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Jesse S. Simmons 1842 – 1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Feb 1842

Birth Location: Logan, Illinois, United States

Death Date: 25 January 1917

Death Location: Attica, Marion County, Iowa, United States of America

Father: Smith Simmons

Mother: Nancy Simmons

Spouse(s): Rebecca Simmons

Children(s): Jeremiah Simmons, Fred Simmons

Jesse S. Simmons Sr. was born in 1842 in Logan, Illinois, United States, the child of Smith Simmons and Nancy A (Stroud) Simmons. Jesse S. Simmons Sr. later married Rebecca "Becka" Catherine (Gullion) Simmons, and together they raised children including Jeremiah "Jerrie" M Simmons and Fred "Boss" Simmons. In 1917, Jesse S. Simmons Sr. passed away in Attica, Marion County, Iowa, United States of America.

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Parents

Smith Simmons
1808 – 1894
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
SS
Nancy Simmons
1818 – 1859
Birth Location: Bedford, Tennessee, USA
NS

Spouses(s)

Rebecca Simmons
1846 – 1920
Birth Location: Iowa, USA
RS

Children(s)

Jeremiah Simmons
1867 – 1940
Birth Location: Marion County, Iowa, USA
JS
Fred Simmons
1878 – 1955
Birth Location: Indiana Township, Marion, Iowa, USA
FS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 28 Feb 1842
    Event Place: Logan County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999, Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940, Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, Iowa, State Census, 1895, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1880; Census Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa; Roll: 354; Family History Film: 1254354; Page: 671B; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 0627, Year: 1870; Census Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa; Roll: M593_409; Page: 51B; Image: 3883; Family History Library Film: 545908, Year: 1900; Census Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa; Roll: 447; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 1240447, Year: 1860; Census Place: Clay, Marion, Iowa; Roll: M653_335; Page: 26; Family History Library Film: 803335, Year: 1910; Census Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa; Roll: T624_412; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0043; FHL microfilm: 1374425, Year: 1850; Census Place: Marion, Iowa; Roll: M432_187; Page: 260B; Image: 387, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 27 Feb 1842
    Event Place: Logan, Illinois, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Marion, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Marion, Iowa; Roll: M432_187; Page: 260B; Image: 387

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1856
    Event Place: Clay, Marion, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Clay, Marion, Iowa
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Clay, Marion, Iowa; Roll: M653_335; Page: 26; Family History Library Film: 803335

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa; Roll: M593_409; Page: 51B; Image: 3883; Family History Library Film: 545908

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa; Roll: 354; Family History Film: 1254354; Page: 671B; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 0627

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1895
    Event Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa
    Record Source: Iowa, State Census, 1895

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa; Roll: 447; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 1240447

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa; Roll: T624_412; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0043; FHL microfilm: 1374425

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1915
    Event Place: Indiana, Marion, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Iowa
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Iowa, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, ca. 1949 - ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Rec

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 Jan 1917
    Event Place: Marion County, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 January 1917
    Event Place: Attica, Marion County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Attica, Marion County, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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