Born in Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John McNeal Simmons
and Margaret Matilda (Hanlin) Simmons
Sister of
John McNeal Simmons Jr, Margaret Catherine (Simmons) Crafton, William Newton Simmons, Henry Thomas Simmons and Minnie Matilda (Simmons) Laughlin
Wife of
William Edward Stone
— married
20 Nov 1902 (to 1921) in Boonville Township, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Wife of
William S. Lawson
— married
24 Apr 1926 in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
James Harvey Stone, Jerry C Stone, Mildred Ethel (Stone) Hanna, Esther Anna (Stone) Lawson, Charles Henry Stone, Carl Reuben Stone, Leonard Edward Stone, John Thomas Stone, Jennie Katherine (Stone) Hensgen, Mary Elizabeth (Stone) Renno, Margaret Ardell (Stone) Gardner and Rosa Elizabeth (Lawson) Shirley
Died
at age 88
in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jan 2015
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Biography
Bertha was born in 1884. She passed away in 1972. According to John Thomas Stone, my uncle (conversation at a Simmons Family Reunion in New Franklin, Missouri: "Henry Edward Stone and Benjamin C. Simmons were good friends. Cooper county was confederate and they wanted to fight for the union so they went to Sturgeon, Missouri and joined the Cavalry.....now, John McNeil Simmons and William Edward Stone were also good friends and John McNeil gave his oldest daughter to William to wed..."
Sources
- Cemetery Records of Cooper County, Missouri Volume V - Bertha Ann Lawson
- 1900 U. S. Federal Census 1900 , - Household of John M. Simmons (Dwelling 33, Household 33, Sheet 2B, ED No. 55, Image 4), Image 4-Missouri-Cooper-Pilot Grove
- .U. S. Census, William Stone Household-1910 Laclede County Census-Spring Hollow Township-Image 13 (Ancestry.com), Missouri-Laclede-Spring Hollow.
- U. S. Federal Census, 1920 - Household of William Stone-Missouri-Pettis-Heath's Creek (Ancestry.com), Missouri-Pettis-Heath's Creek-Image 12
- .U. S. Census, 1930 Census-Missouri-Saline-Blackwater (Ancestry.com). Household of Will Lawson
- Death Certificate of Bertha Ann Lawson, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1972/1972_00016973.PDF
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Grace (Stone) Hill
I remember that Grandma Lawson (Bertha Simmons) paid us a visit on our farm in Slater, Missouri. We went outside and she showed me how to make a quilt (all hand stitched). The quilt stayed with me for many years on up into adulthood and motherhood and went on many camping trips.
posted 2 Aug 2022 by Grace (Stone) Hill
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bertha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bertha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bertha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bertha:
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50.00%
Grace (Stone) Hill 
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~3.12%
~6.25%
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Simmons-18307 and Simmons-5162 are not ready to be merged because: I need to add more information to Bertha Simmons-18307. They are the same person. I am a direct descendent and the other manager is related thru her 2nd husband, Will Lawson. I have not yet entered this information on my record of Betha
Bertha is 16 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 26 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 30 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 25 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 15 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 20 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 24 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 18 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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