Edward Simmons was born on 04 Feb 1812 in Wayne, Indiana, USA to John M Simmons and Abigail Starbuck. He died on 21 Dec 1878 in Marion, Oregon, USA (Age: 66). When he was 38, he married Catharine Weyrick on 25 Apr 1850 in Randolph, Indiana, USA.
Edward Simmons lived in Jackson, Randolph, Indiana, USA in 1850 (Age: 38). He arrived in Oregon, USA on 10 Nov 1852. He lived in Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA in 1860 (Age: 49; PersonalEstateValue: 600; RealEstateValue: 1200). He lived in Oregon, USA in 1868. He lived in South Salem Precinct, Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA in 1870 (Age: 54; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 596; RealEstateValue: 4300; Occupation: Farmer). He lived in Aumsville, Marion, Oregon, USA in 1878. Race: (White) He was buried in IOOF Cemetery Cloverdale, Turner, Marion, Oregon, USA (Age: 66).
Edward Simmons and Catharine Weyrick had the following children:
William Henry Simmons was born in 1852 in Salem, Oregon. He died on 12 Feb 1934 in Waldport, Lincoln, Oregon, USA (Age: 80).
Wesley Shannon Simmons was born on 06 Oct 1855 in Oregon, USA. He died on 14 Jan 1911 in Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA (Age: 55).
Amy Simmons was born on 06 Apr 1858 in Turner, Marion, Oregon, USA (Oregon Territory). She died on 29 Aug 1906 in Turner, Marion, Oregon, USA (Age: 48). She married Benjamin Edward Robertson on 11 Nov 1877 in Marion, Oregon, USA (At house of Edward Simmons, her father).
Asa Simmons was born in 1861 in Oregon, USA.
George Simmons was born in 1863 in Marion, Oregon. He died on 16 Feb 1923 in Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA (Age: 60).
Lucinda Simmons was born in 1865 in Oregon, USA.
Tillman Hunt Simmons was born in Aug 1868 in Oregon, USA. He died in 1920 (Age: 52).
Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Ancestry.com, Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT; Page: 0207307. Record for Edward Simmons. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5059&h=2632100&indiv=try.
Ancestry.com, Willamette Valley, Oregon, Death Records, 1838-2006 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Willamette Valley Genealogical Society; Salem, Oregon; Death, Burial, and Obituary Collection. Record for Tillman Hunt Simmons. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2468&h=19616&indiv=try.
Ancestry.com, Willamette Valley, Oregon, Death Records, 1838-2006 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Willamette Valley Genealogical Society; Salem, Oregon; Death, Burial, and Obituary Collection. Record for Wesley Shannon Simmons. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2468&h=19617&indiv=try.
Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Ancestry.com, Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT; Page: 0207307. Record for Catharine Weyrick. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5059&h=3086043&indiv=try.
Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Salem, Marion, Oregon; Roll: M653_1056; Page: 446; Family History Library Film: 805056. Record for E Simmons. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=43942835&indiv=try.
Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: South Salem Precinct, Marion, Oregon; Roll: M593_1287; Page: 49A; Family History Library Film: 552786. Record for E Simmons. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=7060144&indiv=try.
Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Jackson, Randolph, Indiana; Roll: M432_168; Page: 112B; Image: 226. Record for Edward Simmons. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=2279831&indiv=try.
Ancestry.com, Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1968 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021), Ancestry.com, Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Death Records, 1864-1967. Record for Edward Simmons. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61675&h=60349614&indiv=try.
Ancestry.com, Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1968 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021), Ancestry.com, Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Death Records, 1864-1967. Record for Katherine Wersick Wersick. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61675&h=75462207&indiv=try.
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