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Catherine O. Simmons 1790 – 1860 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: June 1790

Birth Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States of America

Death Date: Abt. 1860

Death Location: Estill, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA

Father: James Simmons

Mother: Catherine Simmons

Spouse(s): Richard Lawton

Children(s): George Lawton, Laura Weston, Isabella Lawton, Elizth Lawton, Joshua Lawton, Richard Lawton, Sarah Lawton, Catharine Lawton, Mary Lawton, Margaret Lawton, Catharine Lawton, Peggy Lawton

According to available records, Catherine O. Simmons was born in 1790 in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States of America, the child of James Simmons and Catherine Simons Simmons. Following those early years, Catherine O. Simmons married Richard Lawton, and their family grew to include George William Lawton, Laura Elizabeth Weston, Isabella Lawton, Elizth Lawton, Joshua Lawton, Richard Lawton, Sarah Lawton, Catharine "Katie" Lawton, Mary Lawton, Margaret Lawton, Catharine Lawton and Peggy Lawton. In the later years of life, Catherine O. Simmons died in 1860 in Estill, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA.

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Parents

James Simmons
1784 – 1870
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Catherine Simmons
1787 – 1850
Birth Location: St. Phillips & St. Michaels Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Richard Lawton
1790 – 1880
Birth Location: Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States of America
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Children(s)

George Lawton
1811 – 1900
Birth Location: Estill, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA
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Laura Weston
1831 – 1914
Birth Location: Estill, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA
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Isabella Lawton
1837 –
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Elizth Lawton
1838 –
Birth Location: –
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Joshua Lawton
1838 –
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Richard Lawton
1840 –
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Sarah Lawton
1842 –
Birth Location: –
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Catharine Lawton
1843 –
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Mary Lawton
1845 –
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Lawton
1849 –
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Catharine Lawton
1849 –
Birth Location: St Peters Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina
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Peggy Lawton
1844 –
Birth Location: Beaufort County, South Carolina
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: June 1790
    Event Place: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry Family Tree, Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry Family Tree, Year: 1880; Census Place: Lawton, Hampton, South Carolina; Roll: 1231; Page: 73a; Enumeration District: 118, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: St Peters Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1214; Page: 52; Fa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: St Peters Parish, Steep Bottom, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: St Peters Parish, Beaufort, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1214; Page: 52; Fa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Lawton, Hampton, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Lawton, Hampton, South Carolina; Roll: 1231; Page: 73a; Enumeration District: 118

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Abt. 1860
    Event Place: Estill, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry Family Tree

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