Calvin Mason Simmons (1833)

Born 1833 in Pike County, Mississippi, United States

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Died [date unknown] in Pike County, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

This profile was written by Allan Harol Thomas

Calvin was born in 1857. He is the son third son of William (Black Bill ) Simmons and Nancy Rimes. ^[1]He was known to close friends and relatives as "Uncle Cad" and was a tall, wiry man. ^[2]

Marriage 1
Calvin's first wife was Jane Stallings, daughter of Jim Stallings, who operated a ferry for many years across Bogue -Chitto River at what is now Stallings Bridge. Jane died February 15, 1858 "(aoc, S.S. Roc) The best information indicates that she is buried with her father a few hundred yards down the river on the West banks from Stallings Bridge. Calvin and Jane had two daughters: ^[1]

Nancy Narcissa (Nannie) Simmons, dau of Calvin and Jane (b Sept. 16, 1855; d. January 4,1880 she married to Joe Ben Crawford (b May 3, 1856, d. June 12, 1946). These dates were taken from the grave markers and from family records. They are buried several hundred yards east of their son, F. M. (Slim) Crawford lived near Tylertown,Mississippi. Nancy and Joe Ben had six children. They were:^[1]

(1) Jesse C. (Jay) Crawford was born September 12, 1882. He married (1) Rebecca Johnson, who died about 1945. Jesse and Rebecca were the parents of eleven children.^[1]

(2) Willis Felder Crawford, son of Joe Ben and Nannie Crawford born February 9, 1884, He lived south of Highway 24, east of Bogue Chitto River in Pike Co., Mississippi. He was named for the pioneer Baptist Minister Willis Felder Crawford (born 1831, and a son of Jesse Crawford, who came from Georgia to the Mississippi Territory. He was Pastor at Silver Creek.^[1]

(3) Murray Isaac Crawford, a Minister, was born November 1, 1886. He lived at Shreveport, Louisiana..^[1]

(4) Mary Crawford, daughter of Joe Ben and Nancy Crawford, was born Dec. 25, 1888. She married Frank L. (Bud) Laseter. They live southwest of

Tylertown and had eight children..^[1]

(5) Flora Crawford, daughter of Nannie and Joe Ben Crawford, was

born Apri l 7, 1892. She married (1) Clarence Magee. She had no children by this marriage. Flora married (2) R.'B. (Bob) Johnson, (b Sept 3, 1885 and died March 14, 1947. He is buried in the Rushing cemetery west of Tylertown. Flora lived (2 miles) north of Tylertown and employed in Tylertown. Flora and Bob had two sons..^[1]

Marriage 2

Calvin Mason Simmons next married Saphrona E. Crawford, who was known as "Fronie". She was the daughter of Jesse Crawford, the Pioneer Baptist Preacher who came to the Mississippi Territory from Georgia and was Pastor of Silver Creek Church in Pike County early on. Fronie was a sister to Hasseltine Crawford, called "Felisa", the wife of John H Simmons. (See the 1850 Census of Pike County, Mississippi for this same data). "Fronie's" lists her birth to be Oct. 27, 1840 in Louisiana. Fronie died Sept 16, 1915 ( about a year before her husband, Calvin died. All other sibs were born in Mississippi according to the Census records. ^[1]

Burial for both Calvin Mason and Saphrona "Fronie"- Old Crawford cemetery, east of Walker's Bridg, down near the east banks of the Bogue Chitto River in Walthall County, Mississippi. The graves have markers. ^[1]

Calvin and Saphronia were the parents of eleven children, as i s shown by an old Family Record i n the handwriting of Saphronia and in the possssion of her son, Jesse J . Simmons^[1]

W. Richard Simmons with his brothers Calvin and James Washington, were privates in Company K, MS 38th Regiment, mounted infantry, CSA. Company K, also known as the Brent Guards. It was primarily made up of volunteers from Pike County, and was formed at Holmesville in 1862 by Captain later Colonel Preston Brent. The three brothers fought in the Battle of Tupelo and then at Snyder's Bluff, between Vicksburg and Yazoo City.

According to company records, they apparently returned to Silver Creek (AWOL) just before the fall of Vicksburg. W. Richard was hospitalized in Vicksburg for several weeks prior to the siege of Vicksburg. It is likely that the brothers, Willis Richard, James Washington and Calvin were aware of the capture of Company K and signed a pardon similar to this one issued to comrade Sargent Wlm. Stovall pledging to lay down their arms against the United States of America

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} "The Silver Creek Simmons Family" page #63
2. ↑ Entered by Allan Thomas, Friday, July 19, 2013.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GD-5VW : 14 December 2017), Calvin Simons, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G1-TS6 : 16 August 2017), Colvin M Simmons, Beat 1, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 37, sheet 352A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0662; FHL microfilm 1,254,662.

A digital copy of the "The Silver Creek Simmons Family" Calvin's family is on page #63

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Allan Thomas for creating Simmons-2958 on 19 Jul 13.