Born about in Craigs Creek, Botetourt, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hugh Caldwell II
and Ruth (Holstein) Caldwell
Sister of
Elijah Caldwell, William Caldwell, Margaret F. (Caldwell) Forgey, Mary Caldwell, Elizabeth (Caldwell) Drummond, William C Caldwell, Sarah Caldwell, Stephen Caldwell, Henry Caldwell, Elizabeth Caldwell, Hugh Caldwell, Eunice (Caldwell) Wright and James Caldwell
Wife of
John Ephraim Simmons
— married
1 Aug 1805 in Botetourt Co., VA
Descendants 
Mother of
Eunice (Simmons) Humphries, Harriet (Simmons) Byer, Margaret Simmons and William Madison Simmons Sr.
Died
at about age 86
in Boiling Spring, Alleghany, Virginia
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
Died
- 23 NOV 1872.
- Boiling Spring, Alleghany, Virginia.
- Age: 88-89.
- 23 NOV 1872.
- Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA.
- Age: 88-89.
Found multiple copies of death date. Using 23 NOV 1872
Residence
- 1850
- 1860
- 1870
Sources
- Source: S22 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree Certainty: 0 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=113192981&pid=39
- Source: S500001 FamilySearch Family Tree Publication: MyHeritage The FamilySearch Family Tree is published by MyHeritage under license from FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church). Collection Media: 40001 [1] Certainty: 4
- 7 JUL 2017 Rutha Simmons (born Caldwell) Birth
- name: Ruth Caldwell; Gender: Female; Birth: 1783 - Botetourt Springs, Roanoke, Virginia, United States;
- Marriage: Aug 1 1805 - Botetourt, Virginia, United States; Residence: 1850 - Alleghany county, part of, Alleghany, Virginia, United States;
- Death: Dec 23 1872 - Alleghany, Virginia, United States;
- Parents: Hugh Caldwell, Ruth Caldwell (born Holstein)
- Husband: John Ephraim Simmons
- Children:
- Mary Ann Humphries (born Simmons)
- Eunice Humphries (born Simmons)
- Roland Simmons
- Harriet Byer (born Simmons)
- Margaret Quickle (born Simmons)
- Nancy M Humphries (born Simmons)
- Ephraim Simmons
- Siblings:
- Mary Crawford (born Caldwell)
- William C Caldwell
- Hugh Caldwell
- Henry Caldwell
- James Caldwell
- Eunice Wright (born Caldwell)
- Sarah Reynolds (born Caldwell)
- Elizabeth Biggs (born Caldwell)
- Margaret Wolfe (born Caldwell)
- Stephen Caldwell
- Event: Record Role: 40001:828038113:
- Source: S500012 James McMullen McMullen Web Site
MyHeritage family tree
Family site: McMullen Web Site
Family tree: 445429591-1 Smart Matching Media: 445429591-1 [2] Certainty: 3 Individual added by confirming a Smart Match Event: Smart Matching Role: 1:393852581-2-727:0
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Mary Helen (Foster) Dunnam
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H2a2b1a1, FTDNA kit #330086
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Shirley (Brown) Applegate :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member johnapplegate30
-
~0.78%
Janice (Akers) Fuller-Woods :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TB1289155 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Cecilia (Applegate) Roberson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Leslie Bright :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Jonathan Ellis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member j_ellis7
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~0.78%
Rick Lear :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TH7769962 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Robert Ward :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A221300 [compare], Ancestry member robobward
-
~0.78%
Rawn Rhoades :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WY6683453 [compare], FTDNA kit #173376
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Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Caldwell-5064 and Caldwell-1663 appear to represent the same person because: same parents, siblings, spouse
posted
by Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Caldwell-5082 and Caldwell-5064 appear to represent the same person because: Exact dates and same son - Parents to be merged as well
posted
by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
[Living McLaren]
Caldwell-1663 and Caldwell-4335 appear to represent the same person because: They are the same. Ruth Caldwell Simmons parents is Hugh Caldwell from Northern Ireland.
posted
by [Living McLaren]
Rejected matches › Ruth Alma Caldwell (1908-1908)
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