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Melinda Simmons 1796–1875 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1796

Birth Location: Wilkes, Georgia, United States

Death Date: 17 Apr 1875

Death Location: Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States

Father: William Simmons

Mother: Sarah Braun-Brown

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Melinda Simmons was born in 1796 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States, the child of William Harrison Simmons And Sarah Patience Braun Brown. Melinda Simmons passed away in 1875 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Biography

  • Melinda Simmons was born in 1796 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States, the child of William Harrison Simmons And Sarah Patience Braun Brown.
  • Melinda Simmons passed away in 1875 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Melinda Simmons's Ancestors

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Melinda Simmons
1796–1875
Birth Place: Wilkes, Georgia, United States
Parents
William Harrison Simmons
1754–1819
Raleigh, Wake, NC, USA
Sarah ("Patience") Braun-Brown
1764–1825
Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
John (Williamson) Simmons
1708–1770
New Bern, Craven, North Carolina / Scotland
Dianah Herbert
1720–1790
, , VA, USA
Johann (Michael) Braun
1722–1807
Ruschberg,Kusel,Pfalz,West Germany
Margeretha (Caterina) Shamback
1734–1771
Alsace Lorraine or Hesse, , Hessen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
John I
1671–1718
Mary Read
1684–1751
John Herbert
1695–
Hannah Suggs
1695–
Johann Braun
1702–1763
Maria Hammenn
1710–1750
Johann Shambach
1718–1794
Margaretha Neumaier
1704–1750
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Simmons
1644–1678
Sarah Godfrey
1642–1705
William Simmons
1648–1693
Elizabeth Simmons
1651–1696
John Harbert
1669–1749
Mary WATKINS
1672–1745
Johan Grandftahter
1675–1726
Verna SCHACHINGER
1681–1710
Adolph Schombach\Schuckbrucken\Schmuckbrucken)
1690–1750

Melinda Simmons's Timeline

2 Records

1796
1 Jan 1796
Birth of Melinda Simmons in Wilkes, Georgia, United States
Wilkes, Georgia, United States
1875
17 Apr 1875
Age 79
Death of Melinda Simmons in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States
Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1796
    Event Place: Wilkes, Georgia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1875
    Event Place: Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States

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