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Joseph Perry Simmons 1847 – 1923 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Jan 1847

Birth Location: Attala county Mississippi USA

Death Date: 23 FEB 1923

Death Location: Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS, USA Buried Edgefield Cemetery McCool Mississippi usa

Father: Joseph Simmons

Mother: Francis Culpepper

Spouse(s): Minerva Simmons

Children(s): Perry Simmons, Ida Wade, Martin Simmons, Ophelia Downs

Joseph Perry Simmons was born in 1847 in Attala county Mississippi USA, the child of Joseph Perry Simmons and Francis Elizabeth Culpepper. Joseph Perry Simmons married Minerva J. Simmons, and had children including Perry Thomas Simmons, Ida Mae Simmons Wade, Martin Booth Simmons, Ophelia Downs. Joseph Perry Simmons passed away in 1923 in Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS, USA Buried Edgefield Cemetery McCool Mississippi usa.

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Biography

  • Joseph Perry Simmons was born in 1847 in Attala county Mississippi USA, the child of Joseph Perry Simmons and Francis Elizabeth Culpepper.
  • Joseph Perry Simmons married Minerva J. Simmons, and had children including Perry Thomas Simmons, Ida Mae Simmons Wade, Martin Booth Simmons, Ophelia Downs.
  • Joseph Perry Simmons passed away in 1923 in Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS, USA Buried Edgefield Cemetery McCool Mississippi usa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Simmons
1812 – 1870
Birth Location: Maury County, Tennessee, USA
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Francis Culpepper
1813 – 1855
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Minerva Simmons
1846 – 1915
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Perry Simmons
1870 – 1918
Birth Location: McCool, Attala County, Mississippi, United States of America
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Ida Wade
1873 – 1960
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
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Martin Simmons
1880 – 1961
Birth Location: –
MS
Ophelia Downs
1883 – 1971
Birth Location: –
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Joseph Simmons's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Simmons
1847 – 1923
Birth Place: Attala county Mississippi USA
Parents
Joseph Perry Simmons
1812 – 1870
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Francis (Elizabeth) Culpepper
1813 – 1855
South Carolina
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Simmons's Descendants

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Joseph (Perry) Simmons (5 Jan 1847 – 23 FEB 1923) m. Minerva (J.) Simmons (5 November 1846 – 6 January 1915)
  1. 1. Perry (Thomas) Simmons (22 April 1870 – 30 December 1918)
  2. 2. Ida (Mae Simmons) Wade (Nov 1873 – 1960) m. Henley (Arthur) Wade (12 Feb 1869 – 24 Feb 1946)
    1. 1. Roland (L) Made (Oct 1897 – )
  3. 3. Martin (Booth) Simmons (8 July 1880 – 3 February 1961)
  4. 4. Ophelia Downs (31 March 1883 – 27 August 1971)

Joseph Simmons's Timeline

2 Records

1847
5 Jan 1847
Birth of Joseph Perry Simmons in Attala county Mississippi USA
Attala county Mississippi USA
1923
23 FEB 1923
Age 76
Death of Joseph Perry Simmons in Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS, USA Buried Edgefield Cemetery McCool Mississippi usa
Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS, USA Buried Edgefield Cemetery McCool Mississippi usa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Jan 1847
    Event Place: Attala county Mississippi USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 FEB 1923
    Event Place: Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS, USA Buried Edgefield Cemetery McCool Mississippi usa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: McCool, Attala County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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