Martha J Simmons (1832 - 1900)

Born 8 Feb 1832 in Simpson Co., MS

Ancestors

Wife of William Madison McLehany — married about 1848 in Mississippi

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1900 at age 68 in Higden, Cleburne, AR

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Martha J /Simmons/^[2][3][4]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 08 FEB 1832

Place: Simpson Co., MS^[5][6][7]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Lloyd Cemetary, near Damascus, Arkansas

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1880

Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States^[8]

Residence:

Date: 1860

Place: Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States^[9]

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Simpson, Mississippi^[10]

Note

Note: #N1377

PHOTO

PHOTO @M172@

Object

Object: @M172@

Marriage

Husband: Samuel Simmons

Wife: Rebecca Ferguson

Child: Edy Simmons

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jessica Simmons

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Lorena Simmons

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Martha J Simmons

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel Augustus Simmons

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sarah E Simmons

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Eli Simmons

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James W Simmons

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rebecca Simmons

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 10 FEB 1831

Place: Copiah Co., Mississippi^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Simmons-4359 was created by Thomas Mclehaney through the import of McLehaney 2014-06-27.ged on Jun 27, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S58 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: M432_381; Page: 288B; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Simpson, Mississippi Object: @M1144@
3. ↑ Source: #S62 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: ; Page: 203; Image: 207. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States Object: @M975@
4. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 394D; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0291. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States Object: @M900@
5. ↑ Source: #S58 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: M432_381; Page: 288B; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Simpson, Mississippi Object: @M1144@
6. ↑ Source: #S62 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: ; Page: 203; Image: 207. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States Object: @M975@
7. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 394D; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0291. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States Object: @M900@
8. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: 58; Family History Film: 1254058; Page: 394D; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0291. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Red River, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States Object: @M900@
9. ↑ Source: #S62 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: ; Page: 203; Image: 207. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States Object: @M975@
10. ↑ Source: #S58 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: M432_381; Page: 288B; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Mississippi Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Simpson, Mississippi Object: @M1144@
11. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Book A, Page 278 Data: Text: Samuel Simmons to Rebecky Furgerson bond by Aaron Furgerson

• Source: S58 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the; Repository: #R17
• Repository: R17 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S62 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records; Repository: #R17
• Source: S65 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited; Repository: #R17

Notes

Note N1377From letter written by Clara(McLehaney) Shetley:

"Great grandma is buried at the Loyd(sp) Cemetery west of Bee Branch and between Damascus. I have been to her grave. When they printed a book on all the cemeteries I found where she was buried and Josephine(daughter) took me to see her grave. No one is buried near her and she has a small monument. Grandpa wanted to be buried by her. I remember him real well and I guess Dewey does too. Herman says he remembers him, and he was only three years old. But grandpa visited us because we lived near. He had a bad stroke and never did gain conciousness nor spoke. Lived two days. Papa helped carry him to the bed. He was on the porch."

Aunt Clara, in her notes, crossed out the name "Jane" and put Martha. Probably Martha and Jane are the same person. The "J" in Martha J. McLehany most likely is "Jane". I got the name Jane from the back of an old picture but can't verify the accuracy.-Tom McLehaney 1/26/2000

I attended the Higden reunion in May of 2002. Billy Potter told me that Martha is buried at Lloyd Cemetery because when she died, there had been a bad snow storm and she couldn't be brought back to be buried at the McLehaney Cemetery. - Tom McLehaney

1860 U.S. Federal Census

Andrew Lum 43 M Planter Mississippi

M.B. Lum 44 F Louisiana

Celeste A. Lum 4 F "

Eli Simmons 23 M Blacksmith "

Sarah E. Simmons 19 F "

Sam'l Simmons 15 M "

Rebecca Simmons 13 F "

Eda Simmons 11 F "

Martha E. McElhaney 28 F "

This Census shows Martha E.(Simmons) McElhaney(McLehaney) living in the household of Andrew Lum who married Rebecca (Ferguson) Simmons after her husband(Samuel) died prior to 1855(See probate documents for Samuel Simmons). It is possible that this Martha(Copiah County, MS) is the same Martha married to William McLehaney, they are the same age(28) but this census spells the name a little differently and states Martha born in Louisiana. The 1860 Census for Simpson County shows Martha J., his wife, living in the household of William McLehaney. William did not join the Confederacy until 1863 so he should not have been off to war in 1860. It is certainly a coincidence that these two names so close together show up in the same family.

The Hazlehurst, Copiah Co., Miss. marriage index shows Mrs Rebecca Simmons married to A R Lum on March 21, 1854.

Rebecca would be 44 in this census which is correct so the M B Lum shown must be Rebecca Ferguson Simmons. Tom McLehaney 2006.