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James Fitzgerald Simmons 1921 – 2006 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 September 1921

Birth Location: Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 8 Jan 2006

Death Location: Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, USA

Father: Jim Simmons

Mother: Mary Hodges

Spouse(s): Fannie Hill, Vivian Simmons

Children(s): Margaret Tyler, Nancy Crump, Jamie Simmons, Jimmy Simmons

It was in 1921 that James Fitzgerald Simmons was born in Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA, a child of Jim Simmons and Mary Zula Hodges. James Fitzgerald Simmons went on to marry Fannie Lee Hill and Vivian Loretta Simmons and had children such as Margaret Jerillene Simmons Tyler, Nancy Ann Simmons Crump, Jamie Simmons and Jimmy Simmons. James Fitzgerald Simmons was deceased by 2006 in Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, USA.

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Parents

Jim Simmons
1891 – 1965
Birth Location: Beans Creek, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States
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Mary Hodges
1895 – 1970
Birth Location: Sherwood, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
MH

Spouses(s)

Fannie Hill
1926 – 1967
Birth Location: Decherd, Franklin, Tennessee, USA
FH
Vivian Simmons
1927 – 1974
Birth Location: Perrysville, Vermillion, Indiana, USA
VS

Children(s)

Margaret Tyler
1942 –
Birth Location: Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, USA
MT
Nancy Crump
1943 –
Birth Location: Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA
NC
Jamie Simmons
Birth Location: –
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Jimmy Simmons
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 2 September 1921
    Event Place: Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: 2035; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 96-1135

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1927
    Event Place: Waukegan, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03891; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 26-12

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: , Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03891; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 26-12

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1942
    Event Place: Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 265

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: 2035; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 96-1135

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Before 1951
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: Social Security Death Index, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: 2035; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 96-1135

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Zion, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Jan 2006
    Event Place: Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, USA

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