Margaret (Rimes) Simmons (1821 - 1889)

Born 15 Sep 1821 in Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1889 at age 67 in Simmonsville, Pike, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Daughter of William "Bill" Rimes and Nancy Hogg

Margaret was the wife of John Richard Simmons, married on 22 February 1836^[1]

Children of John Richard and Margaret Rimes were:

1. Nancy SIMMONS b: 21 Mar 1837 in Pike Co., Mississippi married William BOND b: 14 Nov 1829 in Pike Co., Mississippi
2. William Solomon SIMMONS b: 14 Jul 1839 in White Rock, Pike Co., Mississippi married Nancy BOND b: 05 Sep 1843 in Mississippi
3. John Dudley, born September 15, 1840. John D., as he was known, married Margaret B. Walker
4. Amanda Louise SIMMONS b: 01 Jan 1842, She married (1) Simeon E, Morris and had three children by this marriage She then married Samuel A. HYDE (who was born i n Johnston County, North Carolina in 1785) and Mary Robertson Hyde (born i n Georgia i n 1793).- They lived in the Chesbrough Community i n Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
5. Priscilla Elizabeth, b: 29 Jun 1853
6. Jesse C., b. September 14, 1854 He married Ada Corrine Prescott
7. Benjamin Franklin,b: 20 Oct 1844, He was killed during the Civil War at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
8. Thomas Jefferson, b: 15 Apr 1846 in Pike Co., Mississippi, married Sarah Jane HART They are buried in the Bankston Cemetery, east of Chesbrough, in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, not too far from where they lived .
9. Cortney Jane, b: 16 Jan 1849, She married Joseph W.-'(Joe) Brumfield, who was born February 27, 1841 and died October 1, 1910,
10. Richard Iverson,"Ivey"b: 07 Jun 1851 in Pike Co., Mississippi married Florence Elizabeth TATE Ivey and Florence are buried at East Fork Baptist Church in Louisiana.
11. Margaret Lenora, b: 20 Aug 1857. Nora married Claiborne (Claib) Dickey;
12. Hyman Hart Simmons, 08 Feb 1859, He married Victoria (Vickie) Magee, born June 15, 1866 and died March 9, 1942. Hyman and Vickie are buried in the cemetery at Tylertown, Mississippi.

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Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 98806297

1. ↑ Silver Creek Simmons by Hansford Simmons & Edna Campbell, page 202

Acknowledgments

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