T Nielsen Hayden. [S8959] Bureau of Pensions questionnaire answered by Louis Joubert on 21 Mar 1915, copy held by P & T Nielsen Hayden.