Hannah (Bond) Simmons (1844 - 1922)

Born 9 Feb 1844 in Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 23 Dec 1922 at age 78 in Holt County, Missouri

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Biography

Hannah was born in 1844 in Mifflin, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. She married Uriah Simmons December 24th 1868 in Stephenson County, Illinois . They had 4 children:

• Ida Simmons 1870-1910 married Oscar Fike
• Mattie Simmons 1874-1935
• Oliver Simmons 1876-1957
• Ernest Simmons 1880-1886

Uriah died April 18th 1902 and Hannah December 23rd 1922 in Mound City, Holt County, Missouri. They are buried in Old Mound City Cemetery. Mound City, Holt, Missouri.

From The Mound City News-April 25, 1902:
Uriah Simmons was born in Ontario County, New York, May 23, 1837; died at him home in Mound City, Mo., April 18, 1902, aged 64 years, 8 months and 25 days.

He was married in Stephenson county, Illinois, December 24, 1868, to Miss Hannah Bond. To them were born four children, three of whom are still living; namely, Mrs. Ida Fike, and Mattie and Oliver Simmons.

Deceased was a soldier of our late Civil War enlisting in Company B, 74th Illinois Volunteers, August 9, 1862, and was honorably discharged June 27, 1865.

Mr. Simmons had been afflicted with cancer and for several months had been a great sufferer, but he bore his suffering with heroic fortitude and submitted to the inevitable like a soldier brave, trusting and patient to the end.

Many of his soldier friends and comrades were present at his funeral services and after the services which were conducted in the home by Rev. J.K. Hicks, they laid him to rest according to the rites of the G.A.R.

The wife, children, and relatives have the sincere sympathy of their many friends, and may the great God and Father comfort and sustain them in this great sorrow and bereavement." J.K.H.

Sources

1850 Washington, Lycoming County Pennsylvania Census: Samuel Bond
1860 Brady, Lycoming County Pennsylvania Census: Samuel Bond
1870 Seward, Winnebago County, Illinois: Uriah Simmons
1880 Mound City, Holt County, Missouri Census: Uriah Simmons
1899 Obituary Andrew Bond
1900 Mound City, Holt County, Missouri Census: Uriah Simmons
Family Search ID: KD3G-ZH4
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141215690/hannah-v-simmons: accessed 10 December 2022), memorial page for Hannah V Bond Simmons (9 Feb 1844–23 Dec 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141215690, citing Old Mound City Cemetery, Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Cynthia Kenny (contributor 47944182).