Charles S. SIMPSON, county surveyor of Florence county, was born in 1857 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine, son of D. F. and Sylvira (Shaw) Simpson, who were also natives of Maine.

D. F. Simpson, who early in life was a brick manufacturer of Charlestown, Mass., is now a farmer, and resides in North Turner, Maine.   His wife died in 1873. They had a family of five children, three of whom are living, namely: Emma (Mrs. A. M. Bonney), of Buckfield, Maine; Ella (Mrs. Allen Phillips), of Shirley, Maine; and Charles S., the subject of these lines. William Simpson, father of D. F. Simpson, was in the war of 1812, serving in the navy, on board the “Portsmouth.” The father of Mrs. D. F. Simpson, Jesse Shaw, was born in Maine, and was a soldier in the war of 1812; he made his home in Maine throughout life.

Charles S. Simpson was reared in North Turner, Maine, there receiving his early education, and, in 1877, entered the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Orono, Maine, belonging to the class of '80; he left at the close of the junior year, however, and engaged in surveying, also teaching school part of three years.  In 1880 he was in Cardenas, Province of Matanzas, Cuba; in 1882 he came from North Turner to Florence, Wis., and has since been engaged in general surveying and civil engineering. He was assistant locating engineer on the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad in 1886; chief draughtsman of the E. I. M. & W. Railroad in 1889-90 and ’91; locating engineer for Murphy Co. Railroad since 1891, and locating engineer for the Quinnesec Narrow Guage Railroad since 1895.

Mr. Simpson is a member of the Lake Superior Mining Institute, a member of Fisher Lodge No. 222, F. & A. M., and in politics votes with the Republican party. He has been identified with Florence county since it was organized, has seen many changes since coming here in 1882, was appointed county surveyor in 1884, and has been elected every two years since.