Born: Bourbon County, Kentucky, January 10, 1875
Died: 1960

Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, January 10, 1875. His parents were John and Anna Hall Simpson. His father was born in Prince Edward Island, and was a preacher of the church of Christ.

At the age of fourteen Robert entered Kentucky University, and there pursued his studies until 1896. For six years he worked at a bill-clerk desk in Lexington. August 19, 1899, he was married to Elizabeth Stevens, of Lexington.

In 1902 he matriculated in the College of the Bible to prepare for the ministry, and graduated in 1905. That year he became the minister of his home church, the Chestnut Street Church, of which Brothers McGarvey and Grubbs were members.

He spent four years with this splendid church and did a great work. In 1909 he accepted the work of the First Church at New Albany, Indiana. He is having a prosperous work with this church.