William
James
Simmons
Born in Monroe, Alabama, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of William S Simmons
and Sarah (McKinley) Simmons
Brother of
Willis Simmons [half], Sanettie Simmons [half], Raford Travis Simmons [half], Sylvester A Simmons [half] and Rosa Simmons [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 77
in Escambia, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
William was born in 1844. He was the son of William Simmons and Sarah McKinley.
He was listed as age 5 on the 1850 census in Baldwin County, Alabama living with his family. He is listed as being born in Florida.
He was living with his family in Monroe County, Alabama in 1860.[1]
War came to the South and to Alabama in April of 1861 after the Confederate troops fired on Ft. Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
Military
James enlisted in Company K of the 29th Alabama Infantry at Bellville, Alabama in the Spring of 1864. Bellville was across the county boundary from Burnt Corn in Conecuh County.
Life after the War between the States
After the war Escambia County was created from portions of Baldwin, Monroe, and Conecuh counties.
William James was living in Escambia County, Florida with his large family in 1900. [2]
He was Superintendant of the County Home.
He was listed on a census of Confederate Veterans in Alabama in 1907. [3]
He passed away in 1922.
Family
William James was married in 1868 in Pollard, Escambia County, Alabama to Martha Stanton.
Research Notes
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDX-8PS : Tue Oct 03 18:56:13 UTC 2023), Entry for William Simmons and Sarah Simmons, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DB-GJT : Thu Oct 05 05:54:15 UTC 2023), Entry for W J Simmon and Martha Simmon, 1900.
- ↑ "Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DP-WP2X : Fri Oct 06 12:54:35 UTC 2023), Entry for William James Simmons, 1907.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKT-VCHF : 3 June 2020), William James Simmons, 1922; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP5-HTM : Fri Oct 06 16:12:45 UTC 2023), Entry for W Simmons and Sarah Simmons, 1850.
- "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JN-DLJ : Tue Oct 03 03:41:20 UTC 2023), Entry for James Simmons and Matha Simmons, 1880.
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