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==Birth==
Stephen Robert Simpkins  born on May 30, 1830 at Westerlo, a son of Robert Simpkins and Delilah Irish. <ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>

==Marriage & Children== <!--DELETE THIS LINE IF NOT NEEDED-->
He married Mary M. Hunt, who was born in 1830, at about 1851.  They had the following children: <ref name="1860 Census"> 1860 Census, Greenville, Greene Co., NY</ref>
*Almira Simpkins
*Stephen Simpkins
*Augusta Simpkins
*Mary E. Simpkins
*Charles E. Simpkins

==Military Service==
{| class="wikitable"
|Residence:
|Greenville, NY<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|30 Sept 1862<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Greenville, NY<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private<ref name="AG Report">Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York </ref>
|-
|State Served:
|New York 
|-
|Regiment:
|156th Infantry<ref name="AG Report"/>
|-
|Company:
|Company I<ref name="AG Report"/>
|-
|Promotion Date:
|1 July 1863<ref name="AG Report"/>
|-
|Promotion Rank:
|Corporal<ref name="AG Report"/>
|-
|Captured in Action:
|19 Oct 1864<ref name="AG Report"/>
|-
|Captured at:
|Cedar Creek, VA<ref name="AG Report"/>
|-
|Imprisoned at:
|Libby Prison and Salisbury Prison<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Paroled Date:
|2<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>March 1865<ref name="AG Report"/>
|-
|Died:
|2 April 1865
|-
|Place of Death:
|Greenville, NY 
|-
|Place of Burial:
|Westerlo Central Cemetery, formerly Village Cemetery 
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|Additional Remarks:  Enlisted at the age of 34 years to serve 3 years. <ref name="AG Report"/>”Was taken prisoner at Cedar Creek Oct 19th, 1864, placed in Libby prison and removed to Salisbury prison.  Paroled March 2, 1865 and died at his home in Greenville, April 2, 1865 from disease contracted in prison.” <ref name="Town and City Registers"/>

Born in South Westerlo, NY, Age 34 years, Shoemaker, Blue eyes, Brown hair, Dark complexion, 5’6” tall. <ref name="Muster Roll Abstracts"> NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases</ref>
|-
|Sources Used: Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York; Town and City Registers of the men who served in the Civil War; Ancestry.com military databases.
|}

==Death==
<gallery>Image:Simpkins-Stephen-R.jpg|<center>Marker of Stephen R. Simpkins at Greenville Cemetery.</center></gallery>

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