Demaris J (Long) Simmons (abt. 1835 - 1877)

Born about 1835 in Pike, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Monroe Simmons — married 17 Jun 1852 (to 1877) in Pike, Alabama, USA

Descendants

Died 1877 at about age 42 in Bienville, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Demaris (Long) Simmons lived in Louisiana.

Demaris was born in 1835 in Alabama to John Long and Elizabeth Mills.

She married Daniel M Simmons in Pike County, Alabama on 17 Jun 1852.^[1] They were living in Jackson Parish, Louisiana by 1860. They had four children, all of whom were born in Alabama: Lenard, Eliza, John and Jane. Daniel was a farmer. There was another farmer by the surname of Harris living with them, along with a woman who was a "domestic" and her daughter by the surname of Callie.^[2]

The family was still in Jackson Parish in 1870. Two more sons had been born in the interim - Willie and Luke. Jane and Eliza were also still in the home. ^[3]

Demaris was one of the heirs of her grandmother, Nancy Whaley Mills, and mentioned in Nancy's will.^[4]

Demaris passed away in 1877 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

Note: Other spellings of her name: Demarias, Demerest, Demarious, Demays

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRJB-6WG : accessed 15 March 2015), Daniel M Simmons and Demarias J Long, 17 Jun 1852; citing Pike, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,033,193.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPQ-TX1 : 30 December 2015), Maries Simmons in entry for D M Simmons, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q5-XQN : accessed 7 June 2015), Demays Simmons in household of D Simmons, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 15, family 123, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,006.
4. ↑ Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 for Nancy Mills, Probate Date: Sep 1860, Probate Place: Pike, Alabama, USA, Inferred Death Year: Abt 1860, Inferred Death Place : Alabama, USA, Item Description: Estate Case Files, McLure R R - Mills Nancy, 1844-1876 from Ancestry.com